Kirby MacLeod wrote: > Hi, > Nice people say that there is no such thing as a stupid question. > Well, here goes. > I have just installed QGIS on MacIntel. I think I have got all the > bits and pieces right. > However, when I attempt to load a .shp file through the (Layer-Add a > vector Layer), I am > confronted with the message: > > /User/Desktop/StudyArea_region.shp is not a valid or recognized data > source Shapefiles need to have some partner files with them, a .shx and a .dbf. So you should have StudyArea_region.dbf and StudyArea_region.shx. Potentially there are others too but they are optional. Do you have the .dbf and .shx?
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