Compatability between PC & Mac files ?

[xcaddict]

I have a PC and will be working soon in a place that has all Mac computers. Will the Mac's be able to read, edit all my Word, Excel files as well as view my jpg photos, etc. I have never used a Mac and have no idea of what problems may lay ahead.

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Yes.

 

[thirdlegstump]

yes but you may end up having problems reading their files as most Mad Mac'ers do not append filetype extensions to the filenames. So you'll get images named...

i am a crazy mad mac'er / 10/7/2004

notice that the forward slashes are illegal windows characters....

Not only that but you'll consistantly get flack from them crazy people for using a PeeCee.

good luck.

 

[Xyrrus]

If they're using Mac OS X, you'll have less file name issues. OS X has a more similiar set of disallowed characters (due to the unix file system) to win than OS 9. Also, OS X is generally a lot better about file extensions - they're required in some places.

If you go in with a pretty open mind (ie, don't call them "mad mac'ers") you'll probably find making your PC work with a Mac (again, OSX here) is similar to making it work with a Linux machine.

And yes, a jpeg is a jpeg regardless of platform, but one 'gotcha' if you're doing technical work: OS X (Like all *nix platforms) encodes line endings diferently than windows does. Its something like: OS 9 uses CR, Unix uses LF and windows uses CRLF.

If you've got more questions after the job starts and your co-workers are as clueless about PCs are you are about Macs (a probably assumption) post 'em here.

-Xy