Hi Stief

I'm one of the chicken-hearted running OS9.2 in the classic mode on OS10.1.2 — I know I should bite the bullet and go for broke on OSX but I have years of "stuff" I carry forward on ancient kit that all runs happily in classic and I don't want to risk major file transfers unless I have to (foolish sentimentality from the almost brain dead!).

There is no option in my preferences to adjust the file suffixes (which may be why I had the problem in the first place). Anyway, for all that the solution is very tedious, it will keep me off street corners.

All we have to do now is to find a way of speeding the damn thing up when the weekend comes and increased data traffic slows transfers to zero.

Thanks for all your time and interest.

David