Re: [WinMac] Win-Mac Transfer

Leonard Rosenthol(leonardr[at]Adobe.COM)
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 07:35:21 -0500

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At 9:48 PM -0500 11/24/98, Ajfrisbie@aol.com wrote:
> I am wanting to transfer the installer files from a Mac CD to a Mac formatted
> Zip drive via a PC. Then I could use the zip drive to install the software.
> I hoped that simply transferring the files from one Mac media to
> another via a
> PC wouldn't lose the resource fork. I have found several products and had a
> few suggested, including HereAndNow and TransMac, that will do the job but
> they cost more than an old external Mac CD drive. Just hoping for a cheap or
> very inexpensive solution.
>>
AFAIK, there isn't any way to do this. The PC won't
recognize the resource forks (no matter which of the methods the
mounting software uses) and so you'll end up with useless files on
the ZIP.

I suggest you spend the money on the CDROM drive for the Mac.

LDR
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