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Hi Any chance of a MAC version - at least be honest if the PTE technologists cannot cope, or is it an Apple licensing difficulty or something like that? Cheers Geoffrey Hi Please excuse me as I am not used to these forum things! However, I have posted on this this issue in the general forum in responding to an earlier disussion. All I am trying to do is push for the development of a MAC version of PTE - and this seemed that it may be an appropriate place to at least create some further discussion. Cheers Geoffrey PS MACs 'Just Work'!

Hello Igor, Greetings from Pennsylvania, USA! I was wondering if you could give us (the Mac users) some insight where PTE is for the Mac at this point. Thanks Bill

I have patiently awaited the "Mac only" version for over 6 months now. Whilst I have looked and tried other Mac Slide-show software, I remain so impressed with P2exe that I can't wait for its eventual launch. However, I was told a release would be available this summer and now I am advised it will not be until the Autumn. There must be a lot of frustrated Mac users like myself, which represents a huge market!

I to have crossed over to mac currently use Fotomagico would prefer this one.

HI First day here. And I don't own a PC - just a Mac. But I'm patiently waiting for a slideshow program from either a PC or Mac developer/programmer that will create a slideshow with true random selection. If such a program exists in the PC world I will partition my Mac and get Bootcamp or whatever just to run it or perhaps the expected upcoming Mac version of Pictures2 will consider this request. WHICH IS ...... OK - I am begging* begging* I tell you for* what would seem to me* ( ok I'm not a developer by any means ) * but it seems* like a simple idea* - *** I am begging for a photo slideshow* program that* is* truly* random . * I can select* random in iPhoto** and yes it randomizes on the first sort, but when it loops back ( repeats ) * one gets the same* order of pictures* of the initial random sort. ** I would like for* a* slideshow program to* re-randomize* every time the program** re-loops. ** Is that really hard to do ?* Is that why I can't find the feature in any* slideshow program or ** am I among the rarity with this request* ? ** OK - while I am in* dream mode* -* it would be fantastic if I could advance the real random * notion a notch further.*** iTunes allows one to make* Playlists.** I can list* a photo album and then * a* video and then a photo album** another photo album* and another video* etc.**** * iTunes will then play* these** one after another.*** Ok that's good.* I'm grateful for that. ** But* wow* it would be* fabulous if* a* program* could** go through* such a* list** randomly ! ** It would randomly select an album from the list to start* off with and then display the pictures * within that album randomly, and then it would randomly pick* the next album from the playlist* and display the * pictures from that album randomly.** And* WHEN I PLAY THAT* PLAYLIST OF ALBUMS AGAIN * IT WOULD GIVE ME A WHOLE NEW RANDOM ASSORTMENT OF* FILES FROM THE PLAYLIST AND ** RANDOM PICTURES FROM EACH FILE OR ALBUM* - and not just a repetition of what had played before. WHAT A CONCEPT ! * The slideshow program would* pick* one of the items* from the list randomly and then pick * the next* item randomly** until the list was exhausted* ( and hopefully not* re-running a* program once picked ). * Naturally once an album is randomly selected - the pictures within that album would also be presented in a * randomized order.* ** When I select* shuffle** in the iTunes playlist*** the whole playlist freezes* after the first* album* or selection is played. I realize it might be difficult to* select and randomize from an assortment of* photo albums and movies. ** I would be happy just for the program to be able to* randomly select** just from a group of* photo albums* listed in a playlist ** or select* randomly from a* group of just movies or slideshows in a playlist.** ** I have a apple cinema monitor set up* to* view* photos and it plays* throughout the day, *** but it sure is tiresome to see the same* order of photos* time after time.** ** Slideshow programs come with so many bells and whistles and those are nice * and we appreciate all the work and creativity involved - but in the end it's all a bit *tedious if the presentation* is always** same-same* without any* true* random spontaneity. ** I mean don't developers* get tired of* seeing the same pictures in the same order* every time ? thank you world for hearing my lament. blurij

I wrote in an earlier post regarding having problems playing back Mac executables on my Mac G5. Shows made on my new Dell PC just won't run at all on the G5. I have now recompiled a sample show using my wife's Acer laptop and the resultant file now plays back perfectly. Both machines have Windows 7 installed incidentally and both versions of PtoExe are the same. Clearly there is some sort of incompatibility between the Dell that manifests itself when compiling for a Mac. At least I know how to get around it even if I don't know the reason! Shows compiled on the Dell do run however on my Mac Book Pro. Something very strange going on..... Malcolm

Hi, I have created a Mac executable (ver. 6.0) which runs perfectly well on my Mac Book Pro - nice and smooth, sound ok etc etc. However, the same file will not run at all on my Mac G5 of fairly recent vintage. The G5 is running Leopard OS (Intel chipset) and the Mac Book is running Snow Leopard OS/Core I7). Has anyone experienced similar problems? The file just sits there and refuses to do anything at all... Cheers - Malcolm PS. A sample Mac file that I downloaded from Barry's site works fine...

