Disklavier

I have a Macintosh and Mark IV and I can just format the floppy disk using my Mac and 
then copy midis to the floppy disk on external USB drive and then use the piano disk in my 
Disklavier Mark IV.   I would think that it would work for your Mark III as well.

You can also buy the already formatted IBM disks and just use those as well.

I haven't bought anything from Yamaha Pianosoft site yet and know that it was because of 
the same reason you specified.  Their download software is available I believe only for the 
Windows machines.   I usually buy my disks online from Discount Piano Software place in 
Idaho, they have pretty good pricing and a good selection of disks.  They also have some 
samples to listen to online and a rating system.

There are lots of midis online and a lot of the classsical stuff is pretty good.  Also a few 
good piano roll sites and ragtime sites.  I think you will be amazed at what you can find 
online in the way of midis.  

Hope this helps,
Joan


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Jared Jenkins <jaredj74@...> wrote:
>
> My wife and I just purchased a DU1A and are having it delivered in  
> the coming week.  Yay!!!!!  We used the archives on this group to  
> help us decide to take the plunge.  Thank you for all the info you  
> have shared with this list.
> 
> My question for the group is, does anyone have experience working  
> with a Macintosh computer and the Pianosoft files and MIDI files?  On  
> the Yamaha Pianosoft site it appears that you can only download disks  
> on a Windows machine.  Has anyone found a workaround for this (aside  
> from using a program like Parallels or Boot Camp to boot Windows XP  
> on a macintosh).  Also if I download MIDI files or the files from the  
> files section of the User Group can I just format a disk as Windows  
> format and save the files to a floppy disk on an external USB drive  
> and then use that disk in the piano?
> 
> Any help on making files on the Mac work with the piano would be very  
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jared
>