- #How to dowload and open mac files on windows for free#
- #How to dowload and open mac files on windows how to#
- #How to dowload and open mac files on windows install#
You can download it in Pages format but that doesn’t make much sense! Instead choose “ Word” to have it automatically converted from Apple Pages format to Microsoft Word format. You’ll be able to specify what format the download should be: If you’re guessing that you want to choose “ Download a Copy…” from this menu, you’re right! You win a kewpie doll! To do that, click on the little wrench icon along the top: You can work on the document directly within this version of Pages on your Web browser, of course, but let’s just save it back to the Windows 10 system as a Word document instead. Then the document will open within Pages, within your Web browser! Pages will spin for a few seconds while getting everything properly configured: Once that’s done, you can just click to open the specific document or file you want to work with. The document or documents will be uploaded to the iCloud server: Click on the gear icon instead, however:Īs highlighted, choose “ Upload Document…” and select the document (or documents: you can select more than one simultaneously if you want to be super efficient) to upload. It opens up and gives you the option of creating a new document. We’re only interested in the word processing and document layout program Pages, so click on that one (the lower left icon). In the Choose an application box, find a. If it doesn’t, right-click the file and select Open With > Other from the options menu. It should open in TextEdit automatically. If your Mac is configured to do so, double-click the file. Once you’re signed in, you can see the full palette of tools and features: To open a CFG file on Mac using TextEdit, open the Finder app and locate the CFG file you’re looking to open.
#How to dowload and open mac files on windows for free#
You can click on “ Don’t have an Apple ID? Create yours now.” easily enough, but as I write this, Apple’s also highlighting that you can use the service for free with a banner on the top of the page too:Įither way, an email address and a password are all you need.
#How to dowload and open mac files on windows how to#
On the other hand, it’s a good reminder of how to accomplish the task, so let’s open up a Web browser and go to : It says “Open in ” but I’ve never been able to get that to work, even when I have a browser open that’s logged in to the iCloud service. The first thing to know is that you can be lulled into a false sense of confidence about the process by right-clicking on one of the Pages files, as I show here with “melinda.pages” on my own Windows 10 system: With HFSExplorer you can open Mac-formatted disks and disk images in Windows.
#How to dowload and open mac files on windows install#
Another free utility that you can install on your Windows machine to extract DMG files is HFS+ Explorer. It’s a bit of work, but it’s most assuredly doable, and after you’ve done it once or twice, you’ll find that it’s quite quick to log in to your iCloud account, upload the Pages files, then re-download them, converted into Microsoft Word. To extract a DMG file, click the Extract button and then select a location to save the contents. Well, there’s no “easy” way to do this as the programs use relatively incompatible file formats, and there’s no app or program for the Windows side that lets you read Pages documents, but don’t give up hope: turns out that Apple’s done a boffo job of reproducing the functionality of its Office apps (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) within a Web browser and that you can sign up and use these apps through Apple’s iCloud service for free.