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Mac's and .exe files

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LineBoarder
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Can apples read .exe files, or is this for PC only? I am trying to view programs I downloaded which are .exe files and the computer says it cannot recognize the file type? Help me out bro'sssss
Jan 17 2007 3:16PM
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.David.
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PCs only I'm pretty sure... unless there is some program out there that can convert it, that I'm unaware of.
Jan 17 2007 5:02PM
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4ReeL_
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yep pc only unless you are running crossover then you can use them
Jan 17 2007 5:59PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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.exe is a windows file format. You aren't gonna be able to run it on mac.
Jan 17 2007 10:32PM
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Xave
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unfortunately, you can't.
Jan 17 2007 10:44PM
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PHNMdesign
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no on mac it's a .dmg file or .iso
Jan 18 2007 9:23AM
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arne_
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use crossover...
Jan 19 2007 5:45AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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.dmg and .iso are disk image files. They're not the same as .exe at all. The closest thing to .exe on a mac is .app but thats not really the same.
Jan 20 2007 12:44AM
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KZA
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bulllllllshit, download rarexpander or stuffit epxpander. the dumbasses above u are wrong, just get them homie
Jan 20 2007 1:52AM
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mothaeast
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No, I'm pretty sure that .exe is a program ending, which cannot be run by mac processors or something, but you cang et programs that can read it. You are thinking of .rar files or something, which is completely different, a whole different level of computer workings.
Jan 21 2007 3:17PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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no. You're wrong, .exe isn't a compressed file. Its an executable file. Stuffit or rarexpander would work fine if it was a .rar or .zip. It might do stuff with .dmg or .iso too but not .exe. You can't run .exe on a mac unless you have an intel based mac and you're running windows or an emulation program.
Jan 21 2007 7:32PM
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LineBoarder
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def... this man knows his shit
Jan 21 2007 9:35PM
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KZA
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oh yeh word, i was thinkin .rar
Jan 23 2007 6:37PM
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mammothpunks
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some self extracting files have an exe file extension, so you dont have to download winzip to open them.
Jan 23 2007 10:29PM
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chipkalback
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exactly

your best bet is to run boot camp or parallels on an intel based mac. which mean you'd be able to run windows on it, but you're still succeptable to the usual windows problems even though you're on an apple machine so beware.
Jan 24 2007 4:11PM
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