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Old 01-06-2007
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MAC OS 9.2 file extensions

I am scanning photos and saving them as a tiff file. The MAC OS does not add the file extension. How can I force the file to be saved with the proper file extension? My Windows PC on the network does not recognize the file type until I add the extension on the file.

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Are you sure the file extension is no saved? Maybe it is just not shown to you? Are you sure your Windows PC recognises both the .TIF and .TIFF variations?
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Old 02-09-2007
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in the program used to SAVE the image,
be sure to set the image type (tiff, jpg, gif, png)
and then just manually add the proper extension to the name.

OS 9 does not add extensions, as Mac does not use that technique to recognise the encoding.

OS X can be config'd to add PC compatible extensions for you

btw; if you know for sure how it was saved, then just RENAME the file
on the Mac or the PC.
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