Hi, I'm a bit new to mac, and I was using a software program called "Soundminer" to encode some WAV and AIFF sound files. Without thinking about it, I had the program encode these files on an external USB drive which was formatted in FAT32.
Well, the result is that every file created was also given a duplicate file in the same folder with the name "._filename". These files can only be seen if I view the drive from a PC.
After doing some reading, I have become aware that these are "resource fork" files that contain certain metadata information that the Mac uses with the file. I've now decided that I want these files stored on an HFS drive so as to avoid the "doubling" issue.
My question is this.... If I copy these files to an HFS formatted drive, will the Mac OSX (Snow Leopard) put the two forks back together into a single file? Or will they stay as two seperate files forever since they were created that way? If I want them to be single files with both forks, is my only option to reburn these files from scratch onto an HFS formatted drive??
Thanks for any help, Eric
Well, the result is that every file created was also given a duplicate file in the same folder with the name "._filename". These files can only be seen if I view the drive from a PC.
After doing some reading, I have become aware that these are "resource fork" files that contain certain metadata information that the Mac uses with the file. I've now decided that I want these files stored on an HFS drive so as to avoid the "doubling" issue.
My question is this.... If I copy these files to an HFS formatted drive, will the Mac OSX (Snow Leopard) put the two forks back together into a single file? Or will they stay as two seperate files forever since they were created that way? If I want them to be single files with both forks, is my only option to reburn these files from scratch onto an HFS formatted drive??
Thanks for any help, Eric