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DAVE software delivers commercial grade, two-way Mac file and printer sharing with Windows. DAVE technology underpins Thursby’s flagship identity and access management ADmitMac software.

Highlights
  • Full support for Microsoft Distributed File Systems (DFS) and network volumes
  • No costly and disruptive Windows server software is required
  • Robust and highly scalable
  • Mac OS X market leader since 1996
Additional Capabilities
 • Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) and Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) support
  • 64-bit, multi-thread and multi-processor under Snow Leopard
  • Supports all current Windows operating systems including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows NT
  • NAS Support - allows access to many-third party network-attached-storage servers (NAS)
  • Compatible with NetApp, EMC, and UNIX platforms running the latest versions of Samba
  • Correctly implements NTFS Resource Forks - eliminates extraneous files created by Apple’s SMB client
For more detailed information, please refer to the Software Product Description (PDF) .

Macintosh Requirements
  • Intel or PowerPC Macintosh that supports Mac OS X
  • Mac OS 10.5 Leopard or 10.6 Snow Leopard with latest updates installed
  • Any hardware required to run TCP/IP

Microsoft Network Requirements
At least one of the following systems with NetBIOS and TCP/IP configured, and running the latest release
  • Windows 7, all versions
  • Windows Server 2008, all versions
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows Server 2003, all versions
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000 with service pack 4 or later Workstation and Server
  • Windows NT Server or Workstation v3.5.1 or later
  • Macintosh computers with DAVE or ADmitMac installed


Back in 2002, when DAVE was already in its third generation and reviewed by MacWorld as a 'must have' product for both consumers and enterprise, Thursby wasn't just using the SMB/CIFS standards but cowrote them along with IBM, EMC, HP, Microsoft, U. Minnesota, Net App and Veritas. Today, in its eighth generation, DAVE is an enterprise product supporting Mac-Windows workflows for creative design shops, video producers, book publishers, marketers, advertisers, large businesses, schools, colleges, research institutions and governments around the world, with home users catered to by the built in OS X functionality.