Does your software run in OSX version 10.xx?

You betcha. If you're Intel and OSX, you are running!

Does it run on a PowerPC Mac as well as an Intel Mac?

We have discontinued support for this, as Apple has forced us to.

Can I use designs I download from the Internet?

Yes! Convert It Mac can read virtually any embroidery design you're likely to find. Then you can convert it to the format for your machine and copy it to a floppy or USB stick etc. You don't even have to worry about .ZIP files because CIM makes that seamless. Most of the time you won't even know you are zipped.

Can I print a full-sized template to place my designs on the fabric?

Naturally CIM can print a template, along with crosshairs for centering.

I Have a Designer 1. Can Convert It Mac help me?

Yes! The original D1 used a floppy disk which requires a set of folders and files to be written using a special program. Convert It Mac does the same job without Windows. The only caveat is that for some reason, the Mac's DOS format is still not recognized by the machine, so use preformatted diskettes or format them on a Windows PC.

The D1 USB has a set of vfd files that go on a USB stick. Yes, Convert it, mac duplicates the software to read and write these files - with no caveats!

There is also the Designer SE, which uses files simply placed on a USB stick. Convert It Mac is perfect for owners of these machines. Diamond users also have this luxury!

What about Bernina machines?

If you need to connect your machine via cable then you will still need to run the Windows Bernina software for that. However many of today's Berninas, for instance the 830, use EXP on a USB stick. There are some extra color files that are optional which commonly get referred to as EXP+. Convert It Mac reads and writes EXP. It also reads EXP+. We'll have a free update shortly that writes the additional color information too.

We have customers happily using Convert It, mac with their 830!

Often we get asked to write ART. Although Convert It can read ART, it does not write ART. Instead it writes the native language that Bernina machines read, which is EXP.

Baby Lock or Brother?

Yes! Convert It Mac can read virtually any embroidery design you're likely to find. Then you can convert it to the PES format for your machine and copy it to a floppy or USB stick etc. In some cases you can directly save to the machine.

Note that some machines require a special memory card to be read and written. This requires a hardware 'box'. Unfortunately all the 'boxes' on the market are Windows based. If we get enough requests to do so, we have the ability to run some boxes from our software and would consider putting it in. It just depends on how many users there are out there.

Are you going to write more programs for Mac embroidery?

Please check out Embrilliance.com -- we have tons of software for both Mac and PC!