BMW scanner on a Mac?

[Hammerfang]

Anyone have luck using a Mac to run BMW Scanner? All of my personal devices are Macs (without cd/dvd drives) and it seems like I need any old windows computer with a drive to load the software.

[YoitsTmac]

I use a 2012 MacBook Pro with a windows XP virtual machine for all my coding over the last decade or so

[Hammerfang]

How stable is it? My personal MacBook is a late 2018, just worried about how stable it will be

[YoitsTmac]

How stable is it? My personal MacBook is a late 2018, just worried about how stable it will be

100% stable. Been using the VM forever. Mac only house. INPA, BMW Scanner. NCS. All works effortlessly.

[fattycharged]

How stable is it? My personal MacBook is a late 2018, just worried about how stable it will be

you should be good, I've found issue with my newer Pro, the older intel Pro still works well outside of needing a new battery


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[YoitsTmac]

Correct. I wouldn't recommend doing this on any Mac newer than 2020. That's when Apple went to their own internal silicon. You need an Intel based Mac for the best compatibility to guarantee no issues


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[Slideways]

Correct. I wouldn't recommend doing this on any Mac newer than 2020. That's when Apple went to their own internal silicon. You need an Intel based Mac for the best compatibility to guarantee no issues


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There are FTDI drivers for Windows ARM. New Macbooks should be fine as long as you have the space for the VMware Windows ARM installation (~100GB).

[YoitsTmac]

There are FTDI drivers for Windows ARM. New Macbooks should be fine as long as you have the space for the VMware Windows ARM installation (~100GB).

Yes, you CAN, but I wouldn't recommend it . You're hoping someone else's homework to translate between architectures is bulletproof while doing operations on a car.

My VM is 15GB with a few snapshots, takes 3GB of RAM and can work on a $150 computer that goes with your other tools, free to get beat up without guilt. Just my two cents. When the silicon matches the intent (IE Intel Mac running windows built for intel X86), there's a lot more implied compatibility since there's less actual firmware required to make it happen. But nothing really wrong using ARM drivers other than they're very new.

[karter16]

Yes, you CAN, but I wouldn't recommend it . You're hoping someone else's homework to translate between architectures is bulletproof while doing operations on a car.

My VM is 15GB with a few snapshots, takes 3GB of RAM and can work on a $150 computer that goes with your other tools, free to get beat up without guilt. Just my two cents. When the silicon matches the intent (IE Intel Mac running windows built for intel X86), there's a lot more implied compatibility since there's less actual firmware required to make it happen. But nothing really wrong using ARM drivers other than they're very new.

The ARM drivers are fine - I've hammered them for a couple of months testing MSS54 DS2 Tool - they're solid.