Re: A little off topic ...
Re: A little off topic ...
- Subject: Re: A little off topic ...
- From: Laurence Harris <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:26:56 -0500
On Oct 30, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Jeffrey Oleander wrote:
Uli Kusterer <email@hidden> wrote:
Am 2006.10.28 um 21:53 schrieb Dieter Oberkofler:
I should to a newer G5 running OS9 in Classic mode
but am stuck with a simple problem.
CW needs to correct file types to recognize its files
but except from creating a new file in CW, i seem
to be unable to set a proper file type in OSX Classic
mode.
Either you use ResEdit (it has a "Get Info..." command
that lets you edit type and creator), or you find a
copy...
This is one of those niggling things. Why can't we just
check and change it in Finder's info window?
Because the Finder's Get Info window is designed for typical Mac
users, who have no idea what creators and types are or how to change
them. People who want that kind of control use File Buddy or some
other third party product that exposes and allows you to set more of
this kind of stuff.
That's where
other file meta-data is accessible.
This is not the only meta-data that can't be set in the Finder's Get
Info window.
Or are they afraid naive users will shoot themselves in the
foot too often?
I think it's more that it's considered too technical and would
confuse people. Most people would not have a clue what kind of values
to set or even that they always have to be four characters. I've have
many users of File Buddy's Info window write me to tell me that File
Buddy wouldn't accept "RTF" as a file type, which is true, because
it's not "RTF', it's "RTF ".
Larry
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