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I have copied software from a MAC CD into the Shapeshifter
hardfile using the crossmount utility. However, when I try to load
the applications I have copied, it just says something like "Teach
Text cannot load files of this size". It seems to think that
everything is a text file. What can I do?
The problem with the Mac is that it handles file types in a
different way than other systems. You cannot simply copy files
direct to the Mac disk without using the Mac. Mac file structures
are completely different from the Amiga file structure, every Mac
file has two files- the data and resource forks. So when you copy
the file through the AmigaOS, you lose some of the file
information. To avoid this use a Mac filetype conversion program,
such as UnHQX. This is located in the misc\emul section of Aminet. You can also mount the Mac CD on the Mac
emulation- either by using the EMPCD: device or by directly
emulating the CD-ROM.
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