Mac to Dell

Ruth2 · Jan 30, 2011

I've got a sick Mac that needs to go in for a new graphics card. My latest two WIPs are on it. I sent them over to my old Dell via email and-- of course-- I need new software to open the files. They're in Pages.

Any suggestion on something good and reliable?

Thanks muchly for any info.

ruth

alleycat · Jan 30, 2011

Can't you export it as a Word file? Then send it to the Dell. Or have you already taken the Mac in for the graphics card?

Deleted member 42 · Jan 30, 2011

Find a friendly Mac user who can open the Pages file and save two copies -- one in .rtf and one as an MS Word doc.

You don't need both file formats--but I take a belt-and-suspenders approach to such things.

alleycat · Jan 30, 2011

If this is going to be an ongoing problem for a while, you could also load the Mac/Pages version of Open Office on the Dell. I think they would work. I've never done it, so I'm not sure.

Ruth2 · Jan 30, 2011

alleycat said:
Can't you export it as a Word file? Then send it to the Dell. Or have you already taken the Mac in for the graphics card?

Nope, haven't taken it in yet. Hope to do that tonight. I'll see if I can do the Word file thing. It's a new Mac and I'm new to Macs, so this is all a learning curve for me. Thanks!!!

Medievalist said:
Find a friendly Mac user who can open the Pages file and save two copies -- one in .rtf and one as an MS Word doc.

You don't need both file formats--but I take a belt-and-suspenders approach to such things.

At this point I'd like to have a bajillion backups. Thanks.

))

alleycat · Jan 30, 2011

Medi can tell you exactly what you need to do. I'm not a regular Mac user.

I think it's File > Export, or something like that.

If Medi doesn't find this thread again, send her a message.

alleycat · Jan 30, 2011

Ruth2 said:
At this point I'd like to have a bajillion backups. Thanks. ))

If you don't have an online storage backup, you can get a free Mozy one with somewhat limited space (but it would be fine for backing up your writing files; it's not big enough to backup photos and video files).

You can also get an e-mail account at someplace like Yahoo and e-mail files to yourself.

kuwisdelu · Jan 30, 2011

In Pages, go to the menu Share->Export, and choose Word (.doc).

If you have a native email client set up, you can even just do Share->Share via Mail->Word.

Ruth2 · Jan 30, 2011

alleycat said:
If this is going to be an ongoing problem for a while, you could also load the Mac/Pages version of Open Office on the Dell. I think they would work. I've never done it, so I'm not sure.

Thanks! What I did for the short term was convert the files to word docs, attached them to an email, saved those to my desktop and then was able to open the on the Dell.

(I am so not a tech geek.)

kuwi, I'll try yours too.

alleycat, medievalist, and kuwi--- thank you so much for your help.

))

PS kuwi, I don't even know what a "native email client" is. But thanks..

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