[X4U] Ugly icons and worse

[Jan Melichar]

On 26 Nov 2007, at 15:28, Linda wrote:

> On 11/26/07 9:09 AM, Jan Melichar wrote:
>
>> Is there any hope and what causes this horror - that is what can I do
>> to avoid this happening in the future.
>
> Those are Unix Executable file icons.
>
> I've personally seen this happen to .jpgs that were saved on an OS 9  
> Mac
> *without* the dot-three file extension, and brought over on  
> removable media
> (in my case, a Zip disk) and accessed on an OS X computer.
>
> Some people have reported simply being able to add the correct dot- 
> three
> suffix to the files.

Didn't work for me either.

> In my case, that didn't work, and I had to put them
> back on the OS 9 computer, add the suffix there, and when they came  
> back to
> the OS X computer it worked a charm.


Thanks I'll tray that.


> You might have luck with a utility such as MacLink Plus that offers  
> the
> ability to edit/change/update Type and Creator codes.
>
> My experience was about three years ago; yours is the second time  
> I've read
> of this happening recently -- another post on another group less  
> than a week
> ago (in that case, it was fonts rather than art).
>
> peace,
> Linda
>
>
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