[X Newbies] how to convert from QuickTime into iTunes documents?

[Eugene Lee]

On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 03:13:27PM -0500, Alex wrote:
: 
: On Sunday, Feb 1, 2004, at 13:16 Canada/Eastern, Daniel Carter wrote:
: 
: >[...] essential that the file extension be .mp3 [...]
: 
: Actually, that's not at all essential. You can have any file you wish 
: "magically" turn into (apparently) an iTunes MP3 file by changing its 
: type to "MPG3" and creator to "hook". It will have the right icon, and 
: iTunes will launch when the file is double-clicked. Of course, it won't 
: do anything, because the file hasn't been converted to the MP3 format 
: -- in fact, the file hasn't been modified, only the metadata has. I 
: suggest reading a recent post on this list to understand the issue of 
: linking files to applications.

I agree that it's not essential.  But since Apple has decided that OS X
is moving towards supporting filename extensions first and type/creator
codes second, it's becoming more important to use filename extensions.


-- 
Eugene Lee
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/