put URL destroys my file

[Devin Asay]

On Apr 18, 2013, at 1:37 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:

> Hi Devin,
> I tested the following and found out the OS X is doing some magic things.
> Not setting the filetype lets LC set it to a standard text document.
> Setting it to empty lets OS X choose the creator by the file suffix.
> Setting it to a correct code of a program, which is installed on the machine
> leads to a document as you have set the code. Whether the program can later
> open the document or not.
> Setting it to a wrong / not existing code or a correct code of a program
> which isn't installed on the machine lets OS X choose the creator by the
> file suffix.
> So actually your guess could be wrong (what I don't think!) and it still
> would work but I can't verify it. I decided to stay with setting the
> filetype to empty and hope all current OS X will handle that.

That's probably a good choice. You're right, after OS X 10.6 creator codes don't matter so much; the proper extension is most important.

> Thanks for the update of your helpful web site

Hope it was useful.

Regards,

Devin


Devin Asay
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University