Hello all,
I've run into some oddness with file sizes of graphics in OS X 10.4.3 that I thought some others may have seen. The drive is formatted as HFS+ (just to avoid any thought of it being a minimum block size issue). I don't recall seeing this problem with OS X 10.2.8.
So I have an image file that the Finder says is 600k. However, Photoshop claims the file is 1.05MB. I then reduce the file size in Photoshop by changing it to indexed color mode, and Photoshop then claims the file is now 300k. But the Finder says the file is still 600k. However, when submitted to a website that only accepts file sizes of 375k or less, the file is accepted. And when the file is emailed to a Windows machine without being stuffed first (a step that I imagined would strip the resource fork from the file), Windows claims the file is 200k (but when the file is emailed back to the Mac from the Windows machine, it's once again 600k). I also tried copying the file using the cp command in terminal (which supposedly does strip the resource fork out), but it made no change to the file size.
I have no idea what to make of this. At first I thought it was a Photoshop issue, but now I'm thinking the Finder may be misreporting the file sizes.
I've run into some oddness with file sizes of graphics in OS X 10.4.3 that I thought some others may have seen. The drive is formatted as HFS+ (just to avoid any thought of it being a minimum block size issue). I don't recall seeing this problem with OS X 10.2.8.
So I have an image file that the Finder says is 600k. However, Photoshop claims the file is 1.05MB. I then reduce the file size in Photoshop by changing it to indexed color mode, and Photoshop then claims the file is now 300k. But the Finder says the file is still 600k. However, when submitted to a website that only accepts file sizes of 375k or less, the file is accepted. And when the file is emailed to a Windows machine without being stuffed first (a step that I imagined would strip the resource fork from the file), Windows claims the file is 200k (but when the file is emailed back to the Mac from the Windows machine, it's once again 600k). I also tried copying the file using the cp command in terminal (which supposedly does strip the resource fork out), but it made no change to the file size.
I have no idea what to make of this. At first I thought it was a Photoshop issue, but now I'm thinking the Finder may be misreporting the file sizes.