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Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / November 2004how to convert?
sometimes when I download something from the net on Versiontracker or such I get reams of symbols rather than an item. I presume these are binaries. How do i ocnvert these to use in my iMac? > sometimes when I download something from the net on Versiontracker or > such I get reams of symbols rather than an item. I presume these are > binaries. > How do i ocnvert these to use in my iMac? when you see this happening in your browser, stop the transfer immediately, then go back to the original link and rightclick (if you have a 2-3 button mouse) or control-click to get at the context menu and then choose "save link as". you ought to get the download started properly that way. As for your question about conversion... I don't think you can. -- Aussies! Cash back for doing your normal shopping http://www.cashbacksystems.com/?suewotton > > sometimes when I download something from the net on Versiontracker or > > such I get reams of symbols rather than an item. I presume these are [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > As for your question about conversion... I don't think you can. Can't you just change the file name suffix? Given that most of these files are stuffed, dropping onto StuffIt Expander often helps. -- > Can't you just change the file name suffix? Given that most of these > files are stuffed, dropping onto StuffIt Expander often helps. If it's a short file then you can save it as text and Expander often can deal with it. But if it is megabytes long, that gets a bit messy. Rifty  SignatureAcademic and Computing Help http://rifty.net >>Can't you just change the file name suffix? Given that most of these >>files are stuffed, dropping onto StuffIt Expander often helps. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Rifty indeed! I am a great fan of "save as.." -- Aussies! Cash back for doing your normal shopping http://www.cashbacksystems.com/?suewotton |
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