My Reply follows quote. On 26/07/2002 01:04 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Teffer) >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> From: Frank Gentry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> A Mac application contains certain components that the PC application does >> not. When a Mac app is downloaded by a PC, these components are "left >> behind;" and, as you found, the app won't work. There are exceptions to >> this; but as a general rule, you must download Mac apps WITH a Mac. > >But, when a Mac application is compressed into a StuffIt (or similar) >archive, bot the data fork and resource fork are merged into a single data >fork, meaning that it can traverse the resource-fork-unaware PC world >unharmed. > >As long as you keep the Mac application in an archive until it gets to the >Mac, and un-compress it on the Mac, it doesn't matter whether you downloaded >it on a PC or a Mac or a Commodore 64. > >Before I had an internet connection at home, I used to bring a big stack of >floppy disks to the public library, and download Mac shareware on the >Windows PCs there. --------------- And to carry this one step farther, I have a Hewlett-Packard "doze" box (picked up for $15) that has a 400mhz processor. It also is MUCH faster at downloads than any of my "vintage" macs. It will bring down files at 60-70 mb/min where the best I can get out of any of my "stack-o-Macs" is 20-30. I can download a large file (2 or 3 mb), email it to my DSL provider mail acount and get it from there with a Mac about as fast as the Mac can retreive it first hand. Gives me a way to get files from one machine to the other since they won't "talk" politely to one another on my network.
Anyone know how how to ftp with a 'doze box? Maybe then I could send files directly to a Mac with a "Web Sharing" page? Fun, bridging (kludging?) between systems. Ken Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
