On Saturday, September 29, 2001, at 08:23 pm, Bill wrote:
> Hi all,
> Well, I finally broke down and bought OS X (ver. 10.1). Now I'm
> wondering
> about what happens when I install it. I have backed up my most
> important
> data, but what happens to my file structure when I install? Will my
> documents still be accessible in the documents folder. Do I have to put
> file extensions on all of my music and Word files and other files I
> never
> bothered to put extensions on?
No. OS X I*s capable of recognising the creator codes, stored in a
separate 'Resource Fork' (a separate invisible file that tells OS 9 what
attributes the file has and it's icon etc.). This means it will still
recognise all files you have created in OS 9.2 or earlier. It will
however try to launch an OS 9 application (in Classic mode) to run the
file unless you re-associate it with an OS X application which - since
you have 10.1 (lucky devil :P ) - is real easy. You just bring up the
Inspector (Command-I while highlighting the relevant file - it's the
equivalent of the file info dialog from 9.2) and choose the
Application... option. you *should* (as you may have guessed I don't
have it yet so actual method is not clear) then be able to select an
application for the file to run from and apply that to all files of the
same type. This is a relief as we were plagued by SimpleText files that
wanted to run SimpleText (old) instead of TextEdit (new) to open but we
now have a solution :).
> I plan install right over the top of OS 9.2
> on my G4/466. I love to install another hard drive to install it on,
> but my
> finances forbid that now. I have the stock 30GB hard drive with only
> 8GB
> available and I'd rather not have to back everything up to format and
> partition. I can't even afford the 15 or so CDR's it would take to do
> it.
> Thanks for your help,
> Bill
Ouch - I know how you feel, I'm broke too (REALLY broke) :( I blew
myself against the wall by buying an iBook.
It should be fine alongside 9.2 on the same partition. You might also
consider installing OS 9.2.1 (included in 10.1) to ensure complete
classic compatibility. You should maybe back up your OS 9.2 system
folder for piece of mind (no more than 1 CD-R if you can afford one) but
it won't naff anything up. It's worth it.
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