Two macs, one W2k Server

[wallsfd949]

Setup is 2 macs running OS X (10.35 - refered to as "mac a" and "mac b") and one W2k server.

There is a network shared folder on the server. When I place an file (especially fonts) from mac a on the server, then try and view it on mac b, they appear as text or unix files and loose their type and creator. Back to mac a and they are fine. The same thing happens when I place a file from mac b on the server, it 'breaks' when I look at it with mac a.

The other problem I'm having is filenames. mac allows '/' in the file name but the windows machine does not. I have a friend who has a similar setup and he can put / in the filename. What am I missing?

 

[Childs]

Are you using smb?

Any you shouldnt use / in a file name. The / signifies a directory, and if you do manage to put it in a file name you'll have to escape it.

 

[Nothinman]

Macs store the filetype and creator in a seperate resource fork, if you're using SMB for the filesharing that fork will be lost. Actually I think the only option that will allow you to keep the resource fork is AFP but I'm not sure if MS included the Services for Macs on the Win2K CD. If SFM is available it'll probably solve the "/" problem as well, although it's not smart to use "/" in filenames even if it's allowed.

 

[ITJunkie]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Macs store the filetype and creator in a seperate resource fork, if you're using SMB for the filesharing that fork will be lost. Actually I think the only option that will allow you to keep the resource fork is AFP but I'm not sure if MS included the Services for Macs on the Win2K CD. If SFM is available it'll probably solve the "/" problem as well, although it's not smart to use "/" in filenames even if it's allowed.

I believe Win2K will allow you to install the Appletalk protocol but not sure if they included the Services for Mac or if it's available on the install cd.

On the fonts issue, generally Mac fonts are not usable on PC. Mac's tend to favor Postscript fonts, though I know they do TT as well. I've always treated them as separate entities where fonts are concerned.

 

[Ecgtheow]

Macs use TrueType for the most part (Apple did invent it), but Windows TrueType fonts are a little different. OS X can use both Mac and Windows TrueType, PostScript, and OpenType fonts.

 

[hopejr]

put .ttf as a file extension. it'll work then.