Viewing PNG image file on a Macbook pro

[porsche4life]

Someone emailed me a .png image, my macbook and iphone both won't view it.... Anybody got any ideas?

[slodave]

Standard image format these days.... Maybe you should buy a PC.

[BRPORSCHE]

I was going to suggest that to him Dave, but I decided that would be rude...get a PC man.

[James Brown]

Look on the web there are plug-ins for this. It's just new that's all, no need to get a Piece of Crap.
I'm on your side Sidney!!

[slodave]

Eh, png's have been around for years now. Even native in the iPhone.

[slodave]

Safari should open them, Apple Preview....

[jeffgrant]

PNG 's show up just fine in iPhones or Macs by default.

Either single-click on it to select it and hit spacebar (to do a quick preview, spacebar again to close quick preview) or double click it to open it i preview (should be the default app to open it). Or right-click on it to open it with another app, like a browser or something.

If that doesn't work, then I'd say that there's something wrong with the file.

[porsche4life]

Came in on gmail, Nothing on either device will open it...

Oh well, they were sent to me in another format now... now worries...

[Gogar]

For me:

Save it to the desktop or wherever, and

go to it and click once and go "command-I" to get info,

and there's a drop-down thingy where i says "open with" and select Preview.

Open in preview and you can 'save as' some other format if you want.

[Brando]

Did they save it out at 72DPI?

[porsche4life]

Wouldn't open in preview... I'm thinking the file must have been corrupt...

[porsche4life]

Originally Posted by BRPORSCHE

I was going to suggest that to him Dave, but I decided that would be rude...get a PC man.

I really feel like Toms PC mangled the picture when he forwarded it...

[Gogar]

Yeah, I don't have a prob with .png so maybe the file is bad.

[slodave]

Please don't blame PC's. They can be mangled on Macs as well.