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Article #12704Re: Spacesaver or StuffitDeluxe?
From: Steve Fuller
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 01:54
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1993 01:54
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In article <mike_steiner-080693113551@192.35.50.131> mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
>In article <1v236e$7jd@delphi.bc.edu>, jonathan@hermes.bc.edu (Jonathan A.
>Duke) wrote:
>> In article <1993Jun8.043929.14601@news.media.mit.edu> Marvin Minsky,
>> minsky@media.mit.edu writes:
>> >Well, it said I could remove it {SpaceSaver}
>> > but than I'd be unable to use compressed files. So I looked in the
>> >manual, but couldn't find how to expand all files and remove
>> >Spacesaver before it compressed anything in the meantime. Anyone know
>> >how?
>> If I remember correctly, the demo Aladdin was doing at MacWorld last Aug
>> included removing SS and showing that the files could be double-clicked
>> to launch Stuffit and decompress.
ahhh, no, way to slow.
>You can also use Magic Menu. If there are no stuffed files on the
aye, there the rub.
>disk--and you have enough free space on the disk--you can click on the disk
>icon and choose Expand from Magic Menu to expand all Space-saved files.
you are getting really warm
>> I'm sure Leonard will chime in if I'm wrong.
I'm no Leonard, but here are *2* ways to do it.
1. Leave SS turned on. Tell it to not compress by label. label your drive icon.
Turn off SS. unlabel drive.
2. Use MM but set the prefs first to only recognize compressed files. expand
your drive icon.
/s Steve Fuller sfuller@tamu.edu Texas A&M University
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