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- Version: 1.2.2, 6/19/2005 07:01PM PST
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John Sawyer
Apple's Get Info doesn't display file "Type" info - Version: 1.2.2, 6/19/2005 04:40PM PST
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John Sawyer
Lex Luthor says below:
>> Steve Job's system supplied 'Get info'...allows you to easily change file type info...
I've never seen Apple's Get Info show file type info, if by "Type" you mean as in Type and Creator, neither of which Apple's Get Info displays. The terms "Type" and "Creator" in this context are specific terms referring to two four-character codes assigned to every file and application, at least until recent versions of OS X, where it's gradually being phased out. A file's Type and Creator can be very useful info, sometimes even necessary, depending on what you're doing. Apple is gradually transitioning away from assigning Type and Creator codes to files and apps, in favor of Windows-type filename extensions (who says Microsoft only copies Apple?), but this info is still often useful for older files and apps, and for newer ones that Apple is still assigning Type and Creator codes to.
Apple's Get Info's "Open with" option gives a method for bypassing a file's original Creator code, but it still doesn't let you see the four-character Creator code.
>> Steve Job's system supplied 'Get info'...allows you to easily change file type info...
I've never seen Apple's Get Info show file type info, if by "Type" you mean as in Type and Creator, neither of which Apple's Get Info displays. The terms "Type" and "Creator" in this context are specific terms referring to two four-character codes assigned to every file and application, at least until recent versions of OS X, where it's gradually being phased out. A file's Type and Creator can be very useful info, sometimes even necessary, depending on what you're doing. Apple is gradually transitioning away from assigning Type and Creator codes to files and apps, in favor of Windows-type filename extensions (who says Microsoft only copies Apple?), but this info is still often useful for older files and apps, and for newer ones that Apple is still assigning Type and Creator codes to.
Apple's Get Info's "Open with" option gives a method for bypassing a file's original Creator code, but it still doesn't let you see the four-character Creator code.
Great for what i need 
- Version: 1.2.2, 5/1/2005 03:24PM PST
CharynK
This is a great product for what I need.
For example, I have a MAIN folder that has 20 subfolders. All together they contain 4,000 jpegs. Panther's GET INFO does NOT let me know how many files are contained withing MAIN. They took that away from me. We had that in OS 9.1. Now how come something so useful and so simple as counting the files within one folder is not included in Panther? SuperGetInfo does that job nicely.
Two, I love that it separates the file size into data and resource.
A bug i've encountered is that I cannot use the shortcut keys. I just drop the folder or files into the docked icon instead.
For example, I have a MAIN folder that has 20 subfolders. All together they contain 4,000 jpegs. Panther's GET INFO does NOT let me know how many files are contained withing MAIN. They took that away from me. We had that in OS 9.1. Now how come something so useful and so simple as counting the files within one folder is not included in Panther? SuperGetInfo does that job nicely.
Two, I love that it separates the file size into data and resource.
A bug i've encountered is that I cannot use the shortcut keys. I just drop the folder or files into the docked icon instead.
FileType's limitations:
• FileType shows only a file's Type and Creator. Super Get Info shows all of the Finder's Get Info info, as well as Type and Creator, number of items in a folder, etc.
• FileType can’t be invoked from the Finder with a command key combination, nor via a contextual menu--you have to launch FileType, then drag items to its open window from the Finder. This is clumsy and inconvenient compared to Finder-level command keys, which Super Get Info supports--SGI even lets you select your own command key combination.
• FileType doesn't support drag and drop onto the FileType application's icon, though Super Get Info does, which means if you put FileType's icon into the Dock, it's useless for drag and dropping an item onto it.
• I was unable to get FileType 1.0.1 to work under Tiger--when I launched it, Script Editor reported an error, then took a long time to open FileType in Script Editor, where it displayed gobbledygook, not a proper Applescript. This also caused Microsoft Word to crash.
QuickAccessMenu's limitation:
QuickAccessMenu doesn't do any sort of Get Info. The publisher's web page that shows contextual QuickAccessMenu menus, shows a "Get Info" menu, but that's the Finder's Get Info.