Can a Mac read a .txt file?

[olds]

Can it?

 

[Ns1]

no, one of their many shortcomings.

 

[olds]

I made a disc on a PC that has a readme.txt. What format should I use so MAC users can read the read me?
The rest of the files are .pdf and I included Adobe Reader on the disk.

 

[rivan]

Yes, a mac can read a .txt file.

no, one of their many shortcomings.

 

[simonizor]

Are you kidding?

 

[TheStu]

These are all lies. Macs cannot read .txt files as they are unpure. Only pure file types are allowed on OS X, hence why Flash is so terrible.

No, .txt are just fine, and .pdf is supported natively by the OS. Heck, TextEdit can open .docx even I think, at least the newest OS can do that, I am not too sure about 10.5 and earlier.

 

[olds]

no, one of their many shortcomings.

Yes, a mac can read a .txt file.

So they can read them 50% of the time?

 

[zinfamous]

yes, but they know it as "iText." Mentioning .txt, or even calling it "a text file" will only confuse the Mac users at your work.

 

[olds]

Are you kidding?

This is me:

 

[ElFenix]

parsing your question results in an answer of 'null'

why would a media access control read anything?

 

[alpineranger]

It depends on what sort of text file it is. If it's a unicode text file and you're using an older mac (or pc for that matter), then no. If it's an ascii file I can't think of any personal computer sold commercially at any time that wouldn't be able to read it.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Here we go, another mac vs pc thread.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Best formats to give to Mac users are txt, rtf, and pdf. I think TextEdit (default Mac text app) can even convert Word documents but I'd go for txt or rtf to be on the safe side.

And Macs do not need to install Adobe Reader to open PDFs. They will open with Preview. So there is no need to include the Mac version of Reader.

 

[Ns1]

I made a disc on a PC that has a readme.txt. What format should I use so MAC users can read the read me?
The rest of the files are .pdf and I included Adobe Reader on the disk.

PDF is fine but you need to burn it to OSX-specific disks.

DVD-R is not supported. You can use a USB key too but it needs to be formatted mac-specific and not FAT/NTFS


Another one of OSX's many shortcomings.

 

[simonizor]

Yes, macs can read txt files, how fucking gullible are you? Can't you use google? Type in your damn thread title and find out for yourself. Every bit of information does't have to be force fed down your throat; you can find things out on your own, too.

 

[Pardus]

Funniest thread of the day.

 

[Fritzo]

I am, as we speak, looking at a .txt file on a Mac Mini.

 

[Ns1]

I am, as we speak, looking at a .txt file on a Mac Mini.

stop lying to olds.

 

[joesmoke]

Yes, macs can read txt files, how fucking gullible are you? Can't you use google? Type in your damn thread title and find out for yourself. Every bit of information does't have to be force fed down your throat; you can find things out on your own, too.

summary of link?

 

[TheStu]

PDF is fine but you need to burn it to OSX-specific disks.

DVD-R is not supported. You can use a USB key too but it needs to be formatted mac-specific and not FAT/NTFS


Another one of OSX's many shortcomings.

Macs can read/write/format FAT32. And can read from NTFS.

And no, unless you accidentally burn the disk to some sort of Windows only format (pretty unlikely) then OS X can read the UDF that discs are burned as. And I have never had any issues reading/writing DVD-R, though DVD+R is a better disk type.

Seriously, I can't even tell where the sarcasm ends and the ignorance begins.

 

[alpineranger]

You can use a USB key too but it needs to be formatted mac-specific and not FAT/NTFS

Another one of OSX's many shortcomings.

When did they change this? AFAIK this has never been a problem. I can even read my FAT/NTFS formatted USB keys easily on my linux boxes.

 

[Oil]

What is this MAC you speak of?

 

[Ns1]

Seriously, I can't even tell where the sarcasm ends and the ignorance begins.

c'mon Stu, you see me in All Things Apple, you should know the answer.

When did they change this? AFAIK this has never been a problem. I can even read my FAT/NTFS formatted USB keys easily on my linux boxes.

 

[zerocool84]

I read that Apple is charging an in OS subscription fee for every .txt file you want to read.

 

[JTsyo]

It depends on what sort of text file it is. If it's a unicode text file and you're using an older mac (or pc for that matter), then no. If it's an ascii file I can't think of any personal computer sold commercially at any time that wouldn't be able to read it.

this. On unix there was an utility to run to read some windows text files