CGTalk - Mac - PC Issues !!

Maximus_5610

10-21-2003, 08:12 AM

Hi everyone, just a quick question. I'm using Maya 5 on a MAC at skool, and on a PC at home. Every time i email a .mb Maya Scene File home from skool (Mac - PC). I get an error and the scene doesn't load. If i send from home to skool (PC - Mac), it works fine. The only solution i have so far is, if i put the file on the skools server and ZIP the file on a PC before i send it. Which is a bit of a pain. Does anyone know a better way to get a Maya File created on a MAC to open on a PC ??
Thanx a heap !

magan3D

10-21-2003, 09:52 AM

I've had this problem in the past. Let me take a guess, on the Mac you are using Explorer and you are using a webmail client to send it home. If I am correct, this is your problem. IE always adds some sort of crap to the code. You basically have two options.

One send it as an Ascii file, an .MA
then when you get it home open it in wordpad and erase the jargon that is added to the begining of the file.

Two ask your school to add the Mac web browser Safari to the computer. There seems to be no problem with this web browser when sending files. It is no longer beta so a school shouldn't have any problem with it.

here's a link
http://www.apple.com/safari/
You will fall in love with this browser and wish it was on PC (at least I do)

Hope this helps

dann_stubbs

10-21-2003, 06:09 PM

or .zip your projects before emailing them then decompress and they should be fine.

dann

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