Some PICT or AIFF files are not selectable in the open/import dialog. What is wrong?
It is likely that these files have the correct file extension but do not have the file type correctly assigned. We have posted a utility application that fixes the file type of such files. It can be downloaded from: http://uisoftware.com/DOWNLOADS/FileTypeUtilities.zip (ArtMatic Pro 4.1 and VTrack 2.1 can handle files with no assigned file type — so be sure that you have upgraded to the latest version.) Here is some background: OS X has both file extensions (the letters like ‘aif’ or ‘.jpg’ that appear at the end of a file name) and file type codes (a four-letter code not visible to the end-user that can be set by an application). In OS 9 and early versions of OS X, file extensions were cosmetic and the real file type was determined by the file type code. Since the release of OS X.4, many applications have stopped setting the file type code and rely solely on the file extension. Future versions of our applications will be able to handle files whose extensions have been set but have no
