[thechat] Mac question

Erika Meyer emeyer at lclark.edu
Wed Oct 17 12:57:12 CDT 2001


>Often the mac guys here in the office get files that will refuse to open in
>*anything*.

This is not an issue for me.

>But it's also easy for me to right-click an HTML file, and choose "Edit with
>ColdFusion Studio", or "Open With: Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Choose
>program...". (Within Choose program, I can set whichever application to be
>the default too).

w/ Mac you go into the app you want and go "file - open" and open the file.

>It's also easy for me to drag the icon directly to the application with
>which I'd like the file to open. In the example I mentioned on the mac,
>often a raw text file will "not allow itself" to be dragged to SimpleText.

I admit I've had the prob with BBEdit 6 on OS 9, but going into the 
app and "file - open" always works for me...

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