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soren121 replied on February 02, 2010 03:36 to the question "Is the Zune player compatible with Mac/Leopard operating system?" in Microsoft Corporation:
No. Microsoft has locked down the file transfer protocol (MTP) on the Zune, and requires an authentication handshake to read/write to the Zune. And because Microsoft also make an OS, they're not going to make Zune software for any other OS. And no one has stepped up to figure out the handshake, like what happened with the iPod. So, no Zune support.
Unless you want to run Windows in Boot Camp or VMWare Fusion!-
soren121 marked one of Hug's replies in Microsoft Corporation as useful. Hug replied to the idea "Make a OS X and or Linux version of the Zune software!".
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A comment on the idea "Make a OS X and or Linux version of the Zune software!" in Microsoft Corporation:
The iPod syncs with Linux because there was a large demand, and the open-source community stepped up to reverse-engineer the databases and protocols on the iPods. The demand for Zune support is, unfortunately, nowhere as great. Therefore, no Zune support. – soren121, on January 21, 2010 04:01 -
soren121 replied on January 21, 2010 03:57 to the idea "Make a OS X and or Linux version of the Zune software!" in Microsoft Corporation:
Why not release a proprietary daemon or module to decrypt the authentication in the Zune's modified MTP protocol? I'm sure the Linux/Mac communities would be perfectly content with anything that would allow them to sync their Zunes.