Hello i just want to know when it will be possible to use or to test PTE with my apple computer... A Mac version it is ready? Thank you. Guillaume67.

Can people who create and use Mac sequences tell me if you still disable hardware acceleration for any menu sequence that you use? Whilst I used to do this for pc versions using earlier versions of PTE, I have not found it necessary since the version 6.0 + PTE versions. Not being a Mac user but occasionally needing to output Mac slideshows I would like to draw on the experiances of others. Geoff

Bonjour je souhaiterai savoir quand va sortir la version PTE pour Mac...? Merci

As a Mac user I previously mentioned here at Wnsoft I build DVD Memorials from time to time for some clients and we were asked to build one starting last week so I frantically had to find some software for our Mac since the included system's own slide show software is lacking. I purchased FotoMagico Pro which actually worked quite well and produced a DVD with quite good quality BUT, it has so many of Wnsoft's fine features missing and particularly working with layers and transparencies and also the audio time line in Wnsoft I really like. Oh well, at least temporarily I have something to use till till Igor's team has the Mac Version available.

Hi folks, In one of the threads in this forum Igor used the term 'internal alpha testing' for the Mac version, so some weeks ago I asked Igor to explain what he means exactly by this specific testing. Till now I didn't get an answer, but I suppose he is very busy with finishing PtE 6.5, something I fully understand; I'm waiting for that soundtrack-version too! But maybe some of the many clever members of this forum can tell me the meaning of this 'internal alpha testing', and is there any difference between 'internal alpha testing' and 'alpha testing'? regards, Henri. I just got a message from Dmitry Hapilin who said: Internal alpha testing means testing PicturesToExe inside our company only, without involving any user. Please, wait for a public testing to get and try PicturesToExe for Mac (if you want to participate in testing). Thanks Dmitry for this quick reaction..... Henri.

Hello, In a other topic a say the app and exe files made with PTE under Parallel are not running. Afther some test a saw the they work if they where made with PTE under VN Fusion. So I believe the fault was by Parallel. I download presentations from Beckham Digital I can play the exe under Parallel but I get no response from the app files under Snow Leopard. I didn't receive any mention so I don't now where to search for a solution. Anybody a idea what it could be? Thanks for help. Fotofan

I wonder if I am the only person who has this problem? I have just posted the following on the Audacity forum following Ken's suggestion from am earlier post on this subject. I have made a commentary for an Audio Visual show using 1.3.11 Beta and Lame 3.98.2 when saving as an MP3. The recording was on an iMac using an AKG C1000S mic and a "noise free" input amp. The sound quality is fine for my purposes and plays perfectly in iTunes. Mono 44100 Hz 32-bit float exported at 128 kbps Constant bit rate mode. My current AV software (PicturesToExe) only allows me to produce AVs on a PC but can produce "Mac executables". I have several AVs with music that work OK on the Mac. My commentary plays perfectly on the PC - as well as it does in iTunes on the MAc. But and it is a big BUT when I add the music to the AV, create the executable I run into problems. While it runs perfectly on the PC the sound on the Mac version is terrible. It is just like a seriously slowed down version. Out of desperation I exported an OGG file. OK again on the PCbut the opposite of the MP3 - it sounded like Pinky and Perky - really fast. Can anyone please suggest what is going on here? Better still has anyone got a solution PLEASE. I cannot get my head around the fact that the sound plays perfectly on the Mac and on the PC it is only when it is used in the Mac executable PTE file that there is any problem. This must surely mean that PTE is having some unwanted effect on the sound file. I also tried saving my commentary as a WAV but the result was no different. This is quite a frustrating and potentially serious problem. It will be interesting to see if 6.5 has any impact. Kind regards Peter

Hello, I was running PTE on Mac under Parallel (Windows XP). Now I had to renew my license of Videobuilder and install the last version of PTE. Exe (Windows) and App (Mac) created with the new version no longer work. The error mentions are: For app 20/04/10 13:16:21 [0x0-0x71071].com.WnSoft.PteViewLauncher[1468] [maclauncher] launching application: "/Users/Eddy/Pictures/Klaprozen/Klaprozen.app/Contents/Resources/Viewer.app/Contents/MacOS/MacViewer5" -psn_0_462961 For Exe 20/04/10 13:15:59 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[157] ([0x0-0x70070].com.WnSoft.PteViewLauncher[1464]) posix_spawn("/Users/Eddy/Pictures/Klaprozen/03-Project exe files/Vistqexe.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher", ...): Permission denied Anybody any experience with this problem and have a solution? Thanks.

