The article is very clear and as a result I have sent feedback to Apple. Thank goodness for TimeMachine: today I updated Firefox. When it opened, it lacked all bookmarks and passwords. Why does it do this? Regards,
Michael Hawkins. On 10/9/09 9:02 AM, "Daniel Kerr" <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > Peter's correct link - > <http://db.tidbits.com/article/10537> > > :o) > > Kind Regards > Daniel > > > On 10/9/09 8:48 AM, "Peter Hinchliffe" <hinch...@multiline.com.au> wrote: > >> >> >> On 09/09/2009, at 3:05 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: >> >>> >>> I regularly receive emails with an attachment in .tif format. >>> >>> Since Snow Leopard was installed the icons for each page of the >>> attachment >>> show up in the sidebar in Preview, but I cannot open the pages. >>> >>> The attachments print from Preview without any difficulty . >>> >>> If I change the suffix from .tif to .tiff , however, the documents >>> open in >>> Preview. >>> >>> Why could this be? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Michael Hawkins. >>> >> >> >> One downside to Snow Leopard is the way it now interprets filename >> extensions. Since its inception, Mac OS has made of use of hidden >> "Creator Codes" and "Type Codes" to identify the origin of files. In >> this way, a TIFF file created in Photoshop, for example, would always >> open automatically in Photoshop, whereas one created with, say, >> AppleWorks, would always open automatically in AppleWorks. The >> Creator and Type codes would handle it all, and the user was oblivious >> to it all. Mac OS was unique among OSes in its use of this metadata. >> >> In Snow Leopard, it seems Apple have abandoned this approach, and gone >> back to the pure UNIX roots of the OS, which has no regard for these >> codes at all. There is a comprehensive treatise on the subject at >> http://dp.tidbits.com/article/10537 >> . If you google "Snow Leopard filenname extensions" you'll find a >> wealth of other treatments. >> >> >> -- >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >> >> > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
