To most PC users, Macintoshes seem kind of alien. The user interface is different, the files don't show extensions and half the features aren't in the places they expect them to be. For instance, the 'Start' menu is in the upper right corner of the screen, shown with an Apple icon. Fortunately, files that are swapped back and forth have become easier to convert.
You can learn more about general Spotlight search operators for OS X here, or read a few more specific use cases, like locating large files on the Mac with size searches, or finding files from a specific date with another operator set, or even searching system files in Mac OS X. Mac Snow Leopard makes it easy for you to create and edit your text files, such as word-processing files. Text files let you create and format documents that include text and photos and even embed music and video files for Web pages you build. Linux/Mac Terminal Tutorial: The Grep Command - Search Files and Directories for Patterns of Text - Duration: 20:17. Corey Schafer 15,894 views. Search for text in multiple Word files via the Terminal Authored by: miles_thatsme on Feb 23, '05 02:04:28PM In response to the parenthetical comment, you don't need Tiger to do this now.
Step 1
Identify the application the file was made in. If it's a Microsoft Office format (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.), and you have a version of Office for the PC, odds are the file will open with no conversion needed. This also applies to most files created by Adobe software, such as Photoshop (.psd), Illustrator (.ai) and PDF files. You might need to add a file extension to the end of the file to get it to open on a PC, but modern Macs keep file extensions around for compatibility (Macintoshes don't, as a rule, associate applications with file types).
Step 2
Determine if the file is a common multimedia format, such as MP3 music, MPEG video, GIF or JPEG. These types of files will probably just open in a browser window. This also applies to PDF files and Acrobat or any other PDF reader.
Step 3
Search the Internet for comparable programs. If a file is from Mac software that doesn't exist for PCs, use a search engine to find out what file extensions have comparable functionality for PCs. Examples include older Mac graphics formats such as .PIC, and older Macintosh fonts, which might require a wholesale font changeover if possible.
Try to open the file with Wordpad. Arcane file formats might be ultimately unconvertible, or you may have to use Wordpad. Wordpad is a 'smart' text editor, and a lot of file formats, at their heart, are text files. Save a copy of your file before digging, but if you've got a file that nothing else will open, Wordpad might let you salvage some of the data.
Items you will need
- Personal computer
- Web browser
- WordPad
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Enable Windows sharing. First, on your Mac, in System Preferences' Sharing panel, under Services, check off 'Windows sharing.' Your Mac may ask you to 'enable an account to use Windows sharing' - which means you choose which Mac user's files will be accessible. Click on the 'Enable Accounts' button and check off a user. When Windows Sharing is turned on with an enabled account, it will look like this:
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Take note of the text on that dialog that reads 'Windows users can access your computer at 192.168.1.101gina.' Your address and username will be different, obviously, so write it down.
Connect to your Mac from Windows. On your PC, from the Start menu, open the Run.. dialog, and type the address you wrote down in the step above. Instead of the less-than-memorable IP address, you can use your computer's name, too. My Mac's name is nyx, so the sharing address I used is nyxgina:
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Windows will open a regular Explorer window that's peering in on your Mac user's home directory. If you have 'show hidden files' enabled in Windows like I do, you'll see all of the Mac's hidden 'dot' files and folders in the listing, like here:
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And that's that! You're happily saving files to your Mac from your Windows PC. Isn't it nice when we all get along? Share your Mac and PC networking tips in the comments.