Word; convert MAC file to Windows

[Bob_S]

A member of our non profit emailed us a word file from his mac that we
can't open properly in windows. Unfortunately he's on vacation and I
don't when I will be able to reach him.

Another member has already tried opening the file on his windows pc. I
have files from him a couple of weeks ago that worked fine so I
suspect has changed on his end. This time the attachment doesn't have
the normal filename. I have tried saving the file in a .doc or .rtf
format but I have same problem. Word opens the file conversion window
asking me to select an encoding format. Below is the heading from the
file now called ATT00492.txt

--Apple-Mail-13--575668374
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Type: application/applefile;
name=Minutes_4-07.doc
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename=Minutes_4-07.doc

AAUWBwACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAAAAJAAAAPgAAAAoAAAADAAAASAAAABAAAAACAAAA
WAAAAR5XOEJOTVNXRAAATWludXRlc180LTA3LmRvYwAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAeAAz6aAEGAAAAHAAe//8=

--Apple-Mail-13--575668374
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
x-mac-type=5738424E;
x-unix-mode=0644;
x-mac-creator=4D535744;
name=Minutes_4-07.doc
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename=Minutes_4-07.doc

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/
CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAAAAAAA
EAAANQAAAAEAAAD+////
AAAAADIAAAD/////////////////////////////////////////////

Any suggestions on how I may open this in windows?
thanks
Bob

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Bob:

From the headers you have posted, that's a Zipped .doc in MIME format.

Save the file to your disk and open it with WinZip.

Cheers

A member of our non profit emailed us a word file from his mac that we
can't open properly in windows. Unfortunately he's on vacation and I
don't when I will be able to reach him.

Another member has already tried opening the file on his windows pc. I
have files from him a couple of weeks ago that worked fine so I
suspect has changed on his end. This time the attachment doesn't have
the normal filename. I have tried saving the file in a .doc or .rtf
format but I have same problem. Word opens the file conversion window
asking me to select an encoding format. Below is the heading from the
file now called ATT00492.txt

--Apple-Mail-13--575668374
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Type: application/applefile;
name=Minutes_4-07.doc
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename=Minutes_4-07.doc

AAUWBwACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAAAAJAAAAPgAAAAoAAAADAAAASAAAABAAAAACAAAA
WAAAAR5XOEJOTVNXRAAATWludXRlc180LTA3LmRvYwAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAeAAz6aAEGAAAAHAAe//8=

--Apple-Mail-13--575668374
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
x-mac-type=5738424E;
x-unix-mode=0644;
x-mac-creator=4D535744;
name=Minutes_4-07.doc
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename=Minutes_4-07.doc

0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/
CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAAAAAAA
EAAANQAAAAEAAAD+////
AAAAADIAAAD/////////////////////////////////////////////

Any suggestions on how I may open this in windows?
thanks
Bob

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[Bob_S]

Hi Bob:

From the headers you have posted, that's a Zipped .doc in MIME format.

Save the file to your disk and open it with WinZip.

Cheers





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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
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Thanks, I thought it might be but I couldn't get standard Windows to
open it. But after some trial and error PKZIP did the trick.
Bob

 

[little_creature]

Thanks, I thought it might be but I couldn't get standard Windows to
open it. But after some trial and error PKZIP did the trick.
Bob

Excuse meeeeeeeee
John,
It might be the hot weather so I get things slowly , but

From the headers you have posted, that's a Zipped .doc in MIME

format.
how did you read it? Can you explain me it, please?

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Little Creature:

From this:

That's a MIME preamble.

"Transfer encoding: base64" means it's Zipped.

"Content Disposition: attachment" means it's an attachment.

Content-Type: application/applefile means it's a binary.

filename=Minutes_4-07.doc tells me it's a Word document

Cheers


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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
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[John McGhie]

Correction: Base64 means it's in Base 64, which WinZip can open

It's similar to Uuencoding, it re-expresses binary content as printable ANSI
characters so it does not suffer from mutilation when the message is divided
into packets.

Cheers

Hi Little Creature:

From this:


That's a MIME preamble.

"Transfer encoding: base64" means it's Zipped.

"Content Disposition: attachment" means it's an attachment.

Content-Type: application/applefile means it's a binary.

filename=Minutes_4-07.doc tells me it's a Word document

Cheers

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
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Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[little_creature]

John TX,
That was the missing info:
"Transfer encoding: base64" means it's Zipped.