How can I open an FDB file on Mac?
We have a clip art catalog we purchased several years ago. It was designed for Mac OS 9. We can open the clip art .eps files, but the browser is not compatable with OSX, so we cannot open the catalogs. We have to reference the book, which is falling apart and is in black & white. The catalogs are fdb files. Is there anyway to browse through them on our computer or any other program which will open them without having to purchase the new Extensis Portfolio browser? The thumbnail previews also do not show up, otherwise we could see them that way.
I will never give into the dark side and buy a PC! Mac all the way baby!
This isn't a Mac / PC problem. It is a system software upgrade problem.
Well, as you know, .pdb is a Portfolio file - unique to Extensis Portfolio, as far as I can see.
Does one of your OS X macs have Classic installed? That should allow you to open the old browser. Beyond that, I found a FAQ page for Portfolio - see link. Your question may be answered there.
If your problem's that you need a reference to allow you to check visually what the eps files are, could you open them up small in Illustrator or something, 9 or 16 at a time making sure the title bar of each is showing, and use Apple's Grab to take a screenshot? Then you'll have a bunch of TIFFs or JPEGs you can scan through on screen.
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