As maddog says, Safari works very well for the FOIP, you just need to bear in mind a couple of things; Safari needs to be run in 32bit mode, not the natural 64bit (EGIT is very old fashioned) To change the mode, control click on the Safari program in Finder-Applications and tick the 32bit mode. The other thing, all the .pdf files such as the forms on OLGS need to be run in Acrobat 8, not Acrobat 9 (see previous reference EGIT). Look around the internet and you will find the proper version. Ensure Safari is configured to use version 8 in Acrobat preferences and all is well.
Part of the problem in the future is a major 'upgrade' of all the airboos manuals to a PC based OIS which is used on the A380. I am not sure if there will be any attempt to ensure that there is a Mac version without having to install a XP VM.
In regards to viruses on a XP VM, EK supply a free Macafee virus checker to all all employees.
Last edited by Thridle Op Des; 8th October 2010 at 05:12.
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