Has anyone tried using crossover 7 to run PTE? There is a forum for the Codewaevers web site but I could find nothing on PTE. It seems a relatively cheap option but back in 2008 Macworld did not rate it that highly. Kind regards Peter

This may be a question only Igor can answer. Just as the current PC version of PTE makes it possible to make a presentation for Mac, will the coming Mac stand alone version of PTE be able to make a presentation to run on a PC. I need to know this since I make DVD presentations for clients who may have either a PC or a Mac. Thank you! Bill

Greetings, I want to create a PTE show, using my Windows PC, that will be playable on a Mac. I have read through the Forum on this subject but I did not find an answer, at least one that I could understand. I don't have a Mac to test things out on so I am at a disadvantage. 1st question: What is the difference in choosing "HD Video for PC and Mac (MP4)" and "Executable file for Mac" when you want to create a slideshow to play on a Mac? 2nd question: I don't know the difference between a Mac and a Big Mac. So, can you tell me exactly which Mac these files will play on? Which Mac OS is needed? The person that I want to send it to says he has a "Mac". He is hard to reach so that is all I know at the moment. Thanks...Gary

I have recently made three sequences 2 very short ones and the third just over 3 minutes. I added sound files to each one. On the PC all play perfectly. On the Mac one of the short ones works OK the other two the music seems to play at a very slow speed. All music files are MP3 produced from Adobe Audition. I was careful to ensure they are NOT MP3Pro. If I put the music files on the Mac on their own they play perfectly so it is not a problem with the music file itself. I have tried removing the music and putting it back but so far that has not worked. I feel sure there is a bug somewhere in the conversion. Can anyone help please? Kind regards Peter

HI All I am running XP Pro in Fusion 3 on an I MAC 27 OSX 10.6 (snow leopard) I have PTE in the virtual machine and whilst it assembles the sequence properly, when I play it back it stumbles and shows little small windows with either the last or next image in them. The saved EXE file runs ok on the virtual and also on other PC machines. Has anybody else experienced this phenomenon? MIke R

For some time now it is not possible to log in on my iPhone. Before the changements in the mobile layout of the forum it was quite easy to log in for some discussion, but now after typing my name and password I go back to the startscreen of the forum and that's it! I mailed to the developers of the website but never became any answer.. I hope there's soon a solution for this inconvenience. regards, Henri.

Hi. Please forgive me if this has been answered already but I did search and could not find an answer. Can I download PTE to a mac? I have tried but cannot seem to open or run the programme. Thanks in advance, Dave.

Hi, I am an amateur photographer who is on the board of a local photo club which owns a PC - occasionally, I am asked to create a slideshow of my work. I switched over to Mac last year - when I had a PC, I was creating shows with ProShow...the functionality is great...but it seems that the major hurdle is in finding a program which creates .exe file slideshows that can be used on a mac. ProShow is obviously not going to work for me anymore, and I am very reluctant to do the whole virtualization/windows thing on my mac, as avoidance of windows was a major driver for me to switch over.... I see a lot of questions about viewing exe slideshows from a PC on a Mac - can PTE help me create an exe slideshow file on my Mac to be run on a PC? thanks so much! Allison

Has anyone managed to get a Mac executable slideshow to run under Snow Leopard. I have had no success.

Hello dear friends of this forum, I recently changed my business computers over to Mac and I feel like now be severed from this forum which I really enjoyed but I realize I must now wait on a standalone version for Mac. note: just recently had a Memorial service video to make which I build with Mac's Keynote and many thought it was great BUT I could of done much better if I only had my Wysoft software. (Just don't want to install Windows on my Mac Pro.) I want to especially thank Lin Evans since he posts his presentations here both for PC and Mac format so I am hoping others will post both formats too. I am posting this request here since here is where the presentations are posted but if I am in error placing it here I would appreciate some assistance. Thanks so much!! Bill