Re: sending large picture files on aol

["D. Grenier" <dgrenier@olywa.net>]

<x-charset Windows-1252>When sending from a Mac to a PC, you are correct, the name of the file may prevent a PC from
opening it. So changing the extension to a form that the PC can read is the right thing to do.
But there is no difference between Mac and PC jpg's.  There is a difference in how Macs and PC
store data on disks, so generally, disks cannot be swapped from Mac to PC unless it was written
to a PC formatted disk, or the PC has a Mac reading utility onboard.  However, when a file
written to a Mac on that Mac's Mac formatted storage medium is sent via email or a web browser
(such as images embedded in a web page, many of which are created on Macs) to a recipient on a
PC, it is written to that PC's storage medium in the PC's storage format and can therefore be
read with no difficulty.  The formatting of the storage medium where the file is sent from has
no bearing on the readability of that file after it is transmitted to another computer that
stores it in a different formatting scheme.  As long as the file itself is of a type that can
be read by software on the receiving computer, the file will open.

Dave Grenier
Olympia, WA

----- Original Message -----
> Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 22:13:43 EDT
> From: Sdmey4@aol.com
> Subject: Re: sending large picture files on aol
>
> Well lets see if I have this straight! Your cousins who is on a Mac and uses
> AOL sends you files you cant open? I don't think this is an AOL thing i THINK
> ITS A MAC PC THING. If he is on a mac and using photoshop he needs to save
> the file in PC format or the Universal JPG. If he is sending  JPG files then
> pc's and Macs differ on the file name. One is jpg and the other is jpeg. If
> you already have a jpg then try renaming it. If your sending the Mac Pc files
> then you must send Jpegs or save the file in Mac format. How big is the file?
> in megabytes.


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