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Offline jmatt1122

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uhmm. OS X wont let me make a folder named .rockbox
« on: October 17, 2006, 09:15:51 PM »
it says that i cant start a folder with a dot because their reserved for system files. soo...how do i put themes on my iPod?
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Offline Febs

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Re: uhmm. OS X wont let me make a folder named .rockbox
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2006, 09:21:34 PM »
If the theme is properly prepared, you should just be able to extract it to the root of the player and the extraction program will put the files in the right places.
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Offline saratoga

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Re: uhmm. OS X wont let me make a folder named .rockbox
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2006, 10:08:52 PM »
You should be able to do it from the command line also.  At least assuming OSX's shell behaves like bash.
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Offline jewman

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Re: uhmm. OS X wont let me make a folder named .rockbox
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2006, 07:47:05 PM »
You can create the folder. Mac OSX just views all files/folders beginning with a period as a systaem file, as all the system files start with a period. You can find a finder alternative which will allow you to see the invisible files, or you can run a command from the terminal. Click here to see the exact commands.
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Offline jajaja

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Re: uhmm. OS X wont let me make a folder named .rockbox
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2006, 05:20:28 AM »
just use the excellent XFolders (Freeware)
http://www.kai-heitkamp.de/cms/main.php?content=8
and enable "show system files"
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