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Guides

Help for EQ8 quilters.

Plain answers about your EQ8 projects, new versions of macOS, the iPad and your other options. Checked against official sources, and updated when anything changes.

  • EQ8 on a Mac

    EQ8 on macOS 27 and 28: what Mac quilters need to know

    Apple says macOS 27 is the last version with general Rosetta support. What that means for EQ8 on your Mac, what Electric Quilt has said, and what to do now.

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  • EQ8 projects

    How to open a .pj8 file (EQ8 project)

    What a .pj8 file is, how to open it in EQ8, where EQ8 saves projects on Mac and Windows, how to back up and share them, and what to do if you don’t have EQ8.

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  • EQ8 and the iPad

    Can you use EQ8 on an iPad?

    The honest answer: EQ8 doesn’t run on iPad. What you can do today, the iPad quilt design apps available, and how Quarter Inch will open EQ8 projects on iPad.

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  • Quilt design software

    EQ8 alternatives: quilt design software compared (2026)

    A fair, sourced comparison of 2026 quilt design software: EQ8, QuiltLab, NiftyFifty, PreQuilt, TideStitch, Quiltler and more, by device, price and EQ8 import.

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Your EQ8 quilts, wherever you sew.

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