Mac OSX file format questions

I am using Quicken 2005 and these days I backup my accounts to my USB flash drive. In the past i backed up to zip disk or floppy. backing up to a floppy would be problematic since the Mac version has never supported multiple disk backup which the PC version even to this day still supports. And besides floppy disk access has always been slower and more problematic on the Mac for some reason.
Okay here is my question.
My quicken files end with a Backup-file.qdfm extension.
But whenever I upload these files (sadly they have to be dragged an dropped with Fetch) they appear as a folder on my FTP server. So I have been using the classic version of Transmit instead of the native OSX version of Fetch to upload my Quicken backup accounts.
My question if I ever had a major disaster (this has happened before) would the folder (what it appears to be) on my FTP server save me or should I be zipping this quicken file before I upload? I have been using Quicken since 1998 for the Mac and PC, and have thousands of bank transactions that are valuable and that I do not want to lose.
Encase you cannot understand what I mean here is a screen shot. The file above is the Quicken 2006 file, and the one below is a older Quicken 2001 file that I uploaded when I had my Performa.
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Thank you,
John

One way to know for sure would be to download the file (folder) and open it in Quicken. Of course I would make and keep a backup on your local drive before doing this.
Like you I have been using Quicken for many years but I back mine up to another hard drive, then I back everything on it up on a regular basis to a CD. I also use .Mac and the backup program included with it to back up my Quicken files off site. The .Mac solution is automatic, and takes place daily which is nice.
"But whenever I upload these files (sadly they have to be dragged an dropped with Fetch)'
Do you want to automate the process? If so, that is what Automator and Applescript are for. Surely you could write a simple script to do it for you.

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Anyone know of a good way to do this? Is this even a good idea?

As many know, the MP only has 4 internal SATA drive bays
Only? The previous Power Mac G5 ONLY had 2...
So if you are replacing the current 250GB drive, the easiest way is to install the first 1TB drive in the second slot. Download +Carbon Copy Cloner+ or SuperDuper. Run either of those utilities to clone the 250GB drive to the 1TB drive.
When that process completes, run System Preferences Startup pane to select the 1TB drive for startup, and restart. After making sure it is running as expected, you can swap the 250GB drive with the 1TB drive, and install the other 1TB drives.
You can use the Time Machine archive. But for duplicating your current drive as it is right now (no need to go back to a previous state), a cloning utility is more efficient.
If you want to save a few bucks, you should just keep the 250GB drive and add 3 1TB drives. 250GB is plenty of space for your system, apps, and basic docs.

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So, I then went and returned regular and upgraded to Photoshop CS5 extended.
(See my other thread for details, but installing the 12.01 patch is not an option at this time.)
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Mac OSX file copy to Windows Share folder permissions

We'd got a few Mac's, one is snow leopard and the other is Lion. The scenario is:
Mac:
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They try to copy files around but they get this wacky -xx number and their Macs lock up.
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Hi, same results at the terminal command on a SMB share, observed here with mac computers running with OsX 10.8 with Windows 2008 R2 SMB shares. My issue is that theses computers need to copy files on theses shares with Chronosync or Carbon Copy and this is not working due to an "modify file attributes permissions" error. But if I copy the files using "Finder" it works great.
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Hey, I need some help from anyone who knows how to search an ipod for salvagable material. My ipod was originally formatted to mac, and i went to italy over the summer, and had lots of photos and videos on my comp. Being relatively new to the whole ipod business, i tried to connect to a windows to try to send some pics in an email. It started to reformat, but then i realized what a moron I was, and so i unplugged it before it was complete. Macs will no longer recognize the ipod, but when i plug into a windows, it says there is damaged software that needs to be repaired. Also, even though i reformatted, there are still about 100 folders on the ipod, which most likely represent the diff artists, and there are various files at the end, which most likely represent the photos, though it says that the folders are empty. However, I have tried using ipod salvage, and other recovery software from my mac, but they don't recover any files, in fact they never even finish searching. Do I have to run the program from a windows based computer so that it is automatically in that format? Are tehre any suggestions as to what i can do to salvage the files? Thanks for any help

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Press the power button down to force a emergency use only hardware shutdown.
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