I swear people do this shit just to be annoying. Let’s have open document types so that we can all communicate, but I have my own open document format that not everybody can read.
The point is, if you need to open a .XPS file on a Mac, use your Gmail account (or someone elses) to make it happen. View it through Gmail, and then you can print/save as a PDF.
Here’ where I found my answer:
http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showthread.php?t=114977
You may notice that the answer is from 2006 so several questions come to mind.
- Why have I never had this issue before? Honestly I’m not even sure where an .XPS document comes from. Maybe I just don’t deal with “those types” of people enough.
- More importantly, why is this still an issue to be had? In 2006 this was something that happened, but that was way back when we were young and stupid! Aren’t we all grown up and have learned how to play nice?
No matter. Google saves me this time. Again. Sometimes I’m less worried about my privacy if I can at least get something done.
Hop.