Apple PC Compatibility Card 7-inch card - Manual (Page 127)

Using shared folders and volumes
You can share Mac OS folders and volumes with the PC by assigning them
drive letters. The MACSHARE DOS program (installed with the PC support
software) makes this possible.
Note: PC applications and their files work more quickly in a drive container
or on a hard disk than in a shared folder. The performance of Mac OS
programs is not affected by placing them in shared folders.
IMPORTANT Information in the “resource fork” of a Mac OS file (such as an
original icon) is lost when the file is copied in the PC environment, and this
may damage the file. Many document files do not have resource forks and can
be copied from the PC environment without problems. However, QuickTime
files cannot be copied in this manner. To copy a QuickTime file, you must
open it in the Mac OS using the MoviePlayer program and save it in “non-
Apple computer format” before copying or using it in the PC environment.
Using PC files in the Mac OS
There are three ways to access PC files in the Mac OS:
m You can access PC files on a floppy disk. For more information, see “Using
Floppy Disk Drives and Floppy Disks,” earlier in this chapter.
m You can access PC files in a shared folder or volume. For information on
setting up a shared area, see “Using Shared Volumes” in Chapter 5.
m You can access PC files in a PC drive container or a PC-formatted SCSI
hard drive attached to your Macintosh.
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