MacNames covertor of Macintosh file names to WIndows
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MacNames color="#0000FF">helps Windows-Macintosh cross- platform integration. It is an Windows utility which is able to rename automatically Macintosh files stored on a Windows NT Server, removing illegal characters and adding filenames extensions; then Windows can identify the appropriate applications associated with renamed files. Some characters like /, \, <, >, ?, etc. are allowed in Macintosh filenames but are illegal for most Windows applications. In addition, Macintosh files do not need any extensions. A Quark XPress document named Advert 2000/12/11 - a usual name in Macintosh world - is not easily handled by Windows applications. Moreover this document has no icon and cannot be opened using double-click. MacNames renames it automatically in Advert 2000-12- 11.qxd mapping slashs to dashes (for example) and adding the qxd extension which is specific to Quark XPress documents. The renamed document is then usable by Windows applications, gets its Windows icon and can be opened using a double-click.
There are many applications allowing to rename filenames for cross-platform purpose: MacNames is probably the only Windows NT/2000 software dedicated to rename Macintosh files stored on an NT Server. Benefits are obvious:
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