I have some files that are .zfab and .u3ma. They are fabrics for 3D garment rendering called CLO and Browsewear. These two companies also specializes in testing physical fabrics which is the part I'm interested in. However they are adamant they want pack them into their own fileformat which only works when using their own software. I'm trying to find another way to use their services without manually have to first load the files into the respective software and then copy paste all the data into a more flexible format like a JSON. Is it anyway possible to force open these file formats to see if theres a way to export the data I need?

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 before OS X, but I still have a PowerPC laptop. Recent versions of PowerPoint refuse to open it, and I haven't been successful finding a converter. Alternatively, is there a service that would do something like this?

I'm not seeing an option to choose plain text encoding (.TXT extension) when saving a file in TextEdit.app in macOS. My documents seem to all be rtf - rich text format. How can I change this?

So, here’s the thing. I have a new iPhone and an old Mac. iOS 11 (still in beta as of today) and El Capitan (no more updates for this Mac). I use iCloud photo library in both devices. When I take a photo in the new format with my iPhone 7, is there any way to use it right away in my mac, without having to convert it in my iPhone first? I mean, can I get those photos synced through iCloud and converted locally on my Mac? I have tried to find a third party software that could do that kind of conversion, but was not able to find any that would work on El Capitan. Any idea?

Is there a quick and easy way to convert many HEIC files to png on macOS? ### Example Suppose we take some live photos on iPhone, airdrop them to MacBook, and we want to upload them to a site that only accepts .png files. I've noticed if you simply change the extension from .HEIC to .png (e.g. in the above image), then as far as I can tell, the image file is treated accordingly by programs and it 'works'. However, I guess the underlying file *hasn't* changed, so it could still contain live photo information (I think), which a normal png wouldn't have, which, in a worst case, could be a security risk or in less severe cases simply be an annoyance. ### What I know so far The best I can do right now is go through the files one by one renaming them. I would really like to know what other solutions are available (via point and click and terminal), and have a strong preference for not having to download any external software.

I have an old Keynote file that contains a PICT-formatted picture from my 2007 archive, which I want to use now. Keynote refuses to convert it. Is there any way I can convert into any newer format on Big Sur?

I recorded an audio using Audacity, then increased its volume 10 times using ffmpeg. When I am sending this audio as attachment to my friends to test, then people with older iPhones are able to hear it fine (volume is still low though), but people on iPhone 14 and higher are not hearing my voice in the mp3 at all. Actually, on iPhone 14 and higher, my voice is there in audio, but its so low in volume that it's almost inaudible, impossible to hear. I can hear it if I strain really really a lot. Other things on the phone are playing fine, audio settings are showing full. If I add a background music to the audio using ffmpeg, then people on iPhone 14 and higher are only hearing the music, not my voice. What is happening here? Edit: This is certainly a ffmpeg issue. I increased volume in input file using audacity and tried playing the new file on iPhone 14, it has somewhat higher volume, can hear myself a little but still not much. In any case, whatever Audacity did to increase volume, that worked, and whatever ffmpeg is doing with my below command, it's not working at all. My question is: Do I need to adjust some frequency etc options/settings in the input when using ffmpeg to increase the volume? What ffmpeg command can I use to fix the issue, so that volume increased files play on all devices? Thanks Here is the ffmpeg command I am using to increase volume in my recorded audio. Output mp3 file from below command is uploaded here: https://tbrjar.com/audio_test/z1.mp3 and here's the original input file as recorded by audacity: https://tbrjar.com/audio_test/input.mp3

