From: Craig Smith (smith_at_west.net)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2005 - 08:48:23 PST
On Feb 20, 2005, at 7:34 AM, Michael Hussman wrote:
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton packages versus OS X packages
> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:24:51 +0100
>
> Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com) wrote:
>
>> First of all, please not that when you want to start a new thread do
>> NOT start it by responding to an old one.
>
> Huh=3F I didn't -- I just replied to Randolphin's post.
>
>> I think OSX is at fault. This is just a guess, but I think that in
>> earlier versions it repected the type and creator code for displaying
>> the icon. I guess that now it doesn't do that and defaults to OSX's
>> system for identifying files, which relies on the extension...
>
> No, that is definitely not the case. Mac OS X (10.3.8 and earlier) does
> respect the type and creator codes. It works quite well for me. (Note
> that I despise Mac OS X's increased reliance on extensions as much as
> anyone else, but that's not the issue here.)
>
> - Michael
>
>
> Michael J. Hu=DFmann
I believe there is an easy work around to this problem. If OSX
downloads the package then tells you it "can't find the bill of
materials" or some other error message, go back to the download link
and "control click" on it. (The equivalent to "right clicking" if you
have a two button mouse.) A dialogue box will pop up and give you
several choices. One of them will be "Download linked file as . . ."
Select that choice and the file will download without any problems.
Craig Smith
www.lawschoolhelp.com
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