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  • April 24, 2000 at 11:05 am #2081427

    Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

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    by jssrag · about 23 years, 5 months ago

    What is the best software package to transfer MAC documents to a PC? The programs the files are in wriiten in are Illustrator, PhotoShop and Dreamweaver.

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    • April 24, 2000 at 11:27 pm #3899425

      Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      by chipmunk · about 23 years, 5 months ago

      In reply to Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      Hi,
      I’m not sure which is the best, but I downloaded transmac from Download.com and it works fine.
      When you go to Download.com just type mac in you serch box, it will bring up a few mac to PC format.

      Alvin

    • April 26, 2000 at 6:54 am #3899323

      Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      by biggeek · about 23 years, 5 months ago

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    • May 1, 2000 at 9:01 am #3899091

      Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      by bassmastermike · about 23 years, 5 months ago

      In reply to Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      Conversion Plus from Dataviz works the best in both directions whenever I need to convert doc’s

    • May 2, 2000 at 7:40 am #3899031

      Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      by bob.scott · about 23 years, 5 months ago

      In reply to Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      If the only files you are transferring are Photoshop, Illustrator (most any mainstream Adobe program for that matter), and Dreamweaver, then there is a good chance you are making matters more complicated than need be. I’m not 100% sure about Dreamweaver, but I know the Adobe programs save files in the same format for both Macs and PCs. The only difference in the files is that the mac versions don’t save the file (unless you turn on the necessary option in the Preferences of Photoshop and Illustrator to save with PC extensions) with the PC extensions by default. (i.e. .psd for Photoshop). So in order to open these files on a pc, you simply need to copy them over, add the PC extensions if not present, and double click them. If you have numerous such files, however, a simple batch renaming utility could prove useful.

    • May 3, 2000 at 12:34 am #3898974

      Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      by dabreo · about 23 years, 5 months ago

      In reply to Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      Sigsoftware is a a good cross platform conversion utility. They can be found onhttp://www.sigsoftware.com

    • May 23, 2000 at 1:53 am #3892567

      Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      by nancygriffin · about 23 years, 4 months ago

      In reply to Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      The only trouble I have had getting Mac encoded Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop files on to my PC is that Macs do not automatically assign file extensions to the files. With no file extension the file shows up on my computer with no app associated with it. To correct this, I make the file name editable and add .ai or .psd or .tif (whatever I know it to be). If the app is installed on the system the file should now appear with an icon that represents the app. As for Dreamweaver, the files created by this app are .htm (shows elements as they will appear on the web) files that can also be opened as .txt files (shows the actual source code). Add either of these file extensions on the end and they can be opened in any web editor that I know of;the text versions can be opened in any text editor, if you prefer to write code. Have fun!

    • September 20, 2000 at 7:03 pm #3735898

      Software to transfer MAC files to a PC

      by jssrag · about 23 years ago

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