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#1 2009-06-24 5:20 pm
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Sound Files Question
I have been transferring sound files from my old G4 Powerbook to my new MBP. Many of my old sound files are now labled Unix Executable File. Can anyone tell me why? Or, what app should I use (if any) to change them back to aiff, wav etc. THANKS!!
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#3 2009-06-24 5:51 pm
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Re: Sound Files Question
No, not Logic. I have used Audacity though. I also have Line 6 and Roland Fantom software on the machine.
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#4 2009-06-24 8:06 pm
Re: Sound Files Question
Are they missing their extensions? If so, adding the extensions should work. Make sure "Show All Extensions" is checked in Finder->Preferences->Advanced.
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#5 2009-06-24 10:54 pm
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Re: Sound Files Question
Yes, the extensions are missing. Is there a way to discover the missing data? Thanks.
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#6 2009-06-24 11:03 pm
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Re: Sound Files Question
The info window says they are quicktime player app. documents, but I can't open them using Quicktime
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#7 2009-06-24 11:10 pm
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Re: Sound Files Question
I have made some progress. It seems the files may have been created in either Classic or another earlier Mac OS
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#8 2009-06-25 9:26 am
Re: Sound Files Question
They were probably using Mac classic's OS method of document identification which involved a 4 letter code in the resource fork. Although OS X now uses filename extensions, it still recognizes these, but if the resource fork got stripped in file transfer somehow, it will not recognize them.
The simplest solution is simply to add ".mp3" (if they are mp3s) to the end of the filename, or try other sound extensions like .wav, .aif, .ogg, but I don't know what else you could do if that doesn't work.
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