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Is there any way to run a MAC-program on a Windows-machine?

Is there any way to run a MAC-program on a Windows-machine?

I want to download this large German-English dictionary on 600 MB:

http://lipflip.org/articles/dictcc-dictionary-plugin

Would it be possible in Linux for example? Or can I buy a cheap Mac just for this dictionary? Or convert the file, or use Mac in the cloud?

It says the fiile is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).

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Dave Baldwin

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Eoin OSullivan

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hermesalpha

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So the only way to move this dictionary database from Mac to Windows would be to do a printout in Mac, scan the printout in Windows and OCR?

hermesalpha

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Or would it be possible to import the data to a mobile device that is compatible with Mac, once on the mobile device I export to Windows (if there are any mobile devices that are compatible with both Windows and Mac)?

Dave Baldwin

You can download it from your link and see what's there. See if you can separate the database from the plugin code.

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hermesalpha

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I found this about someone who wanted to open a .pkg file on Linux:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1299184

Although in the end he never tried any of the suggestions, could any of the suggestions be worthwhile to test?

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Or if I have a friend with a Mac, would it be easier for him to get something out of the file, to extract the database, and from there get it in a format that's compatible with Windows?

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Dave Baldwin

As I said in my first post, it is a Plug-in for the Mac OS X operating system. It is not a standalone database.