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Subject: PC/MAC or PC only?

Menno opened this issue on Apr 19, 2000 ยท 11 posts
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Menno ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 3:59 PM ยท edited Thu, 14 November 2024 at 12:33 PM

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Attached Link: http://members.xoom.com/meegja/circe.zip

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I just uploaded my P4 character Circe (see image and URL). I use Poser4 on a PC. I asume both MAC and PC users can use the model since Poser is a hybride program. Am I right in that or can she only be used on PC cause she's made on PC? Menno aka meegja

jnmoore ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 4:02 PM

Any Mac user can use the file if they run it through MartinC's MacConverter utility (in free stuff utilities). Most people know about it because this topic comes up often, but it never hurts to mention it again... -Jim

Menno ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 4:05 PM

Wow!! are you quick in replying!! Thanx for the answer! Menno

James_West ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 4:06 PM

That's a very nice character, BTW: a very macho looking woman, but still good looking. (I'm on a mac, and converting PC format stuff to mac when I download it is so routine I don't even notice I'm doing it anymore. It's just one more step, like unzipping it.)

Oliver S ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 4:49 PM

Poser may be cross platform but it would help the Mac community if the file wasn't an .exe, but just saved in a zipped file. Mac doesn't have the ability to open .exe files after unzipping. 8 minutes to download and you get some of Bills finest. Ho hum:-)

Menno ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 4:57 PM

Oliver, thanx for that! I will make it one whole ZIP file, without the selfextracting EXE in it and upload it. Try again in one hour. Menno

wander ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 5:02 PM

Hi Stuffit expander or stuffit deluxe 5.5 can open some .exe files but not all of them. Menno, in the future please just zip up all the files and not put them in an executable file. Oliver S, the exe in the circe zip can be unzipped by stuffit, just drag and drop. wander

jnmoore ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 5:56 PM

Hmmm... I wasn't aware of the .exe files, but I have always used stuffit expander on all downloads from free stuff and have never, ever, encountered a problem (except when the file itself was hosed up). I have never had a downloaded poser file that MacConverter wouldn't fix, either. However, if some people encounter such problems, I guess it's best just to avoid .exe files altogether when making items available for download. When I put up files for download, I convert to PC format first so all can use them. -Jim

Menno ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 5:57 PM

The file is now available as one single ZIP ... no exe in it :o} Menno

Oliver S ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 6:07 PM

many apologies, spent so long in the twilight zone of cross platform land and ZipIt that I forgot about StuffIt Expander 4.0.2 and only tried StuffIt Expander 5.1.2! The .exe did expand ok. Slap wrist etal. Thanx wander, sorry for the extra work Menno.

lmacken ( ) posted Wed, 19 April 2000 at 6:57 PM

The major downside to an .exe is it open the door to worms and virii and password stealing trojans. Not that it's a problem, but you might inadvertently pass something nasty along to a Windows user.

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