Old Image Files (with hidden extenion name) won't open.
Recently upgraded from 0s 9.2 to 10.4.
All of our file extensions that were just hidden in OS 9.2 are now missing...
I'm looking at a folder full of image files, some are .tif, some are .eps but they now display a unix executable file icon and the extension is missing...
Is there any way to fix this?
Crappy workaround but at least you can see the ics info...
• open the mobileme web client
• click on the message with the calendar item in it
• click on the forward message button
You'll see all the code for the ics attachment in the view. It's ugly, but at least you can see what date and time you're scheduled for your hernia surgery
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Copy this script into Script Editor, compile it, and run it on the .DAT folder:
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repeat
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end repeat
end tell
beep 2
on setitem_name(thisitem, newitemname)
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try
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For current decade it is even nice to take y=1 for 2011 and so on. As I do roughly 10'000 shutters per year that fits about nicely. [Ok, as of 2020 I will use letters, too. 2046 I have to devise something else hoping that I will still be shooting photos with my same husband.]
2. If the camera does not facilitate such, as Canon: rename upon LR-import by putting a short prefix in front of the originial filename, e.g. yS90_, yG12_
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Help,
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