Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 10, 2004, at 8:39 PM, Brian wrote: >> >> I'm a little worried about losing my type/creator resource fork stuff >> though; will it be OK or should I boot the G4 into OS 9.2 (not just >> run Classic) and copy the files over onto the traditional MacOS? > > Don't bother. OSX has preserved them from the beginning. In the > beginning, Rhapsody was going to do away with them, but the generalized > developer revolt over Rhapsody convinced Apple to continue supporting > the resource fork metadata stuff.
It's the documents created by Cocoa applications which do not have type and creator codes. If you are a little shakey about this, just move a few sample files over to the G4 and play with them by mounting the G4 from the PB 1400. -- Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
