Hi Bob, No, I actually use Firefox not Safari - but it got me thinking - I hadn't thought to blame the browser :)
Anyway, I fired up Safari and gave that a shot but got the same result (same file "kind") as for firefox. So my thinking is it's somewhere in the Apple system/finder prefs - but I can't find anything relevant :( Thanks for the idea though - now I know it's the same for both browsers! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 28/11/08 5:46 PM, Robert Howells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 28/11/2008, at 11:01 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Anybody got any thoughts on how to get my system back to >> downloading .csv >> files as "kind" = "text"? >> >> Anybody know how, when or by what the file "kind" of the downloaded >> file is >> actually set - because I don't really know where to look for any >> preferences >> which have been changed to cause this. > > > > Neil, > > I suspect this might be involved with the info you can find if you go > to Safari Help > and click on " Installed Plugins " > > Don't know what you need or how to alter those settings > > Bob > > > >> >> >> As per my previous post, I have now worked out how to change the >> file kind >> of the files already downloaded - so I now have the "fix" - I'd just >> like to >> remove the actual problem!! >> >> TIA >> >> >> Neil >> -- >> Neil R. Houghton >> Albany, Western Australia >> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> on 23/11/08 5:09 PM, Neil Houghton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Hi Ronni, >>> >>> The thing is quicklook has no problem seeing all my .csv files >>> which were >>> downloaded before "something' changed when I re-installed >>> everything in >>> October. >>> >>> So my Commsec .csv files downloaded previous to the problem >>> appearing show >>> just fine in quicklook ie file type 1) in my original post: >>> >>> - Get info shows "kind" as "text" and "open with" as "Microsoft >>> Excel" >>> - Get info icon is an Excel icon >>> >>> But since the re-install and my telling finder to open all .csv >>> with Excel >>> (I'm not sure of the chicken & egg effect here) my Commsec .csv files >>> download differently - ie file type 2) in my original post: >>> >>> - Get info shows "kind" as "Microsoft Excel Document" and "open >>> with" as >>> "Microsoft Excel" >>> - Get info icon is a blank page icon >>> >>> So my problem is not getting quicklook to preview .csv files >>> (comma-separated values) - which after all are basically just >>> (delimited) >>> text files - as long as the file "kind" is "text" both quicklook >>> and the get >>> info preview pane can handle the .csv file just fine. >>> >>> The problem is that now the .csv files are downloading with the >>> file "kind" >>> as "Microsoft Excel Document" >>> >>> Excel itself doesn't care and opens up both types (as a microsoft >>> application it possibly only works on the .csv extension?) and, in >>> fact, is >>> the default application set to "open with" for both file types. >>> >>> Quicklook (and the get info preview pane) however must expect a >>> "Microsoft >>> Excel Document" to have a certain format - and presumably deal with >>> it >>> accordingly (so they display real .xls excel files just fine) - so, >>> presumably, since the .csv files don't meet their expectations they >>> just >>> show a generic "blank page" document preview. >>> >>> In other words, the way I see it, the problem is not trying to work >>> out how >>> to get quicklook to view .csv files - it does that just fine as >>> long as it >>> knows it is a text file - the problem is how to get the .csv files to >>> download as "text" files rather than "Microsoft Excel Document" >>> files. >>> >>> For the files that are already downloaded, I expect that I can >>> eventually >>> track down some terminal script to change the file "kind" - in the >>> meantime >>> I have no problems opening the files so I can live without the >>> quicklook >>> preview. >>> >>> What I am really trying to find out here is how to get my original >>> download >>> parameters back so that the .csv files just normally download as >>> file "kind" >>> = "text" - which is how it was all working until last month! >>> >>> The problem is that during the download process, I don't know how, >>> when or >>> by what the file "kind" of the downloaded file is set so I don't >>> really know >>> where to look for any preferences which have been changed to cause >>> this. >>> >>> Anybody got any ideas on this one? >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> >>> Neil >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
