Mac files on windows file server

Hi,

When i store files that were created on a Mac on my Windows 2003 server, it
strips out important information in the files, which prevents them from
opening properly in the future. Is there any way to preserve these file
resources on a Windows file server?

Thanks,
Alan

"AATech" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> When i store files that were created on a Mac on my Windows 2003 server,
> it strips out important information in the files, which prevents them from
> opening properly in the future. Is there any way to preserve these file
> resources on a Windows file server?
>
> Thanks,
> Alan
>


I'm not a Mac expert, but at one customer where we noticed the same thing
happening, we found out that the users must save the file name with the
appropriate extension. Many Mac users, we've found, save the file without
supplying an extension, and what happens a Mac separates the file into two
parts, the data fork and a resource fork, that is if I remember the
terminology. It's been a few years since I've worked with that customer, but
the extension was the big thing. Otherwise, if the file was not in the same
location without the extensions, the file could not be opened. We had one
person opening each file in a Mac, then resave them using the Save As,
instead of just Save or Save To, and typing in the extension, so the Windows
users could open them.

[PDF] Moving Files Between the PC and the MacFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat.
To avoid any compatibility issues between PC and Mac word processors, have
students save their files in Rich Text document with file extension ...
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntt...ving_files.pdf

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=277910

I hope that helped.


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All of the files except the fonts have extensions. The designer doens't know
what extension to put on the font, as he never uses PCs. Do you know what
extensions should be on Mac fonts?


"Ace Fekay [MCT]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "AATech" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>>
>> When i store files that were created on a Mac on my Windows 2003 server,
>> it strips out important information in the files, which prevents them
>> from opening properly in the future. Is there any way to preserve these
>> file resources on a Windows file server?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alan
>>
>
>
> I'm not a Mac expert, but at one customer where we noticed the same thing
> happening, we found out that the users must save the file name with the
> appropriate extension. Many Mac users, we've found, save the file without
> supplying an extension, and what happens a Mac separates the file into two
> parts, the data fork and a resource fork, that is if I remember the
> terminology. It's been a few years since I've worked with that customer,
> but the extension was the big thing. Otherwise, if the file was not in the
> same location without the extensions, the file could not be opened. We had
> one person opening each file in a Mac, then resave them using the Save As,
> instead of just Save or Save To, and typing in the extension, so the
> Windows users could open them.
>
> [PDF] Moving Files Between the PC and the MacFile Format: PDF/Adobe
> Acrobat.
> To avoid any compatibility issues between PC and Mac word processors, have
> students save their files in Rich Text document with file extension ...
> http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntt...ving_files.pdf
>
> http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=277910
>
> I hope that helped.
>
>
> --
> Ace
>
> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> confers no rights.
>
> Please reply back to the newsgroup or forum for collaboration benefit
> among responding engineers, and to help others benefit from your
> resolution.
>
> Ace Fekay, MCT, MCTS Exchange, MCSE, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSA Messaging
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
>
> For urgent issues, please contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please check
> http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.

AATech wrote:

> When i store files that were created on a Mac on my Windows 2003 server, it
> strips out important information in the files, which prevents them from
> opening properly in the future. Is there any way to preserve these file
> resources on a Windows file server?

If you use Mac OS X's built-in SMB file sharing support to connect to
your Windows server then everything should continue to function.

Apple's implementation of SMB will split Mac files into two files: a
file called "filename" and another invisible file called "._filename".

These invisible files can be made visible to Windows users and sometimes
they may delete them. They shouldn't. Many of the "filename" files are
still very usable if their "._filename" counterparts are deleted,
however, items like fonts will break.

I suggest you look at a better commercial option for your users. If you
have a handful of Macs then a product such as "Dave" or "ADmitMac" from
Thursby <http://www.thursby.com> will be ideal. It is a better SMB
client. Or you may find a better AFP server is more affordable for
larger numbers of users. Consider using ExtremeZ-IP from Group Logic
<http://www.grouplogic.com>.

Hope this helps!

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"AATech" <> wrote in message
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> All of the files except the fonts have extensions. The designer doens't
> know what extension to put on the font, as he never uses PCs. Do you know
> what extensions should be on Mac fonts?

Windows uses .ttf (true type fonts), but there are other types that can be
used. I don't know enough about what Macs offer. Maybe William's response
may help you out.

Ace