[ale] files from a mac

[James Sumners]

I can only speak about OS X. If you are dealing with 9 or earlier, I can't help.

That being said. OS X is merely a derivation of FreeBSD. So, yes dot
files are present. The text files, from OS X, are standard Unix text
files. That is, the lines end with LF not CR or CRLF.

The simplest way to copy the files to the USB drive is to drag them
over with Finder. It will create some hidden files that can be
ignored, but the actual files should be fine. I do this frequently to
transfer some XML files from my laptop to my XP machine. The hidden
files store metadata that the Fat32 filesystem can't handle. If you
look at the directory structure on the HFS+ drive you won't see the
dot files. The information in them is stored in the filesystem.

Zipping files is as easy as right clicking (ctrl+click or click and
hold) the file and choosing "Create archive" from the context menu.

On 10/17/07, Preston Boyington <preston.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> James Sumners wrote:
> > I'm not sure I understand the problem. What are you using to view the
> > files which gives that error? Are you trying to view them directly
> > from the USB drive? Or are you copying them to the local machine
> > first?
> >
>
> i am trying to view them from the drive.  i have used GQview for the
> pics and different text viewers for the documents.  the documents look
> like they are encoded or something.  it reminds me of something being in
> a different format than its' extension dictates.
>
> do macs use hidden files like linux machines (with a preceeding ".")?
> could it be possible that they are just links to the actual files and
> maybe he is pulling something like a thumbnail directory?
>
> all this is guesswork right now.
>
> if i get my hands on the file how do you "zip" the thing on a Mac?
> maybe something is getting lost in the file transfer, i dunno...
>
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