Hi, If indeed they are smaller, they have a "." before them. Tis is a hidden file in OS X and contains file information for the file if I understand the concept correctly
Regards, Alex, On 20-Jul-09, at 10:24 AM, Robert Carter wrote: > > I will check the file sizes but I believe you are correct that one > of the duplicate files was very small in size. I just don't > understand why the mac is creating these small files with the same > names as the original files. > > Robert Carter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Chesworth <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, Jul 20, 2009 9:39:36 > Subject: Re: NFB Newsline files and the mac > >> >> >> >> Hi Robert, >> >> Not got a sollution, more of a question. I think I've seen the same >> behaviour you described. Next time it happens, can you check the >> file >> sizes of both copies you get? For me, it was always that one was the >> full size of the file, the other would be tiny like 32kb or >> something. >> >> Far from resolving it, but at least if we're seeing the same >> behaviour >> it might give the cleverer folks on here a clue as to why it's >> happening. >> >> Scott >> >> On 7/20/09, Alex Jurgensen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> It may sound silly, but ruling out all possibilities, is there a >>> chance you are pasting twice. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alex, >>> >>> >>> On 20-Jul-09, at 5:57 AM, Robert Carter wrote: >>> >>> ar >>> ar Hi, >>> ar >>> ar I am curious if anybody can explain this. I have been going to >>> the >>> ar Nfb Newsline Online site and having my Newspaper emailed to me. >>> The >>> ar Newspaper consists of 4 DAISY files. If I copy and paste these >>> files >>> ar onto an SAID card using my iMac, I end up with 8 files in the >>> folder >>> ar which seem to be two duplicates of each of the original 4 files. >>> ar Does anybody understand why this happens? I am just curious >>> about it. >>> ar >>> ar Thanks, >>> ar >>> ar Robert Carter >>> ar >>> ar > >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
