> On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 07:18 AM, jeff > wrote: > > > Now, when I read the CDs, the stuff that I > compressed can be > > decompressed > > and used but some files and apps were just copied > on the CD and my > > present > > Mac now (an indigo iBook) is not capable of > recognizing the software. > > It > > pops up the alternate open window but that doesn't > work with software ! > > > > Is there a way to bring back those files and apps > to life or it's over
Looks like it's curtains for the applicatons. PCs don't "understand" about resource forks and every way I know of storing files from a Mac on a PC over a network tags the resource forks as hidden and also stores them as seperate files. (They are on the Mac too, the OS just transparently makes the resource and data forks appear to be one file.) Data files for which the resource fork is _not_ absolutely required are the only files it's possible to move from Mac to PC and back to Mac without special handling. That's pretty much limited to text and other word processing files, spreadsheets, (Office type stuff in general), most image files, most audio files and most video files. Only video files I know of that are useless wthout the resource fork are really old Quicktime ones from before somewhere around the second verson for Windows. Used to have to "flatten" MOVs created on Mac to view them on anything else. I don't know of any Mac program that's 100% data fork and can live without it's resource fork. Unfortunately, no company that makes Mac<>PC networking software has bothered to create a utility for recovering Mac files stored on a PC using their networking software. It's not like it wouldn't be possible to read the desktop data from the PC and stuff the correct file forks together while keeping the proper "connection" between them so that when unstuffed on a Mac the files would be fine. Just as odd is that nobody has written a Mac utility which can be "fed" a disconnected fork pair and spit them out properly joined. No data gets lost on the PC side, until you try to copy the file somewhere else and lose the resource fork or whatever ties the pair together if you copy both forks. I think that would be some great shareware! Just copy both the data fork and dig out the matchng reource fork from wherever it's hidden on the PC over to a Mac then drop them on the utility. How much info would have to be built from scratch to do that? ===== "If knowing is half the battle, why aren't all battles half as long?" __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
