The joys of dealing with large files:

1) Microsoft is crap. Every once in awhile I think they do a good thing, but then I try to use their software and I’m reminded of how f*cked up they can be.

In this case it’s a file too large for Excel to import. But the size limits of Excel are well known. But try to find what exactly the online version of Excel can or cannot do. Why do I have to resort to using Google to try and find out what Microsoft software can or cannot do? Why can’t Microsoft have online help that actually helps?

2) Apple: Sigh… Numbers is slick but it’s very limited capability in regards to large files is also well known. Funny thing is that in iCloud the online Numbers can recognize a spreadsheet is a spreadsheet, but won’t tell you it’s too big until it spends a couple of minutes trying.

3) Google: Yeah, freebie online tools up the wazoo, but as nifty as some of them are as freebies, they too are very limited in size capabilities.

So now I’ve got to roll my own quick and dirty software to handle data files of a couple of hundred megabytes each.