Convert a Mac project to the Windows format For a detailed comparison of the features available on both platforms, refer to the QSR website. If you convert your Windows project and access it on the Mac platform, you may not be able to work with all your project items.
NOTE NVivo for Mac has a subset of the features available in NVivo 12 for Windows. A copy of your open project is saved at the selected location. Click Browse to select where you want save the converted project, enter a name for the copied project in the File name box, and then click Save.
When you convert a project from Windows to Mac format, you will need to update the file links (in the item's properties) if you want to access the files. Hyperlinks within documents and memos to files.Audio and video files with media files stored outside the project (not embedded).Within NVivo you can create links to files outside your project in the following ways: This means that if you convert your Windows project and open it in NVivo for Mac (or vice versa), you will not be able to access linked files unless you update the file links.
The Windows and Mac operating systems use different formats for file links. For example, framework matrices are not supported in NVivo for Mac, so a folder that only contains framework matrices will appear to be empty when viewed in NVivo for Mac. IMPORTANT Do not delete folders that appear to be empty when you are working with a converted project, because the folder may contain hidden project items. If you open the project in NVivo for Windows you will be able to see everything again. Other project items (for example, maps and reports) that are not available are also hidden. You cannot see these annotations in the Annotations folder in Navigation View.You cannot see these annotations in these files.If your project contains annotations in audios, videos, pictures or datasets, then you will notice that: If the scope of a query is defined by a Search Folder it will not return any resultsĪnnotations are only supported for documents, PDFs, externals and memos. Queries will only search items that are visible in your project.You cannot see these queries in List View.You cannot see the Search Folders in Navigation View.
If your project contains Search Folders or queries that are not yet available in the Mac version of the software (for example, compound queries), you will notice that: When you open a converted project in NVivo for Mac, items that are not supported on the Mac version of the software are hidden. Why does my converted Windows project look different on Mac? We recommend that all team members use the same version of the software (and do not work cross-platform) due to some known limitations and issues.
Can we work as a team with some users on Windows and others on Mac? It is possible to work with a project on both Windows and Mac (cross-platform), however, we recommend that you work with your project on a single platform due to some known limitations and issues. Can I work with a project on Windows and Mac? If you want to convert an NVivo for Mac (Version 11) project to the NVivo 12 for Windows format, you must first open (and upgrade) the project using NVivo 12 for Mac, then convert the project using NVivo 12 for Windows. Alternatively, you can import the content from an NVivo for Mac project into an NVivo for Windows project. You can open an NVivo project created on the Mac platform (.nvpx) in Windows and it will be converted into the Windows format (.nvp) for you.
You can also export selected items from an NVivo 12 for Windows project to a new NVivo 12 for Mac project. You can do this using the 'copy project' feature. You cannot open a project created in the Windows format (.nvp) in the Mac platform-you will need to convert it to the NVivo for Mac format first. If the size of your Mac project exceeds 10GB you may not be able to open it in NVivo for Windows. Projects created on the Mac platform have a larger maximum file size than Windows projects. You can convert a project from one file format to the other using the project converter available in NVivo 12 for Windows. The projects have a different file format. NVivo for Windows and NVivo for Mac are separate software applications.