I'd just drag the file onto desktop, rename it without the ._ and try to open it. I suspect the extra . is what's messing things up.
>We have a customer sending us a Photoshop eps via email. When we receive the >file it has ._ in front of the filename and when we try to open the file it >tells us it is not an eps file. She resaved the file as a tiff and the same >thing happens. The customer says she is not adding the ._ to the filename. >Is this something her email program is doing? We've received ads from this >person before and never had a problem. I asked if she's changed ISPs lately >and she said no. Any thoughts? >-- >Thanks! >Beth > >> From: Jerry Yeager <jerry at browseryshop.com> >> Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 12:46:43 -0500 >> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Subject: MacGroup: OS-X Panther tips >> >> It turns out that the calculator app that ships with Panther is far >> more than the simple 4-banger it looks like: >> >> From MacOSXHints comes this tip on enabling the plug-ins that also ship >> with it turning the calc app into a pretty powerful little calculator. >> >> >> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031102095312970#comments >> >> >> >> >> >> Also heard on the 'net. Back in the days of old, we sometimes had >> troubles deleting certain files due to permissions problems. Well, >> apparently Apple has uh, went pretty far to make sure that this does >> not happen in Panther. Anyone with admin access can delete any file >> now. Any file. So yes, you CAN not only now put the system folder in >> trash, but delete it as well. Gang, don't try this. Trust me on this >> one. You really don't want to do that. >> >> >> Jerry >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
