On Jun 3, 2010, at 5:17 AM, steve harley wrote: > On 2010-06-02 04:06 , David Mann wrote: >> For something that was created on a Mac, the system stores extra data that >> associates the file with the program that created it. > > this was true until 10.6 ... starting with Snow Leopard, the creator code > associations are no longer respected by the system and the filename extension > rules all; this is a huge step backward, imo, because many workflows involve > the same _types_ of files opening in different applications
Damn, I used to use that all the time on my workstation. I used to associate big jpg files with Photoshop and small ones with Preview. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