% ffmpeg -ss 00:00:00 -i input.mp3 -to 00:00:05 -filter:a "volume=10" -c:a libmp3lame z1.mp3
    
ffmpeg version 2024-03-04-git-e30369bc1c-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
      built with gcc 13.2.0 (Rev5, Built by MSYS2 project)
      configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --pkg-config=pkg
    conf --disable-w32threads --disable-autodetect --enable-fontconfig --enable-icon
    v --enable-gnutls --enable-libxml2 --enable-gmp --enable-bzlib --enable-lzma --e
    nable-libsnappy --enable-zlib --enable-librist --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh -
    -enable-libzmq --enable-avisynth --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-sd
    l2 --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libaribcaption --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdav
    s2 --enable-libuavs3d --enable-libzvbi --enable-librav1e --enable-libsvtav1 --en
    able-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libxvi
    d --enable-libaom --enable-libjxl --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-
    mediafoundation --enable-libass --enable-frei0r --enable-libfreetype --enable-li
    bfribidi --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-liblensfun --enable-libvidstab --enable-l
    ibvmaf --enable-libzimg --enable-amf --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-
    ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-dxva2 --enable-d3d11va --enable
    -libvpl --enable-libshaderc --enable-vulkan --enable-libplacebo --enable-opencl
    --enable-libcdio --enable-libgme --enable-libmodplug --enable-libopenmpt --enabl
    e-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libshine --enable-libtheora --e
    nable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libilbc --e
    nable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopus --enable-libspeex --ena
    ble-libvorbis --enable-ladspa --enable-libbs2b --enable-libflite --enable-libmys
    ofa --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-chromaprint
      libavutil      58. 40.100 / 58. 40.100
      libavcodec     60. 41.100 / 60. 41.100
      libavformat    60. 23.100 / 60. 23.100
      libavdevice    60.  4.100 / 60.  4.100
      libavfilter     9. 17.100 /  9. 17.100
      libswscale      7.  6.100 /  7.  6.100
      libswresample   4. 14.100 /  4. 14.100
      libpostproc    57.  4.100 / 57.  4.100
    Input #0, mp3, from 'luck1.mp3':
      Duration: 00:00:54.02, start: 0.025057, bitrate: 133 kb/s
      Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (mp3float), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 133 kb/s
          Metadata:
            encoder         : LAME3.100
    Stream mapping:
      Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (mp3 (mp3float) -> mp3 (libmp3lame))
    Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
    Output #0, mp3, to 'z1.mp3':
      Metadata:
        TSSE            : Lavf60.23.100
      Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp
          Metadata:
            encoder         : Lavc60.41.100 libmp3lame
    [out#0/mp3 @ 00000000001a7340] video:0KiB audio:79KiB subtitle:0KiB other stream
    s:0KiB global headers:0KiB muxing overhead: 0.313639%
    size=      79KiB time=00:00:05.00 bitrate= 129.5kbits/s speed=18.2x

Long story short... We have a user whose Notes app bit the dust and they lost everything. Years of work and personal information. No backup either. When we do a search for the notes in Spotlight, however, we can see them. Clicking on each note in Spotlight does nothing. Poking around we noticed this user’s store.db file has the related info in it, yet the file is gibberish. Is there a way to export this into something legible? We've read this may be something SQL or sqlite related. Hoping someone can help.

I am a huge fan of [HandBrake](http://www.handbrake.fr/) . 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 size/quality of the content, and you have yourself a pretty much perfect video file suitable for the medium of your choice. I've been looking for similar qualities in an Audio Converter, and more preferably, an Audio Extractor (from a given video file). I would love to be able to drag a video file into an application, specify that I want the Audio File in AAC at a given bitrate, click Start, and let the app do the rest. I am not averse to using Handbrake to suffice the conversion aspect of this, so long as the audio extraction after the fact is a simple process. The point is to take as few steps as possible. Any tips? Apps? Ideas?

I have some video files that came from a digital video camera. If I examine the file using exiftool, I see an output that includes:

SB-iMac(~/Movies/trial) % exiftool f1.dv
ExifTool Version Number         : 12.40
File Name                       : f1.dv
Directory                       : .

