Unable to Open Files without Extensions
Ever since updating to Mavericks and iWork 2013, I've noticed that Pages seems unable to open files that lack formal file extensions and the OS seems unable to accurately identify what type of file something is. For example, if I double-click on a Word document that doesn't have ".doc" or ".docx" in its filename (either shown or hidden), Pages will launch and then say the file "can't be opened." If I then change the filename to include ".doc" or ".docx" and try again, Pages will open the file successfully. It doesn't seem limited to iWork, though. Today I tried opening a PDF file that lacked a file extension. Pages launched and told me the file "can't be opened." I then added ".pdf" to the filename, double-clicked on it again, and the file successfuly opened in Preview. Any idea why the OS seems to be unable to tell what kind of files things are all of a sudden? Or why iWork and other apps seem unable to recognize and open files they used to be able to recognize and open? I don't have time to add file extensions to all my files! — Also, I thought this was a mature UNIX-based OS, not Windows 3.1...
Didn't realize I could edit my original post, so now this comment is superfluous...
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NickHello,
Right clicking and selecting open is exactly the answer to
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asked about how to open files without an extension.
There are many young people and people just learning here, so
all questions
are answered.
How was anyone supposed to know you meant something else, and
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> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> Right click on the file and select Open.
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>> "magoo" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> Alan wrote:
>>>>> is it possible to open files without
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>>>>
>>>> yes- but they will be treated as a plain
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