Downloads
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Thanks Jim, I'll make a note to Coen about this.
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I've not yet had this download problem in this forum. I remember that I've had it in the old @Last/Google forum a couple of times. Never with .skp or image files, but several times with .rb files. What made it even stranger was that I was able to dl .rb files from most members but not from some and that the problem was very consistent.
My workaround at that time was switching from Firefox to MSIE for just those downloads.Download managers can indeed interfere with dl filenames, in FDM is a checkbox "automatically create filename". With that turned off losts of dl's end up as .php, .htm, .aps and so on. Often useless files for which renaming is not a solution.
P: Maggy
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Hey Maggy, I liked your previous pic way better (this scares me - I don't know why...)
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I'm just taming my computer, not you
P: Magy
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@gaieus said:
Hey Maggy, I liked your previous pic way better (this scares me - I don't know why...)
me too
not the sleeping one
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@anssi said:
It seems to me that too many topics are at some point converted to Win vs Mac topics. Couldn't we skip it? Everything that can be said about that has been said over and over in other venues, does it have to be repeated here?
Anssi
@unknownuser said:
I agree. Let's cut the BS about Mac vs PC (although I have contributed to this myself at times).
I agree 100%. let us not turn this marvellous meeting place of generous people into "us" and "them". no matter what computer one uses our focus is doing great stuff with SU (+ whatever app happens to help us do it) and learning from each other.
learning, helping and enjoying our exchanges should be our mottos.
best wishes to all and thank you for everything so far.
edson
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that's why there is no Mac and PC rooms... and you'll be happy to hear no one has suggested it...
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.skp files still downloading as .php files. Thanks for trying.
Jim
P: jmac
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jmac,
you need to report the thread where you could not download... and by any chance are you right clicking and selecting save target as?
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Krisidious,
It happens on any thread containing an .skp file attachment. All I am doing is left clicking on the attached file. It downloads immediately...but as a .php file.
P: jmac
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php is a webpage or html type format. a script actually
I would like you to a folder with skp files, do you see SKP logos? or blank icons?
oh are you on a mac? if so I won't be able to help with "file type associations"
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Did this ever get resolved? I have the same problem, on a Mac, I can rename .php files with .skp but some download as php.html -- these don't work when renamed. Zip files are fine, I generally use Safari, but I found the same problem with other browsers
Thanks
John von Buelow -
for what it is worth, I am on mac and the reported [bad] behaviour is not happening to me. all the files download as skp.
cheers.
edson
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Thanks Chuck,
That's good news. Could you also confirm that after doing this trick your machine "remembers" this with further files or not?
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Yes Bruce,
Mostly we'd think so but above there were also examples that skp file could be downloaded from other sites.
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This behavior has just started for me, too (I'm on a mac (safari). I also just upgraded and deleted my caches last Friday. So I think it is a matter of Safari recognized .skp as a valid extension and assigning it to an app. When I remember how to do this I will get back.
Also, Apple has been posting Safari beta v.3 versions, have those of you experiencing the problems been upgrading to this version?
[edit] I checked the timing of this; it started after I upgraded to the new v.3 beta. Safari should automatically detect the file type so that's not the issue, nor is my cache deletion. So there is somehow some miscommunication with the new version and the website. I also use Firefox and this is not happening using that app.
Regards,
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@gaieus said:
Thanks Chuck,
That's good news. Could you also confirm that after doing this trick your machine "remembers" this with further files or not?
Dang, Gaieus, you're fast. I erased my post as after I posted I realized that there were 3 pages I hadn't read yet and people were talking about changing extensions and I didn't want to be redundant.
The 'trick' was: right click on .php file. choose 'get info'. erase ;.php and type in .skp. when you hit return, there will be a pop up window asking if you want to change the extension. agree to this and the file will update to a .skp and the icon will change to the familiar Sketchup picture.
This has to be done for every file that comes in incorrectly. There is no 'remembering'
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@unknownuser said:
for what it is worth, I am on mac and the reported [bad] behaviour is not happening to me. all the files download as skp.
I should also say that the browser I use is firefox. could the problem be with safari?
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I just tested this on four different Macs IntelMacBook Pro, G3 i Book, G5 iMac and G5 dual. The same results in all with Safari v2, older Explorer for the Mac also downloads as php (but one can rename on download pane). Latest Opera and Firefox both download correctly. The Safari and Explorer download "download.php" which can be manually renamed/extended to work--best both name and extension since name is always "download". A few come in as "download.php.html" these do not work even when renamed and extended. Skp files do download fine with Safari from the still existent Google Pro Site, Google groups is too much trouble to navigate to, so I didn't try. I have had this happen, on one CAD forum with the same board software (different file types). This leaves me to believe it's something in the handshake between the board software and the Mac browser for uncommon file types since image files download fine. I can't find a downloads setting in Safari. I wonder how it works with the PC Version of Safari?
John
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Recently I have downloaded Safari 3 beta (for Windows). I can testify that it downloads the skp files as php. (I have other problems with it, too, so won't use it too much - I just want to make sure that when I build a website, it works on Safari/mac also).
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