Dats de problem

footfootfoot · 05-13-2008, 09:41 PM

A friend gave me a disc of photos from her camera and mac computer which were saved as .DAT files.

photoshop, windows picture and fax viewer, picture viewer and quicktime won't open the files. IS there some mojo that will allow me to open thema nd edit them in p'shop?
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Bullitt · 05-13-2008, 10:03 PM

http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/dat
Sounds like your friend might need to try and burn those photos with a different program.

footfootfoot · 05-14-2008, 01:46 PM

Yeah, I tole her so. Thanks

nowhereman · 05-15-2008, 08:00 AM

There is a small, free (last I knew) program called IRFANVIEW. It works like a charm opening oddball files. I'm not sure if it's available for a Mac, I use it on XP. Seek for IRFANVIEW and ye shall find ...

Flint · 05-15-2008, 08:32 AM

I use that app for small resizing/resampling etc. jobs.

mbpark · 05-15-2008, 04:07 PM

XNView (search for this) will open darn near anything made, including certain files such as this. It's free, and runs on OS X.

Link: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g.../enxnview.html

tw · 05-15-2008, 07:27 PM

What format is (who created) a .DAT file?

classicman · 05-16-2008, 10:33 PM

its a mac file

nowhereman · 05-19-2008, 08:49 AM

There's your problem right there ...

KIDDING!! I'M KIDDING !!

classicman · 05-19-2008, 02:50 PM

actually you are right nowhereman - a stupid PC can't handle mac files

I'm just kidding, but not really

05-13-2008, 09:41 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Dats de problem A friend gave me a disc of photos from her camera and mac computer which were saved as .DAT files. photoshop, windows picture and fax viewer, picture viewer and quicktime won't open the files. IS there some mojo that will allow me to open thema nd edit them in p'shop? ? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-13-2008, 10:03 PM	#2
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/dat Sounds like your friend might need to try and burn those photos with a different program. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

05-14-2008, 01:46 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Yeah, I tole her so. Thanks __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-15-2008, 08:32 AM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I use that app for small resizing/resampling etc. jobs. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-16-2008, 10:33 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	its a mac file __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-15-2008, 08:00 AM	#4
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	There is a small, free (last I knew) program called IRFANVIEW. It works like a charm opening oddball files. I'm not sure if it's available for a Mac, I use it on XP. Seek for IRFANVIEW and ye shall find ...

05-15-2008, 04:07 PM	#6
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	XNView (search for this) will open darn near anything made, including certain files such as this. It's free, and runs on OS X. Link: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g.../enxnview.html

05-15-2008, 07:27 PM	#7
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	What format is (who created) a .DAT file?

05-19-2008, 08:49 AM	#9
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	There's your problem right there ... KIDDING!! I'M KIDDING !!

05-19-2008, 02:50 PM	#10
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	actually you are right nowhereman - a stupid PC can't handle mac files I'm just kidding, but not really __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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