Any Mac users here? Help!
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Hi,
I have just acquired an old Mac (mid 90s Performa) and I'm trying to identify it.
I have downloaded a few diagnostics programs and I'm trying to transfer them to the Mac by way of 1.44MB PC discs. Trouble is, every time I copy anything over the Mac seems to ID it as a "PC Exchange document" (irrespective of the file extension), and any double clicking results in the file trying to be loaded into ClarisWorks!
How can I get it to run the files?
I have just acquired an old Mac (mid 90s Performa) and I'm trying to identify it.
I have downloaded a few diagnostics programs and I'm trying to transfer them to the Mac by way of 1.44MB PC discs. Trouble is, every time I copy anything over the Mac seems to ID it as a "PC Exchange document" (irrespective of the file extension), and any double clicking results in the file trying to be loaded into ClarisWorks!
How can I get it to run the files?
The file extension is not used on the Mac so the Mac needs to use a 'resource fork' in the file to let it know what type of document it is.
If the Mac reads it as 'unknown' and it is on a PC formatted floppy then it will display it as you can now see.
What you will need to do is edit the file attributes (type & creator) to show what type of file it is. This is difficult if you do not have a utility to do this.
Most will have a type of APPL (for application), and the creator is based on the application type (i.e. MSWD for Microsoft Word, TTXT for SimpleText, etc.).
You will need to search the internet for a utility to do this (e.g. File Buddy, Type & Creator Changer) although you may very well have the same problem when transferring that utility as well - catch 22?
Here's a little background read -
www.angelfire.com/mac/tcdb/
www.macwindows.com/tutfiles.html
If the Mac reads it as 'unknown' and it is on a PC formatted floppy then it will display it as you can now see.
What you will need to do is edit the file attributes (type & creator) to show what type of file it is. This is difficult if you do not have a utility to do this.
Most will have a type of APPL (for application), and the creator is based on the application type (i.e. MSWD for Microsoft Word, TTXT for SimpleText, etc.).
You will need to search the internet for a utility to do this (e.g. File Buddy, Type & Creator Changer) although you may very well have the same problem when transferring that utility as well - catch 22?
Here's a little background read -
www.angelfire.com/mac/tcdb/
www.macwindows.com/tutfiles.html
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