[WinMac] Re: MacBinary downloads

John W. McCarthy(jwmcmac[at]flash.net)
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:16:03 -0500

Tom,

One thing to try:

Since Stuffit is so ubiquitous (everywhere present) in the Mac World
(and getting that way in the Wintel world too perhaps) . . .

It is possible to have several copies/versions of Stuffit applications
and utilities (Stuffit Expander, DropStuff w/Expander Enhancer, Stuffit
Deluxe, Drop Segment).

The Installer for Netscape also comes with its own Stuffit Expander
version and installer.

Each version can have its own set of preferences.

Be sure to set the preferences for all the various copies/versions to
the same settings. This way, no matter which one is trying to do the
job (in the background), it will convert the archive the same in each version.

Also, "Internet Config" can get in on the act. Internet Config can take
over many different apps preferences unbeknownst to you (if it has been
set to handle the chores).

Netscape can be configured to use Internet Config's settings. If so,
then you must set your preferences in Internet Config and also in the
various Stuffit versions you may have lying around.

Hope that helps.

Kelly

>
> Subject:
> MacBinary downloads
> Date:
> Thu, 8 Apr 1999 19:03:29 -0500
> From:
> Tom Roth <tomroth@wfubmc.edu>
>
>
>
> I've been playing around with some MacBinary encoded files on our
> website this afternoon and I've discovered that if I put the files on
> our website then when I download from my Mac it doesn't automatically
> decode and as it's downloading it says "file type unknown".
>
> If however I set the download link to point to our FTP site then it
> downloads and decodes it fine saying "File Type StuffIt Expander". Same
> exact file each time, uploaded the same exact way.
>
> I don't understand because if you look in Netscape's prefs under
> Applications, StuffIt Expander is set to handle all files with the .bin
> extension. However, it doesn't seem to work unless those files are
> being downloaded via FTP.
>
> Anyone know what might be the problem?

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