transfer mac picture files to pc

[rsmyth]

I have a Imation CD with many Mac picture files on it. The pictures were all created in 1996. I would now like to trasfer them to my old Windows 98 PC. I downloaded a program TransMac which had no problem transferring the cd files to my pc. Opening them up and viewing them is another story.

Most of the pic. files have a .ct extension now on my pc. I tried to open them with a freeware program called Photofiltre but Photofiltre doesnt even recognize any of the transfered files as picture files. When I try to open it from it's folder it shows nothing there. I also notice if I try to open a pic file from TransMac directly MS Paint tries to open it but says it is not proper format something to that effect.

I assume that MS Paint is trying to open because when Transmac tried to open a pic file it showed me a list of programs to choose from and I forgot to uncheck 'always use this program for this type of file'.

In summation I am unable to view any of these ex-mac files and I cannot download and use PhotoShop (as someone suggested to me) since my PC does not have min. requirements to run it (Maybe a very old version would).

[photolady]

You could try this free program/image editor, irfanview. It does open a lot of different file types, perhaps it will work for you mac photos. What was the extension on those photos before you used Transmac? If they were jpgs or tiff then even windows can see those files, even if on a mac cd.

You can get Irfanview from the link below, and make sure you get the plugins as well because that's where you get the options to open just about any file extension you can think of.

www.irfanview.com

[rsmyth]

I tried Irfanview but it does not support .ct files. I ended up downloading Transmac to a new Windows XP machine and transferring the cd files to that. I then downloaded Jasc Paint Shop Pro and I was able to view all .ct files. However there are a bunch of .qxd (quark express) files in there that Paint Shop does not open. I was told Adobe InDesign can open .qxd files so I downloaded that. However when I try to open the file it crashes saying Adobe has made a serious error and must close. It did not give details. I tried to uninstall completely and download again but I get the same thing.

[ralph3124]

Try holding down shift key, then right-clicking the file.
Choose OPEN WITH, then slide to Adobe.

If that don't work, open Adobe, then go to file-open and point to the file in question.

Hope that works.