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.exe ebook on a Mac?

by Shannon Tani
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I bought some PLR that came to me as an exe file. I have a Mac. Is there anyway I'll be able to open this?

I thought to email a friend to have her open on her computer and send me the files, but I'm not sure if it works that way...

Love,
SHannon
#ebook #exe #mac
  • Profile picture of the author Paulie Ciara
    Hey look at that! A fellow HI resident!

    .exe is strictly a window thing, so unless you have a a windows emulator, you may be out of luck. I don't believe having your friend opening the find and then sending it to you would work since part of the reason behind .exe ebooks is to keep unauthorized sharing to a minimum.

    I'm a mac guy, and VMware Fusion whenever I need to run windows apps. It works like a charm.

    Mahalo!
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  • Profile picture of the author garyk1968
    Yep options are wine, parallels, vmware fusion or bootcamp!
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  • Profile picture of the author Shannon Tani
    Mahalo! I'm going to try out the trial version of VMWare Fusion and look into Wine if htat doesn't work.

    How frustrating. I wish they had said that it was in exe before I bought it. (I've contacted the seller, but haven't heard back yet.)

    Love,
    Shannon
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    • Profile picture of the author MJ Schaefer
      Yeah, I also use Fusion.

      Need it to open those old .exe products by Allen Says
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  • Profile picture of the author UtopianDreams
    any of the virtualization tools such as parallels or Vm ot even Mac's own bootcamp work "IF " you have a copy of Windows to install and run in parallel
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  • Profile picture of the author impact-productions
    If it was me I'd ask for a refund. That the ebook is PC only should be stated clearly on the sales page. Plus, I wouldn't buy an ebook in .exe format as it's far too inflexible. Imagine not being able to print, resize, transfer to an ebook reader etc in this day and age!
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  • Profile picture of the author Marty S
    Originally Posted by Shannon Tani View Post

    I bought some PLR that came to me as an exe file.
    I find this odd. Did you ask if the distributor had .zip files instead?

    Parallels is a good program which I have installed on my mac, but its rather huge to install in order to accomplish just this one task. Its not free either.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shannon Tani
    I've written back to see if I could get it in a different format. I haven't heard yet, but it was less than 24 hours ago, so I'm not angry or anything.

    Since purchasing it, I've found the same product on other sites and I've been tempted to make a purchase...but they also don't say if it's an exe!

    Love,
    Shannon
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr Dan
    I feel ya. I had similar situations since I am on a mac too. But I do have 2 pc's that my little ones play with so I had that covered. But I now run parallels and it works great. I am able to run all of Big Mikes programs with my mac now.

    I did buy one of Russell Brunsons products which he sent as a exe once and I just opened up the file on my windows and opened properties to check out the link. I then just wrote the link down and opened it up on my mac which worked fine. I wasnt able to just copy and paste it since they had disabled the ability to do so. But it did get me a little bugged since they didnt make it known I was paying for an exe to the vids.

    So maybe have someone you know with windows open it or ask someone here you trust to do it and see if they can send you the link to the files. Just a thought.
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