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. 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]>
