topic Re: Sharing AutoCAD files between Mac & Windows in AutoCAD for Mac Forum

Sharing AutoCAD files between Mac & Windows

janet9MTGK — Fri, 13 May 2016 18:32:17 GMT

Can Mac & Windows autoCAD share files?

@janet9MTGK,
john.vellek has edited your subject line for clarity: Mac & Windows

Re: Sharing AutoCAD files between Mac & Windows

pendean — Fri, 13 May 2016 18:32:32 GMT

Yes, nothing special to do either.

Re: Sharing AutoCAD files between Mac & Windows

john.vellek — Fri, 13 May 2016 18:32:44 GMT

Hi janet9MTGK and welcome to the forums!

As Dean mentioned, there should be no cross-platform issues with sharing files between Mac and PC.

I have attached a link that describes the different AutoCAD file format versions as an FYI.

Please hit the Accept as Solution button if my post fully solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Sharing AutoCAD files between Mac & Windows

john.vellek — Mon, 16 May 2016 16:05:01 GMT

Hi janet9MTGK,

I am checking back to see if my post or Dean's helped you with your problem. Please add a post with your results so other Forum users can benefit.

Please hit the Accept as Solution button if a post or posts fully solved your issue or answered your question.

Re: Sharing AutoCAD files between Mac & Windows

mikem — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 02:56:05 GMT

Both my wife and I work on PC and Mac. I travel a lot for clients and I use a thumb drive. Is there a better way to store our file (icloud drive, etc.) so that i can use when traveling and not use a thumb drive. Mike Montgomery mikem@ezpermits.biz

Re: Sharing AutoCAD files between Mac & Windows

maxim_k — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 10:21:13 GMT

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi Mike,

i don't recommend you to use iCloud drive, because there is a bug on Mac side - if drawing is inside iCloud drive sync folder, AutoCAD creates duplicates of the drawing each time you save it (endless copies are created):
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-for-mac/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Files-do-not-overwrite-when-saving-to-iCloud-Drive-from-AutoCAD-for-Mac.html?_ga=2.51583023.70176275.1575106897-667395109.1568606929

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/saving-multiple-file-copies/td-p/7085233

So you can try use for example Dropbox or OneDrive to store your drawings (and share them between Mac and PC).

Re: Sharing AutoCAD files between Mac & Windows

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:26:42 GMT

How can i Send File Drawing in Autocad in macbook pro to another computer with window?!

Re: Sharing AutoCAD files between Mac & Windows

maxim_k — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:54:19 GMT

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi @Anonymous ,

@Anonymous wrote:

How can i Send File Drawing in Autocad in macbook pro to another computer with window?!

Save drawing on Mac, then do one of the following:

- send it by email

- copy it to any cloud storage (Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, Google Drive, etc.) and share its location with PC user

- copy it to an external drive, formatted in FAT32 or ExtFAT, and bring this external drive to the PC user