On 1 Oct 2006 at 14:00, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On 01 Oct 2006, at 12:45 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 30 Sep 2006 at 15:47, Darcy James Argue wrote: > > > >> The problem on Windows seems to be that for some strange reason, > >> when saving backups, it's normal for Windows apps use the ".bak" > >> extension instead of the usual filetype extension. That doesn't > >> seem like such a great idea to me. > > > > Er, how else would have two files with the same root filename in the > > same location? Is it possible to have more than one MyMusic.mus in > > the same folder on a Mac? > > No, but there are two very easy solutions: > > 1) Specify a different folder for backups.
(which I'd ruled out as a possibility in the discussion, since the default installation of Finale does *not* specify any backup or autosave folder) > OR: > > 2) Have the application append "bak" BEFORE the file extension. > This is what Finale does with autosaved files (not backups). If > the regular file is MyMasterpiece.mus, the autosave file is > MyMasterpiece asv.mus. I don't know why WinFin doesn't offer this option. Is it user controllable, or does it just happen because that's the way MacFin is written? > Both of these seem much better than creating a bunch of ".bak" > files that don't automatically open with the correct application > when double-clicked, and don't show up as valid choices in Finale's > "Open" menu unless you force it to by choosing "All Files." I agree that it's better and don't understand why WinFin isn't set up exactly the same way. Makes no sense to me. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
