A jpg in windows V apple format??

I have a question about a graphic image format and Apple format ver Windows.

A friend told me that his teacher said when he turned in his application, the ".jpg images" had to be in the mac/apple format.

Dah!!!!
Is there a difference in a apple jpg and a windows jpg....???

OR WTH is this teach telling her......go buy a Apple.??

 

Hummm, is my question so lame that it's stupid to answer it or is it just something that no one actually knows one way or the other..??

 

Hi knuckes

My guess... a jpg is a jpg.... but she wanted it copied to a mac/apple readable file. Pc's can't read apple files, apples can't read pc files.

 

That sounds reasonable...makes since and thx.

Could there be a program out here somewhere that would convert it from win to apple.??

 

Don't know about converting them. I think the problem you'd run into is the file system. If you have the pic on a floppy written by a PC, I suspect the Mac can't read the floppy and therefore can't read the jpg (just a guess, mind you). To convert it, you might have to email it to someone who has a Mac and let them copy it to a floppy disk. That would work for sure.

 

Hi knucles...

Before my first post I checked, couldn't find a quick and easy. I'm sure other posters know of some. In the mean time... (?) Have him email his pc version, (leaving it on the server) go to school and download it on a apple box. Hopefully MIME converts it via email or apple has a built in conversion in it's mail program. I never moved a pic to a apple.. at least not "Knowingly "

 

One more thought. Can a Mac with the proper software read CDFS? If so, you could burn them to a cd and that would take care of the problem. I really have no idea here as I have almost no experience with Macs. Just tossing out some ideas here. Maybe somebody that has a Mac will see this and be able to help out.

 

I've physically transferred files from my windows pc to my husband's Apple Ibook running OS X 10.1.5 without any problems, using both floppy disk and compact flash card to copy from the PC So far, all .mp3 and .wav files copied from the pc can be read by the Mac. I don't know if having OS X makes a difference or not but that's something to look into if you are running OS9 or below.

I haven't physically transferred any .jpg files from the PC to the Mac although I'm guessing that Mac OS X will be able to read it. We've only had the Mac for a short time and haven't had any reason to physically transfer .jpg files since e-mail has done nicely for that so far.

Physically copying from the Mac to the PC might be a different story, I don't know. That's something I haven't tried yet. Good place to ask would be a Mac forum. Here are a few:

http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php
http://forums.macosxhints.com/
http://www.macfixitforums.com/
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/macdsl

E-mail transfer of JPG files is no problem at all, from PC to Mac or from Mac to PC, if that helps.

 

Hi Alice

Thanks for the confirmation per email jpg. moves. Since this is a "school" enviroment, the OS is probably not upto 10. If it is.... can I go?

 

They can't e-mail anything and they use i-mac's...

Gads, appreciate the help and info. but still trying to find a converter program.

 

Hi knuckes

Have your friend email the jpg. assignment to the teaches school email address. -(OR)- If the Imac's are running os10 or above, just have your friend convert the file at school.

 

About the "Mac/Apple" jpg format requirement, ask your friend to ask his teacher to explain what she means. If she wants the jpg file saved on a "mac-formatted" floppy, ask why. From what I've found even earlier Macs should be able to read files from a pc-formatted floppy.

Also, from what I've read, it's actually better to use a pc-formatted floppy to transfer files back and forth between mac and pc.

If the teacher means an Apple/Mac type of JPEG file regardless of the file system of the floppy disk then that's another matter.... something to look ito further.

Some NG posts on the subject:

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From: B Collins (bcollins@home.ifx.net)
Subject: Re: How to transfer my jpg file to Mac OS
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.corel, comp.sys.mac.graphics
Date: 2000-11-11 06:02:23 PST

First you need to have it in a standard graphics file format. The
subject line says jpg, which is the PC filename extension signifying the
photographic exchange standard JPEG. That will work fine.

Macs have a number of different software programs that can open JPEG
files. They include JPEG View, which comes installed in all recent Macs,
web browsers (Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer), any of the
versions of Photoshop, Photodeluxe, etc., and the very versatile
shareware program GraphicConverter from Lemke Software. JPEGView and the
web browsers can view but not manipulate JPEG images.The various photo
editing programs and GraphicConverter can manipulate as well as view the images.

How to physically get the file from the PC to the Mac?

Several ways:

On a PC-formatted floppy
On a PC formatted Zip disk
Over a network
As an e-mail attachment
etc.

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From: Brains (removeallthisexcept-quantic@bigfoot.com)
Subject: Re: Help convert pics from Win to Mac
View: Complete Thread (3 articles)
Original Format
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.graphics
Date: 2000/03/04

Caelan Santa Cruz <docbiotech@mail.com> wrote:

> I am trying to convert and compress about 100 .bmp files, that I can store
> on any type of media from a windows based machine(disk, CD, Zip drive)into
> a format that can be read off of a mac. I only have Windows so am not
> familiar with Mac's. Can a mac read a .bmp file or .jpg ? Basically I
> need to know what type of file to save the pictures as (on Windows) so
> they can be moved to a Mac and save them on a Mac disk. Also what program
> should I use in order to convert the files once they are on the Mac or
> should I(can I) convert them before I move them to the Mac to be save on a
> disk.

Macs can read practically anything. The Mac progams JPEGViewer and
GraphicConverter (two amongst many) can handle .bmp's, but JPEGS (.jpg)
and GIFs (.gif) are the two most widely accepted "cross platform "
graphic formats.

If you convert to JPEGs, don't use progressive JPEG format as some Mac
prgrams have a bit of trouble with them.

Macs can read DOS floppies and ISO-9660 format CDs out of the box, and if the Zip-owning Mac user has things set up correctly (which is usually
the case), PC format Zips can also be read without any problems. Your
only tip is to avoid long file names, stick to 8.3.

 

I found some more information about JPEG "file formats" if you want to "read up" :
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/part1/preamble.html

These sections especially:

# [14] Why all the argument about file formats?

# [15] How do I recognize which file format I have, and what do I do about it?

# [16] What other common compatibility problems are there?

 

Alice-----Alice;

You've been great and appreciate all the help here at bbs....

 

Thank you Knucles