Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Best CAT Tool for Mac?
Poster: Sofia Gutkin
Post title: Only using the free CAT tools so far
[quote]Nelly Keavney wrote:
Last summer, after extensively reading various materials I decided to purchase SDL licence and asked the customer service guys, what they would recommend me if I am using MAc. The guy advised that Parallels works perfectly fine with the latest Mac.
And here I am 9 months later, using Trados Studio through Parallels. I constantly switch between the 2 screens (Parallels and Mac). In fact you can work with "picture in picture" where the 2 screen overlap. Just amazing.
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Firstly, Nelly, I admire you for going ahead and installing Parallels. I briefly considered it and got too nervous since I'm not all the computer-savvy.
I've been using SmartCAT for several years with no issues, but I do wonder about security.
I've also used MemSource Editor in the past as I had a regular client who always used it.
It's also possible to get online access to MemoQ for a particular project if an agency gives you access.
I've just recently installed CafeTran because I kept hearing all these good things about it, but I haven't had a chance to use it yet. Still, I think it's quite disappointing that none of the "big" CAT tools can run on a Mac.
Topic: Best CAT Tool for Mac?
Poster: Sofia Gutkin
Post title: Only using the free CAT tools so far
[quote]Nelly Keavney wrote:
Last summer, after extensively reading various materials I decided to purchase SDL licence and asked the customer service guys, what they would recommend me if I am using MAc. The guy advised that Parallels works perfectly fine with the latest Mac.
And here I am 9 months later, using Trados Studio through Parallels. I constantly switch between the 2 screens (Parallels and Mac). In fact you can work with "picture in picture" where the 2 screen overlap. Just amazing.
[/quote]
Firstly, Nelly, I admire you for going ahead and installing Parallels. I briefly considered it and got too nervous since I'm not all the computer-savvy.
I've been using SmartCAT for several years with no issues, but I do wonder about security.
I've also used MemSource Editor in the past as I had a regular client who always used it.
It's also possible to get online access to MemoQ for a particular project if an agency gives you access.
I've just recently installed CafeTran because I kept hearing all these good things about it, but I haven't had a chance to use it yet. Still, I think it's quite disappointing that none of the "big" CAT tools can run on a Mac.