Hello, dear reader, I hope you’re doing well. Today I thought I’d talk more about the process behind some of Lunar Nebula LLC’s projects. Some of the projects I work on, images or documents, end up being developed via PC and Mac platforms. This can lead to some confounding issues. Some fonts do not translate well between Macs and PCs. Thankfully, one can do a quick Google search to find free fonts which mimic or replicate missing fonts. But it doesn’t always work. Quick tip, Times new Roman and Calibri fonts seem to work for both Macs and PCs.
When something as fundamental as a font doesn’t work you can be sure there are other issues at play. going even deeper into the rabbit hole we see the need to understand how to export and change a file at its fundamental level. On a Windows device you can go to the top of your screen, click file, and then click save as to select a different file type for your Word document (.doc or .docx) or image (some examples: .jpg, .png, .gif, .psd, and .clip). Macs follow a very similar procedure. Go to the top of your page, click file, and then click export to. The file type is essential to keep in mind, especially when working with other team members who may not have access to one of these platforms. Sharing a pages document from a Mac on to a dropbox shared folder, for your friend who uses a PC, will cause confusion. Most of the time the PC user won’t even see the file because their computer can’t even read it. For better or for worse, remember that most people use a PC and it might be a good rule of thumb to always save files in a PC-friendly file type.
Macs can have a few of their own issues. I found out the hard way that iMovie will not accept PNG image files, yet JPEG, or JPG, images work. It’s an ongoing process to resolve issues because the technology keeps changing. The new Mac OS, Sierra, seems to be working well, but time will tell if it has any compatibility issues with Windows file types. When something as complex as an operating system is implemented, some details will fall through the cracks.
I hope this helps anyone with some of the technical difficulties which can arise between Macs and PCs. If this article helped you out, please leave a comment below; or send me a quick email. Have a good day, dear reader!
When something as fundamental as a font doesn’t work you can be sure there are other issues at play. going even deeper into the rabbit hole we see the need to understand how to export and change a file at its fundamental level. On a Windows device you can go to the top of your screen, click file, and then click save as to select a different file type for your Word document (.doc or .docx) or image (some examples: .jpg, .png, .gif, .psd, and .clip). Macs follow a very similar procedure. Go to the top of your page, click file, and then click export to. The file type is essential to keep in mind, especially when working with other team members who may not have access to one of these platforms. Sharing a pages document from a Mac on to a dropbox shared folder, for your friend who uses a PC, will cause confusion. Most of the time the PC user won’t even see the file because their computer can’t even read it. For better or for worse, remember that most people use a PC and it might be a good rule of thumb to always save files in a PC-friendly file type.
Macs can have a few of their own issues. I found out the hard way that iMovie will not accept PNG image files, yet JPEG, or JPG, images work. It’s an ongoing process to resolve issues because the technology keeps changing. The new Mac OS, Sierra, seems to be working well, but time will tell if it has any compatibility issues with Windows file types. When something as complex as an operating system is implemented, some details will fall through the cracks.
I hope this helps anyone with some of the technical difficulties which can arise between Macs and PCs. If this article helped you out, please leave a comment below; or send me a quick email. Have a good day, dear reader!