Running Promash On An Apple Mac

[satchmo]

Ok my PC has S%$T itself and I cant afford to fix it yet. Are there any brewers out there that currently use promash on a Apple Mac. Any help appreciated

 

[Gulf Brewery]

Hi satchmo

I have seen posts where brewers have run Promash under Virtual PC. The other choice is this software which may keep you going until your PC is fixed.

Cheers
pedro

 

[tangent]

Thanks again for that Pedro, they've just released an update although the 1st version's trial version doesn't seem to run out
Worth the money anyway, doesn't look like accounting software & has made my recipe formulation even easier.

 

[neonmeate]

stupid thing (beeralchemy) keeps crashing on me. i'm still using 10.3.9 is that the problem?

edit: duh yes it is. i'll upgrade the OS.

 

[Kai]

Yes, unfortunately that is the problem. It only runs in 10.4 and the author can't work out how to fix the bugs in 10.3.

 

[neonmeate]

Yes, unfortunately that is the problem. It only runs in 10.4 and the author can't work out how to fix the bugs in 10.3.

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ah well $199 for 10.4 beats $892348 for Virtual PC to run promash. <sigh>

 

[tangent]

10.4 is more stable for my old machine

 

[tangent]

why don't you email the creator of it? i did: Great app!
Fantastic to see a user friendly Mac version of what is usually very
un-user friendly software.

Some suggestions:
Refractometer calculator.
Import existing beersmith or promash recipes.
and a Beer Alchemy site where users can swap recipes and add malt
specs would be very handy.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how this app develops and will
probably purchase when my evaluation copy expires.
Well done!

Cheers,

Reply: Thanks for the email and the kind comments. With regard to your suggestions,
the last two are on the radar already. Once a bugfix release is out of the
way (in the next week or so) I'll start on a adding more features to the
program - such as importing from other programs.

I'll look into a refractometer calculator....in truth I've never used a
refractometer so it didn't spring to mind!

Cheers
Steve Flack
Kent Place Software

 

[Kai]

Yes, unfortunately that is the problem. It only runs in 10.4 and the author can't work out how to fix the bugs in 10.3.

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ah well $199 for 10.4 beats $892348 for Virtual PC to run promash. <sigh>

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Plus you don't have to use windows.

BeerAlchemy was the 'final straw' to get me to upgrade to 10.4. That and getting it on student discount while I still could.

 

[Aaron]

You know you could also try Sosman's app Brewsta. It uses Python so is cross platform and is very stable. Have a look on his site Brewiki. The bonus is that it is free!

 

[sosman]

You know you could also try Sosman's app Brewsta. It uses Python so is cross platform and is very stable. Have a look on his site Brewiki. The bonus is that it is free!

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Sure is (and thanks for the plug) - but it's hard to please those Mac folks. Anyway the download link for Brewsta is here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=126146

You'll need to install python and wxpython first (and a stable version of the OS).

 

[tangent]

The bonus is that it is free!

so is the demo of beer alchemy and it works well with no patches or additional software
(sorry sosman, but i didn't want to go through 3 installs to try your freeware)

 

[sosman]

Thanks Sosman, now where do I get my hands on your python. Um, you know what i mean.
Can I put python into my mac? Sorry Im a complete puter numpty. I need a complete hand hold on this one buddy. Sounds very technical.

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Maybe you should run with beer alchemy. If you still want to go with Brewsta, python can be downloaded from python.org and wxpython from wxpython.org.

 

[Aaron]

so is the demo of beer alchemy and it works well with no patches or additional software

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From the Beer Alchemy site:

The demo version is complete and runs unrestricted for thirty days or seven launches - whichever is longer. A serial number that will unlock up to three copies of BeerAlchemy costs $29.95 and is available from our online store or from within the application itself.

 

[tangent]

The demo version is complete and runs unrestricted for thirty days or seven launches - whichever is longer.

that's what they SAY, but I've been running my demo version since i downloaded it WAY over seven launches I'd say that was one reason why the next release was so quick.

 

[Aaron]

The demo version is complete and runs unrestricted for thirty days or seven launches - whichever is longer.

that's what they SAY, but I've been running my demo version since i downloaded it WAY over seven launches I'd say that was one reason why the next release was so quick.

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Oh, so you are not getting it for free, you are stealing it.

 

[tangent]

no, he gave it to me and it's yet to self-destruct
i made no patch or stole no serial number
edit - but i will be purchasing the software because it works well and i'm looking forward to the updates