Q: character encoding problem

HI!
I am a chinese user in TW, I have a trouble in the received(MS) files name, all chinese character encoded in "?????????", How can I do ? I had lots of files(>500), is there any simple step can help my files name display normal?

Thanks for your help^^
Eilly

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Mar 10, 2010 11:27 PM

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Tom Gewecke Mar 11, 2010 5:23 AM in response to Eilly
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Mar 11, 2010 5:23 AM in response to Eilly

This is kind of old, I don't know if it will help in your case:

http://support.apple.com/downloads/FileName_Encoding_RepairUtility
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Eilly Mar 17, 2010 11:57 PM in response to Tom Gewecke
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Mar 17, 2010 11:57 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

en...It can't setup on 10.6.2@@

Why the download files name appear on"??????????????" ? The Chinese characters encoding in a muddle @@
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Tom Gewecke Mar 18, 2010 6:52 AM in response to Eilly
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Mar 18, 2010 6:52 AM in response to Eilly

en...It can't setup on 10.6.2@@

What happens exactly?

Why the download files name appear on"??????????????" ? The Chinese characters encoding in a muddle @@

Probably because the PC stuff is using a legacy encoding and OS X uses Unicode.

You might want to ask on the Chinese Mac list, giving details of exactly how the problem files were produced:

http://groups.google.com/group/chinesemac/
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