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Are there any significant differences between Windows and Mac versions of CELESTIA?

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Are there any significant differences between Windows and Mac versions of CELESTIA?

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While Windows and Mac versions of CELESTIA function similarly in most respects, current Mac versions do not let you capture videos of your journeys. (But all Windows and Mac versions do permit capturing any CELESTIA screen as a JPG image.) In addition, because Windows and Mac versions handle text in slightly different ways, scripts with a lot of text may not look the same in the respective versions. Perhaps the greatest drawback of Mac versions is that they allow NO “unsynchronizing” of time when you run multiple views (frames). This means that—since time has to be the same in all Mac views—current Mac versions cannot support scripts that create calendars. ↑ Back ↑ • Does this mean that you prefer the Windows versions of CELESTIA? We do, simply because they are the most full-featured versions. However, we don’t think you’ll be disappointed in CELESTIA if you need to run it on a Mac. ↑ Back ↑ • There are Linux versions of CELESTIA; why don’t you support them? First, we simply do not hav

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