From: Gene Martin (GeneMartin_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 08:45:23 PST
Hi;
That worked! Thanks.
Gene Martin
> on 03/03/03 20:58, Gene Martin at GeneMartin_at_mac.com wrote:
> [snip!]
>> 2) I am trying to download a copy of NewtJabber. When I get the packages
>> downloaded to my desktop, I then try to install them but the Newton cannot
>> see the file to install them. However, the files are there on my Macs
>> desktop. Any ideas as to why it can't see these files?
> [snip!]
>
> This one is an easy one: on the Mac, files have a hidden information called
> the file type and the file creator. That's the information that the Finder
> uses when you double-click a file to open the application that created that
> file. In your case, the files that you have downloaded have lost this
> information. Use a program called "PackType" to restore the information
> simply by dragging and dropping those files onto the application and all
> should be well...
>
> -Laurent.
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