the process of translating the data in a file from one format or encoding to another
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How can I batch convert image files and PDFs to TIFF?
I have a lot .jpeg, .png and .pdf Files and I want to convert all of them to .tiff all at once.
How can I do this?
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Fastest way to convert .avi files for itunes?
I've experimented with Handbrake and VLC and I'd like to know the fastest possible method to convert .avi file into a a file that is readable by itunes so I can stream it to my TV via my Apple TV 2.
...
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4answers
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What's the best way to extract audio from a video file?
I am a huge fan of HandBrake. It is the epitome of simple. Select a video file (or DVD), select a preset, select an output path, click Start. A certain amount of time later relative to the ...
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2answers
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How can I convert JPG into PDF easily?
Is there any way to batch convert .jpg files into single .pdf files?
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How to convert .number file to any of the readble format including excel and pdf without having mac
I have an important .number iworks file. My Mac is now no more... How do I convert .number file to any of the readble format including excel and pdf without having mac.
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Converting WAV to MP3 using LAME and Automator
I'd like to convert many WAV files to MP3 files using LAME and Automator. I need a script that I could right click a folder and convert all the WAV files inside the folder to MP3 files. I've been able ...
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Best audio converter for Mac
I'm searching for an audion converter for mac with wide capabilities. it should be able to
Convert to flac (not from flac)
Split cue files into separate tracks
Grab audio cds
Edit ID3-tags in batch ...
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4answers
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How can I convert a Word (.doc or .docx) file to a PDF on an iPad?
I would have thought this was one of Goodreader's many tricks, but it doesn't seem to be the case.
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1answer
994 views
How can I convert .CR2 to .jpg?
Is there a simple tool that will convert .cr2 files (Canon RAW) to .jpg?
I know Preview does it well but I'm looking for something directly accessible from the contextual menu.
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4answers
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Extract a sound from a Classic application for Mac OS X?
How can I extract a single 'snd' resource from a classic application into a form that Mac OS X can play?
I can use derez to get the snd resource out, but from there I'm not sure how to assemble it ...
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2answers
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Convert PDF to something editable without losing all formatting
I am aware of solutions that allow one to extract text from a pdf file. Are there any practical solutions on the Mac to extract rich text and layout from a PDF, or somehow convert a PDF into some ...
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3answers
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What's the best way to deal with wmv files on iPad
I have bunch of training videos, mostly in .wmv format on my computer.
Well, I tried to find a player in appstore to watch those videos right away, without converting them - I couldn't find any good ...
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1answer
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How can I open a file with extension DAA on Mac?
How do I open a file with a .daa file extension on my Mac? Is there a Mac program that will convert it to an ISO image?
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2answers
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How can I convert a .mov into a .gif (or a .apng)?
I want to put a .mov file I have as the background for a website. I am guessing the best way to do this would be to convert it to a .gif file but I can't find any programs that do it.
I have tried ...
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1answer
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How do I change containers from Matroska to MP4 without modifying the stream data?
I want to take some Matroska (.mkv) movies I have (h.264/AAC with subtitle & chapter tracks) and change the container to the more iOS friendly MP4 container, but without re-encoding all of the ...
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2answers
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It it possible to convert DVDs to my iPad?
I was wondering if anyone could help me.
I've recently got myself a "new" iPad (aka iPad 3), and I was wondering if it was possible to convert DVDs I own in order to watch them on it?
(Let's set ...
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6answers
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How to convert a CorelDraw file to Adobe Illustrator CS5?
Assume I have a CDR file, Adobe Illustrator CS 5 and no CorelDraw. How can I convert this CDR file to AI file? What is the fastest and cheapiest way?
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3answers
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How to take music from cassette tapes to iPod
So I have this large cardboard box full of hundreds of cassette tapes with music I absolutely positively had to buy in the 1980s and '90s. If I wanted to listen to the music contained on those tapes ...
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4answers
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1answer
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iTunes cannot convert Apple Lossless tracks to 128 kbps AAC files when sync'ing with iPhone
I'm using the Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC option in iTunes when sync'ing music to my iPhone.
iTunes is complaining about three tracks from an album I recently ripped every time I ...
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1answer
135 views
Convert .help to .pdf
I can save in .pdf just one or two pages at one time, using default Mac viewer. But I have several hundred of pages to save. Does anyone know how to do it faster?
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1answer
237 views
Are .apple files potentially synonymous (or a wrapper to) .dmg files?
We lost a .dmg file on an harddrive. Our tech guy was able to recover files from the drive but not one of them is a .dmg file. But they are a lot of .apple file. Can the .dmg file we are looking for ...
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1answer
2k views
Recursively converting files from dos line endings to unix line endings
I am looking for a command that I could use to run on an entire directory and subdirectory that will convert all line endings from DOS to UNIX.
It should be able to detect if a file is text or ...
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2answers
206 views
Change all the .txt files to .md files in a certain folder
Is there a Terminal command or something like that to batch rename files in a certain folder? Basically I want to change all the files that have a .txt as a file type, and change it to .md (for ...
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4answers
751 views
How can I convert obsolete word processor files and preserve formatting?
I have some files in WriteNow and WordPerfect format. The WriteNow files go back as far as 1987 and the WordPerfect files are from 1998 - 2001. Some I can read, others I can't open at all. Those I can ...
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4answers
505 views
Is there any free solution to convert a SWF video to an iPhone/iPad compatible format?
I tried several programs to convert a SWF file to a video format and so far none of them seems to work.
4media Converter
Video xConverter
Pinguin
ffmpegx
Easy WMV
I expect a video in any format ...
