diff --git a/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/0-demo-dataset-maker-utilities.scd b/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/0-demo-dataset-maker-utilities.scd
index cbbd4b1..2409979 100644
--- a/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/0-demo-dataset-maker-utilities.scd
+++ b/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/0-demo-dataset-maker-utilities.scd
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ t = Main.elapsedTime;
 
 // or write to file a human readable, sorted version of the database after sorting it by index.
 (
-a = File("/tmp/sc-loading.json","w");
+a = File(Platform.defaultTempDir ++ "sc-loading.json","w");
 ~stuffsorted = Array.newFrom(~loader.index.keys).sort{|a,b| ~loader.index[a][\bounds][0]< ~loader.index[b][\bounds][0]}.do{|k|
 	v =  ~loader.index[k];
 	a.write(k.asString ++  "\n");
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ t = Main.elapsedTime;
 
 ///// write to file in human readable format, in order.
 (
-a = File("/tmp/sc-spliting.json","w");
+a = File(Platform.defaultTempDir ++ "sc-spliting.json","w");
 ~stuffsorted = Array.newFrom(~slicer.index.keys).sort{|a,b| ~slicer.index[a][\bounds][0]< ~slicer.index[b][\bounds][0]}.do{|k|
 	v =  ~slicer.index[k];
 	a.write(k.asString ++  "\n");
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ t = Main.elapsedTime;
 )
 
 // write the dataset to file with the native JSON
-~ds.write("/tmp/sc-dataset.json")
+~ds.write(Platform.defaultTempDir ++ "sc-dataset.json")
 
 // open the file in your default json editor
-"open /tmp/sc-dataset.json".unixCmd
+(Platform.defaultTempDir ++ "sc-dataset.json").openOS
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // manipulating and querying the data
diff --git a/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/1-learning examples/11-compositing-datasets.scd b/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/1-learning examples/11-compositing-datasets.scd
index 08789b4..8398b84 100644
--- a/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/1-learning examples/11-compositing-datasets.scd	
+++ b/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/1-learning examples/11-compositing-datasets.scd	
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ Routine{
 ~query.transformJoin(~loudDSn, ~tempDS, ~globalDS) // appends 4 dims of loud to the 8 dims above
 
 ~globalDS.print//12 dim: 4 timbre, 4 pitch, 4 loud, all normalised between 0 and 1
-~globalDS.write("/tmp/test12dims.json") // write to file to look at the values
+~globalDS.write(Platform.defaultTempDir ++ "test12dims.json") // write to file to look at the values
+// open the file in your default json editor
+(Platform.defaultTempDir ++ "test12dims.json").openOS
 
 // let's assemble the query
 // first let's normalise our target descriptors
diff --git a/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/1-learning examples/12-windowed-clustered-segmentation.scd b/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/1-learning examples/12-windowed-clustered-segmentation.scd
index 1e945dd..813a06e 100644
--- a/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/1-learning examples/12-windowed-clustered-segmentation.scd	
+++ b/release-packaging/Examples/dataset/1-learning examples/12-windowed-clustered-segmentation.scd	
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ t = Main.elapsedTime;
 //export to reaper
 (
 //first create a new file that ends with rpp - it will overwrite if the file exists
-f = File.new("/tmp/clusteredslices-" ++ Date.getDate.stamp ++".rpp","w+");
+f = File.new(Platform.defaultTempDir ++ "clusteredslices-" ++ Date.getDate.stamp ++".rpp","w+");
 
 if (f.isOpen , {
 	var path, prevpath ="", sr, count, dur, realDur;
@@ -227,4 +227,4 @@ if (f.isOpen , {
 )
 
 (then open the time-stamped reaper file clusterdslice in the folder tmp)
-"open /tmp".unixCmd
+Platform.defaultTempDir.openOS