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Hi, <br /> I'm using Poser 4 on Mac OS9 does anyone know where I can get a copy of MartinC's Maconverter <br /> so I can use a lot of the freebies for Posette and other's. I have searched everywhere on the net but no luck. <br /> <br /> Christopher.

Hi ! <br /> <br /> I've just done a deep-search, too. Martin C's website 'soft rabbit' is gone, and he'd set 'no robots' so the WayBack Machine shows no cache. A German mirror is also gone. <br /> <br /> I have <b>not </b>checked eg SourceForge. <br /> <br /> IIRC, MC's 'classic' MaConvertor would not work on OS after 9. <br /> <br /> I've done some hunting about, cannot determine if 'maconvertor' functionality was built in to any later Poser Mac version, as some 7~8~9~10 are available from eg Amazon... <br /> <br /> Snag is some are OS 10+ only, will not work on OS 9... <br /> <br /> Also, given that Poser's ownership has changed several times, some versions are too old to register or re-register, though their serial number may count towards an upgrade... <br /> <br /> Don't you hate it when companies trumpet 'improvements' without tabulating what else their programs can do ? Or list compatible file extensions by program, without the complementary alphabetical list of file-types ?? Or mention that only 'object' files are compatible, but the same file-type is used for scenes ?? But a complex 'object' may be saved as a 'scene'... <br /> D'uh... <br /> <br /> If you draw blank here, may I suggest posting queries on Smith Micro and Renderosity etc forums ?? <br /> <br /> Nik

Hi scouter <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/JC_howdy.gif" alt="" /> <br /> Sorry to say no luck here, too. I never used anything Mac, so I didn't download the tool way back, and I'm sure I don't have it in my backups.

Thank you for your reply's I will try posting on Renderosity or even Daz3D surely someone must have a backup of it somewhere I can find lots of reference to it on the net but not the actual program. <br /> If I ever find a copy I will post it on here. <br /> <br /> Christopher.

<a class="post-url" href="https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2920654" target="_blank">https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2920654</a> <br /> <br /> I've posted a query on R**y, but no replies yet. <br /> <br /> IIRC, the program was shareware, so no issues there...

Nik, thank you for your help I'm keeping my fingers crossed you get a reply. <br /> <br /> Christopher.

You're welcome ! I've become quite good at data-mining and virtual archaeology, and the hunt can be fun... <br /> <br /> I was out of Poser for a decade due a Spring electrical storm and a batch of bad HDDs. Oh, and FloorPlan, my preferred building design program, had switched to an 'engine' that was not back-compatible with previous versions or plans. Or my neat recipe for crafting my own doors, windows etc. <br /> <br /> Sounds incredible, but the company had 'fallen out' out with its sub-contracted coding team over x64 re-write costing, called their bluff, licensed a totally new core, look & feel etc. <br /> <br /> For nearly three years, we were promised a plan conversion utility. Eventually, that promise was quietly dropped. I tried the new version, but it was much less flexible than the old. It lacked the 'loopholes' I'd exploited to 'plug in' my own doors, windows, fire-places etc. While I was still deciding how to progress my sprawling Medieval-ish project, my CAD Tower took that hit, died by inches, destroying my Poser Runtime, all my work-in-progress and my recent back-ups... <br /> <br /> A decade along, returning to Poser with a new CAD-Tower, I learned that my beloved P4 was too old to register or re-register. Ditto, the P7 that I never installed due to the 'crash & burn' mentioned above. I got a budget P10 (x32) from A**n to try, bought the discounted upgrade to P11Pro, for its 64-bit memory handling... <br /> <br /> So, I had a heap of P3 & P4 salvage from several forgotten archive drives, a zillion zip files without thumbnails, and a bunch of fun stuff for which I had 'bonus' textures or add-ons, but not their base mesh. I managed to grab some 'classics' from RDNA before it was taken over, but my lost decade meant a lot of sites and models had just vanished. Some could be found via the WayBack Machine, others were linked from <a class="post-url" href="https://poserdazfreebies.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">https://poserdazfreebies.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page</a> <br /> <br /> Often, I actually had those base files, albeit hidden by their obscure name among my zillion old zip files. A lot needed their folder structures 'sanitising' for Poser's 'external libraries'. A big problem was finding the legitimate original OBJs to unlock Objaction Mover PCF or RunTime Enhancer RTE files. Snag was these were tied to a specific version of original OBJs, and many models went through several releases as 'Artisanal Oops' were hastily patched... <br /> <br /> Fun !!

I have a MAC PowerPC Pro with Mac OSX 10.5.8 and Poser 7 I can use but I have 2 Mac G3 laptops <br /> which use MAC OS9.2.2 with Poser 4 so that's why I need Maconverter. I have a ton of Poser stuff which I originally used on a Windows PC which I can use on MAC OSX without much trouble. But I still like to use Poser 4 and I don't have a Windows PC setup at this present moment in time. <br /> Anyways thanks for you help on this. <br /> <br /> Christopher.

I'm very rusty with Mac's... but... <br /> <br /> If you're using Poser 4, then you'll be wanting Mac Converter, so I hope it turns up somewhere. <br /> <br /> If you're using Poser 5, and up, you should be fine (though you may want an RSR converter to fix the shrugging man). <br /> <br /> Sorry I can't be more help.