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2answers
207 views
Select font when converting .txt to .pdf from command line
I often need to convert text files to PDF from the command line. I currently use enscript, a2pdf, cupsfilter, etc. The feature I'm missing is the ability to use an OS X font instead of one of the ...
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3answers
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Is there an app that will convert a movie to an image sequence?
Does anyone know a mac app for converting a movie (.mov) to a series of images ? I know quicktime could do this in the olden days, but that features has been deleted.
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2answers
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Are there any native tools for SVG conversion on OS X?
How can I convert SVG image to something raster? Are there any native [command-line] tools on OS X that can do that? I am able to open them in Safari or Firefox, but doing "Save as..." only proposes ...
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1answer
505 views
How to hear/view files with extensions .VOB, .IFO, and .BUP on a Mac
A friend of mine just got a new MacBook and is trying to look at some files she had from her old Wintel boxen with .VOB, .IFO, and .BUP file extensions. What Mac conversion or viewing utility or app ...
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2answers
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Extracting data from old Mac resource files
What utility or tool that runs which under Mac OS X 10.6 can I use to extract data (icon images and strings, etc.) from old Mac OS 7 (and earlier) resource files/resource forks? (...files created ...
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2answers
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How to open a .lwp file on a Mac?
I need to fill in a form that was sent to me in .lwp format... So far:
The App Store couldn't find any compatible apps;
I found out it's a Lotus WordPro document;
By using Word's Recover text from ...
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1answer
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Export all stickies at once on OS X 10.8?
I am using Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8). I have a lot of stickies, but have been unable to find a simple way to export all the stickies at once as either text or HTML.
Have I overlooked something ...
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3answers
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How come Quicktime plays .avi files but iTunes doesn't?
I think I might be missing something but it seems like Quicktime is happy playing my .avi movies but iTunes isn't. So I have to go through the rigmarole of converting .avi to .mp4 with iTunes before ...
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1answer
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Possible to open/convert Office 98 for Mac PowerPoint file
Is it possible to open or convert a Mac Office 98 PowerPoint file (.pp)? I don't need to edit it, just either convert it to a more recent version or save as a pdf. I don't have access to anything ...
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2answers
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How do I restore a case-sensitive, journaled Time Machine backup to a case-insensitive, journaled filesystem?
I would effectively like to switch from a case-sensitive journaled filesystem to that of a case-insensitive journaled filesystem. Booting into Lion's recovery allows me to format the drive as I wish, ...
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1answer
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What are the secret options of the pdf convert tool from OS X?
I recently discovered the /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/convert tool that is able to convert HTML, DOC, ... to PDF.
It works great but it has some optional arguments that are not documented: -a ...
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3answers
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How to open FrameMaker files on a Mac with OS X?
I have some old FrameMaker documents on my Mac (Intel Core Duo, OS X 1.6.6). Is there any way to open this files (readonly would be ok)? I cannot use the FrameMaker 10 trial from Adobe, because it is ...
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0answers
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ImageMagick - Convert multipage pdf to animated gif
I have a two-page PDF file that I would like to convert to an animated GIF file. A post on the TeX StackExchange gives the following ImageMagick one-liner:
convert -verbose -delay 50 -loop 0 ...
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1answer
225 views
Command line tool to convert DOC and DOCX files to PDF
Is there any command line tool to convert DOC and DOCX files to PDF? If no, can it be automated by some Automator script (open-print to PDF-close)?
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1answer
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Can I convert blog entries to wiki articles for Leopard-to-Lion migration?
We are migrating our Leopard server to Lion. We were using Group wikis and blogs in such a way that I didn't make much of a distinction, so it came as a shock to realize that Lion Server doesn't ...
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How can I convert iPhone .m4a recordings to a more common and lossless format?
what's the best way to convert .m4a to a more common song format, like mp3 etc.
The m4a files are recorded by the iPhone and my machine runs windows vista home premium 32-bit sp2
I want it to be as ...
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3answers
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How can I convert video and audio files into iPod/iPad playable formats?
I am quite a non-technical guy when it comes to such stuff and hence looking for "easy" solutions.
On Windows, I had used Red Kawa Videora to convert the various audio and video formats to ...
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3answers
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How to save a .css file from TextEdit or Word?
I once read you could force the color of visited links in Safari by adding a:visited { color: #6611cc !important; } in the .css file under Preferences < Advanced. In this way, it will turn every ...
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2answers
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Converting Audio to AC-3 using afconvert?
I'm trying to use afconvert to convert an audio file to AC-3 format. It's 5.1 audio, having already been converted from DTS to WAV (using ffmpeg, since afconvert doesn't seem to deal with DTS).
As ...
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1answer
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Remux Videos for iTunes Playability?
What video formats are usable within iTunes, specifically for syncability/playability on iOS devices?
I understand that we're talking about a number of different things here:
Container format
Video ...
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1answer
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Exporting jpg to pdf: file size grows significantly
When I used Preview's "Export" feature to export a 1.4MB jpg file to a one page pdf file, the resulting pdf is as large as 14MB, which is really surprising and annoying. I tried to reduce the file ...
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1answer
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How to decode a .chm file?
I'd like to extract content of old .chm file into individual html files.
Is there an app or command line tool for this?
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1answer
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How can I set Last Modified Date of file after using HandbrakeCLI to convert a file?
Running this on OS X Lion.
I'm batch converting several hundred home movies using Handbrake CLI. I'd like to set the last modified date and created date to that original file.
I'm using the ...
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1answer
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Batch conversion of xlsx to xls via CLI?
I'm trying to convert a bunch of xlsx files to xls (because some other software<cough>matlab<cough> can process xls but not xlsx on the mac).
I've tried unoconv but it has issues (which ...
