>On 01/04/2002 14:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tannis Baker) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Emailer) >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( ) >>Emailer >>folder. To avoid this, I have a folder on my desktop called "Downloads" >>(original, huh?) and have set the download preferences in Emailer as well >>as browsers to store things in that folder. > >Thanks for the help Ken. I too have my downloads alias on my desktop - >its a very useful place for it to be. I have no idea where his is hiding >however as he does not have or use Emailer but uses AOL's email program >and and I couldn't find an AOL email program downloads folder with >downloads in it and with little time and him breathing down my neck, I >forgot to check the preferences (if there is such a thing in the AOL >email program).
In the AOL Application, under "My AOL" go to "Preferences" where you will find a list of various things to change. Under "Downloads" you have the choice to specify a "Downloads" folder. There is a "Button" to select the folder and a check box to "Always Start With This Folder." >>The only way to get around the problem that I have found is as I >>suggested above. Open his favorite .jpg viewer (QuickTime Viewer?) then >>tell it to open the file. > >I wasn't sure if I could view jpg files that were labelled .mim by >opening them into a viewer which is why I was trying first to relabel >them appropriately! I had advised him to try that when he first reported >the problem but he claims nothing worked - I am assuming it was because >of the erroneous labelling. Well, if the downloads are actually in a MIME format, rather than "merely" wrongly labeled, you are probably right. >I will suggest again that he use Stuffit to translate(as suggested by >Chris and Macorphans)although it might be too tricky for him. I now >realize he has his Finder preferences set for simple as I couldn't seem >to use keyboard commands or make icons - but I will try to coach him over >the phone into finding Stuffit and then making an icon of it! Advice at "a distance" is always a challenge! >*I wonder if there are any Emailer/AOL users who know where his downloads >might be filed so that he could deal with them individually.* In the AOL folder in the Applications folder, there "should" be a folder called "Online Downloads." The mail part of AOL "should" put downloads there. >Chris suggested: > >>Normally, when sending attachments you should use AppleDouble as your >>default, but AOL doesn't seem to like anything but Base64 (all other >>formats it is pot luck if they will get thru correctly) > >which surprised me as I had sent him the attachments using my default - >Binhex - encoding thinking that as a Mac user that would be best - >thought Base 64 was only for Windows users - thanks for the tip! Probably an "artifact" of AOL's proprietary "UNIX" derived system. >By the way, > >*Is there a way of making AppleDouble the default?* Hmmm. I "thought" there was, but now can't seem to find one. Does the selection "default" to the last one chosen? >Thanks as usual:-) > >Tannis Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
