Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fwd: It all depends how you drive... [NFC]

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

So, in essence what you are saying is that a Mac looks at a PC
and says, "Fork you!"

Or did I misinterpret that?

Hans.

On 1/3/07, Auto World <autoworld [at] roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Ken: basically speaking, a Mac file is made of two parts called a data fork, 
> and a resource fork. Yes, they're a PITA when receiving Mac email on a PC.
> The data fork contains what we generally call a file on the PC, that is the 
> text created by a word processor, the pixels building a picture, etc. When 
> transferring data files between Macintosh and PC, the data fork is generally 
> the only part of interest.
>
> The resource fork may contain the code of a Mac program, the commands of a font 
> file, etc. Some Mac programs store a preview picture in the resource fork.
>
> ... one more example of the useless stuff in my head.
>
> Bob Prosser