Publish Executable file for Mac?

[goddi]

Greetings,

I sent a slideshow in MP4 format to a friend. She sent her friend who has an 'Apple'. He said the 'Apple' can not play MP4s. OK. So I created another using Publish Executable File for MAC, created in ZIP. Still this person says he can not play the slideshow. I don't know anything about Apples or Macs. Am I doing something wrong or is it a problem at the other end? Should it play on an Apple as well as a Mac? Are there only certain Apple/Macs that it will play on? The Zipped file for Mac has about 9 files in it. What is the executable file he should click on to run the show?

Clueless... Gary

[Lin Evans]

Hi Gary,

Someone's feeding you a line.... MP4's play perfectly on a Mac and the only thing necessary to play the executable is click on the zip file and chose to ignore the warning. 

There is no other current Apple computer other than MacIntosh. Perhaps they are trying to play it on a phone?

Best regards,

Lin

[goddi]

1 hour ago, Lin Evans said:

Hi Gary,

Someone's feeding you a line.... MP4's play perfectly on a Mac and the only thing necessary to play the executable is click on the zip file and chose to ignore the warning. 

There is no other current Apple computer other than MacIntosh. Perhaps they are trying to play it on a phone?

Best regards,

Lin

Thanks, Lin. I will try to get more info about what hardware he is using. But they are leaving on a trip tomorrow so it might be a while before I can sort this out.

I think they are not too technically minded. But thanks for the info.

Gary

[goddi]

On 12/19/2015 at 2:17 PM, Lin Evans said:

Hi Gary,

Someone's feeding you a line.... MP4's play perfectly on a Mac and the only thing necessary to play the executable is click on the zip file and chose to ignore the warning. 

There is no other current Apple computer other than MacIntosh. Perhaps they are trying to play it on a phone?

Best regards,

Lin

Lin,

I still have not found out if this person was able play the slideshow I sent. But, I started to wonder, if 'MP4's play perfectly on a Mac', why would we bother with publishing an 'Executable file for a Mac'?  Just wondering....

Gary

[Lin Evans]

Hi Gary,

For the same reason we publish Executable files for the PC. A perfectly functioning MP4 file does not equal an Executable file on either a Mac or PC in every case because of the inability for MP4 to animate as smoothly. Executable code generally runs at 60 frames per second and at the present time, mp4 code doesn't have the same capabilities. Yes, it's possible to create 60fps mp4's but in my experience they are not equivalent for animation.

The other issue is, of course, that there is no way to manually run an MP4 in executable mode. This means that lots of the things we can do in PTE with executable code (menu's, pop up text, etc.) would not be possible. People using PTE in manual modes would not be able to do so on a Mac (or PC for that matter) without the executable capabilities.

Best regards,

Lin

[goddi]

5 hours ago, Lin Evans said:

Hi Gary,

For the same reason we publish Executable files for the PC. A perfectly functioning MP4 file does not equal an Executable file on either a Mac or PC in every case because of the inability for MP4 to animate as smoothly. Executable code generally runs at 60 frames per second and at the present time, mp4 code doesn't have the same capabilities. Yes, it's possible to create 60fps mp4's but in my experience they are not equivalent for animation.

The other issue is, of course, that there is no way to manually run an MP4 in executable mode. This means that lots of the things we can do in PTE with executable code (menu's, pop up text, etc.) would not be possible. People using PTE in manual modes would not be able to do so on a Mac (or PC for that matter) without the executable capabilities.

Best regards,

Lin

Lin, Thanks. Since I don't have a Mac, I was just not sure of the differences...or the sameness. Got it.

Gary