Tagged: File Management

Image Capture saves in the default .jp2 format how to convert in Windows 7

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I was helping a client today who used his scanner connected to his mac and used Image Capture to save the scan. He then copied the file over to his pc to make it work with his corporate system. When he was on his Windows 7 computer, there didn’t seem to be a default or installed utility that would open up .jp2 files. After some research it turns out that Photoshop, Infranview, XnView can open them on the PC.

Its a times like these with simple cross platform struggles, that I wish that Microsoft and Apple would combine forces.

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Download dupeGuru for Mac – A tool to find duplicate files on your computer. MacUpdate.com

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Download dupeGuru for Mac – A tool to find duplicate files on your computer. MacUpdate.com. This is fantastic software. People really struggle with duplicates. There is even a DupeGuru PE so you can find duplicate pictures in minutes.

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Duplicate ‘com.apple.xxx’ preferences: Apple Support Communities

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Duplicate ‘com.apple.xxx’ preferences: Apple Support Communities. I have never seen this issue, but interesting that it occurs. Barry has the solution below.

This issue has been covered by MacFixit.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20032310-263.html?tag=mncol;title

An AppleScripter provided the following script which I have set up to run automatically upon shutdown or restart. You would need to change widget.weather to quicktime or whatever other preference file is appropriate.

set the_container to path to preferences folder from user domain

tell application “Finder” to tell folder the_container

delete (every file whose name contains “widget.weather” and name extension is not “plist”)

end tell

 

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Can’t save or select a view on a Mac folder?

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Finder: A Messy Folder: Apple Support Communities.  Then you will want to follow baltwo’s advice. Nicely done! I rarely have had to delete DS store files, but I can see how it is useful here.

Those settings are stored in the hidden .DS_Store file that’s created the first time you open a folder. If the problem returns, delete it, and reset the view options. Details on showing hidden files are revealed by a google search for unhide files mac.

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