[thelist] pc/ mac and mac/ pc transfer?

[Miss Pixel]

Go to:

http://www.tempel.org/mac/index.html

And download Joliet Volume Access.  This little extension will let your Mac
correctly read long filenames created on PCs.  (They won't be upper case or
truncated.)

I have found it incredibly handy, because I use both platforms regularly and
interchangeably.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Liz Lawson" <lizlawson at charitycards.co.uk>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: [thelist] pc/ mac and mac/ pc transfer?


> (I'm resending 'cos I don't think the first one got past our internal
> serve...apologies if the first one did get through...)
>
> >There are 2 problems here:
> >1) Media
> >2) File-types/extensions
>
>
> I'd add a quick mention for 8.3 filenames: when you use a mac to read a pc
> disk, it will read long filenames as DOS will: all capitals, and anything
> longer than 8 letters truncated to 6 letters, a tilde and a number