File Modification Date/Time     : 2024:05:19 12:26:08-04:00

Date/Time Original              : 2009:01:18 11:28:30

After converting with Handbrake and selecting "passthrough common metadata", exiftool reveals:

SB-iMac(~/Movies/trial) % exiftool f1.m4v
ExifTool Version Number         : 12.40
File Name                       : f1.m4v
Directory                       : .

File Modification Date/Time     : 2024:05:19 12:26:08-04:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2024:05:19 12:26:08-04:00

The Date/Time Original field does not appear in this listing of metadata for the converted file. If I load both files into FinalCutPro, the original file appears as 'its own event' dated 'Jan 18, 2009' and the converted file as an event for 'May 19, 2024'. Within FCP, I cannot find that the revealed metadata for the original file includes the date in 2009. I tried to create my own view of metadata in FCP and selected the 'Date Time Original'. However, even that option does not reveal the 2009 date.) Is there a way of keeping the earlier date in the file conversion process?

Is there any way to batch convert .jpg files into single .pdf files?

As it says in title. I couldn't find a way to convert it with a file conversion system already on my computer using a Google search, and nor could I find any online converters without a size limit. Eventually I did find a website which recommended uploading it to Keynote as a one-slide presentation and saving it as a .gif, but I suppose my computer, as it's quite old, couldn't handle downloading it and crashed. What would be a good way to convert it with minimal stress on my system? Download time isn't a problem as long as it gets done.

I cannot select all text to copy to the clipboard on the Apple iPad I have so is there some way, like on an online website or an app, to get all the text from a document into the clipboard so that I can paste the text in an area that only allows clipboard contents?

How do I convert DMG files to IMG files? I am trying to use 'Q emulator' to run XPpro and it requires an IMG file of the XP disc.(legal copy) I'm using a late model G5 PPC with Leopard 10.5.8

I would like to convert a large number of MP3's in my Apple Music library to AAC (to save disk space). Using the Music app, I have tried it with all songs of an album. Now, I've got each track twice, once in MP3, and again in AAC. That's very cumbersome to go through all songs and find the old mp3's. Is there an easier way? (I have googled, but did not find anything really useful.) I converted the tracks as follows: I went to the album, selected all tracks in it, went to File / Convert / Create AAC Version, and let Apple Music do the conversion. That worked, but, as I said, afterwards, each track was duplicate in the album.

I have an iPhone 14 Pro. There are some photos that were taken in RAW (DNG) format. I want those photos to be in JPG format. I have the Photos app's "Transfer to Mac or PC" setting on "Automatic", but when I transfer the photos to my PC, they are still in DNG format. I tried to use ImageMagick on my PC to convert the DNG files to JPG, but as you can see (original DNG on the left side, converted JPG on the right side), the colors are way off on the converted image: So I would like to do the conversion in the iPhone itself if possible. I found an article saying that you can convert a DNG photo to a JPG by tapping the Share button on the image and then selecting "Save to Files", but that still saved the photo as a DNG.

I need to convert about 500k emails into searchable PDFs. By 'searchable' I mean that macOS will be able to scan them for specific words rather than simply treating them as an image. My searches, thus far, for a tool to do this have ended in proprietary database apps and over-priced sketchball x-to-pdf converters which basically perform the built-in macOS functionality of Print To PDF. Is there a single tool or two complementary tools that could be used together in Terminal to just batch convert all the emails to searchable PDFs?

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 "standard Unix" fonts. I'm particularly interested in the AmericanTypewriter font. Is there an existing tool to do that or perhaps an Apple Script? If not, are there any other ideas?

I am using QuickTime Player. From initial research it seems i would need QT Pro to do it. Is there a free opensource tool i can use for a simple task like this? On opening the audio .m4a file in QT the Edit Tab options like copy paste etc are coming out to be disabled.

Wanting to convert an external HFS+ drive to APFS. This is said to be doable without losing the current content. I have no reason to doubt that. But I'm curious: **Is there any reason (any significant difference) to instead do a fresh erase/reformat? (and then restore the contents from backup)**