how can i transfer files from Mac to PC via disk?

eSDee · 06-18-2001, 04:43 PM

A friend has a Mac and wants to transfer MS Word files from it to a PC so that he can print it. I told him to build a home network but that's above him. Isn't there a way to format a floppy or Zip so that it is readable by both platforms? Thanks!

06-18-2001, 08:59 PM

yeah, use an ibm format disk in the mac and make sure that your friend saves the document so that it can be read by a windows version of word. you can use that disk on a windows pc.

hapoo · 06-18-2001, 10:58 PM

roflmao.... your friend has a mac and you told him to set up a network?!? HE HAS A MAC... 2 mouse buttons confuse the poor guy.

eSDee · 06-19-2001, 02:04 AM

Thanks Tommy. Isn't there a special format that the disk has to be in order to be read by the Mac? Or just a generic PC formatted disk?

Hapoo, don't you agree that its fun to torture Mac users? That's why I suggested a home network.

Mezpin · 06-19-2001, 03:50 AM

Macs can read PC formatted disks straight up. No special formatting needed... provided the Mac actually has a zip or floppy drive, of course. Macs stopped coming with floppy drives in 1998.

Mezpin

hapoo · 06-19-2001, 02:04 PM

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Originally posted by EsDeeLoco
Hapoo, don't you agree that its fun to torture Mac users? That's why I suggested a home network.

hehe yep... you should have let him try to set one up

hmm CDRW?????

BustNuts37 · 06-19-2001, 08:05 PM

Macs format their disks their own way, but can also read PC formated disks as long as PC Exchange is installed.

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06-18-2001, 08:59 PM	#2
Posts: n/a	yeah, use an ibm format disk in the mac and make sure that your friend saves the document so that it can be read by a windows version of word. you can use that disk on a windows pc.

06-19-2001, 02:04 AM	#4
eSDee Old Skooler Numba 1 Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Diego Posts: 10,063	Thanks Tommy. Isn't there a special format that the disk has to be in order to be read by the Mac? Or just a generic PC formatted disk? Hapoo, don't you agree that its fun to torture Mac users? That's why I suggested a home network.

06-19-2001, 03:50 AM	#5
Mezpin Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 145	Macs can read PC formatted disks straight up. No special formatting needed... provided the Mac actually has a zip or floppy drive, of course. Macs stopped coming with floppy drives in 1998. Mezpin

06-19-2001, 08:05 PM	#7
BustNuts37 Ensign Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 33	Macs format their disks their own way, but can also read PC formated disks as long as PC Exchange is installed.

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