My 10.2.3 work just fine as well. I'm connected to Win98 and Win98SE. File types have never been a problem.
-Robyn On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 03:21 PM, Shawn Mulligan wrote: > This is not true AFAIK, my Mac (OS X 10.2.3) connects to my Windows XP > machine via SMB, and every time it creates or opens or copies or does > ANYTHING to a file on my Windows machine, it creates a .DS_Store file > (hidden) in the directory the file was in (to store folder information > like > background, sort order, etc.), and a file with the name > ".filename",where > filename is the name of the file accessed. This file contains > "resource" > information, including filetype. It is also hidden. As long as you > don't > remove this file, the Mac will be able to remember the file types. > Also, > with the advent of OS X, file extensions are back in (yipee!), and OS > X will > recognize many file types (such as dmg, img, sit, jpg, etc.) even if > they > have lost their resource forks, because it uses the extensions to > determine > file types. BTW, are you using Office.X with OS X, or another version > of > Office in classic mode? > Hope this helps, > Shawn Mulligan -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
