On 7 Feb 2011, at 14:56, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On Feb 7, 2011, at 06:47 , Brennon Bortz wrote: > >> mdls output: >> >> kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2011-02-03 00:12:11 +0000 >> kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2011-02-03 00:12:11 +0000 >> kMDItemContentType = "public.data" >> kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( >> "public.data", >> "public.item" >> ) > > Thanks, now we know what the problem is! The system should be identifying > this as a pdf file (com.adobe.pdf), but the UTI is wrong; incidentally, this > should break Quick Look in Finder, and also Spotlight, as far as this file is > concerned. > > [...] > >> kMDItemFSName = "MoMu A Mobile Music Toolkit 0" > > If you add a ".pdf" extension to this file's name, BibDesk will display it > correctly. This can probably be automated with AppleScript in BibDesk, to > fix any linked files (easier if they're all PDF). If you use AutoFile, I > think you also need to add the %e specifier to preserve the file > extension…but don't have time to check right now.
That did it--thank you. I've also updated the AutoFile settings (yes, it was %e). Any thoughts on the missing thumbnails? Thanks again, Brennon > > -- > Adam > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources > and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's > connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these > rules translate into the virtual world? > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users Brennon Bortz Software Researcher Dundalk Institute of Technology [email protected] Ph.D. Composer & Researcher - Sonic Arts Research Centre Queen's University, Belfast [email protected] / [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
