how to use mac als in windows ?

auto_moment · Post by **auto_moment** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:53 pm

meself and pal have done sets on his mac (not sure what os) ,they wont load onto my windows xp laptop though, surely there must be someway to compatabalise

em...? We save set self contained along with set definition file.

am is are · Post by **am is are** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:40 am

i did some work on my Windows XP pc and saved (self-contained of course).

i then moved those files to my G5 Mac OSX 10.4.

i didn't have any problems at all. not sure what trouble you're having....

iridite · Post by **iridite** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:05 am

I've had exactly the same problem and I couldn't get to the bottom of it- as far as I was aware, Ableton is a cross platform application?

Jason

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:23 am

It is and should be. How are you transfering the files from the Mac to the PC?

auto_moment · Post by **auto_moment** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:45 pm

Yes it seems it is possible then, the als i have from the mac doesnt contain ableton property extension in windows. I shall have a look at the mac saving procedure this weekend. Thanks for the replies all.I`ll post the outcome for any future enquiries.

hade · Post by **hade** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:51 pm

Never had problems with Live files, but some files, often Quicktime files (in final cut or QTpro) the mac sometimes leaves out the file extension. As I said, I've never had this with Live files, and anyway if you force a windows program to open an extensionless file, 9/10 it will open..

In folder option on windaz, untick "hide extesions for known file types".. And make sure the live files have .als - if not, rename to make it so...

Hope this sorts you out!

auto_moment · Post by **auto_moment** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:10 am

Ok it is done now. Got our als. transferred again, er , itworks now. Dont know what happened before..nice. Thanks for feedback though...