Mac hacks - How to

I do half my work on my board from work (shh) and its on a MAC. This causes some problems because it seems all the hacks I download

A) save as Attachment.php instead of the real name. No big whoop, i just rename it after download

B) all the hacks have extra characters at the begining of each line. Example:
[] $users=$DB_.....

I don't know if that will show up here (it didn't), but every line of a hack or code in general has a little box (looks like []) character in front of it. Which basically causes general mayhem.

Im sure there is someone else out there using a Mac and Vbulletin, have you found a work around?

(And if your answer is "Use a PC"... save your typing and move along)

Thanks!

[Smoothie]

When I download hacks they all come over with the correct files names, like keep_attach_on_preview.txt. What browser are you using to d/l the hacks? I Run my board, hack my board, administer my board right from my iBook. What text editor are you using? Don't use SimpleText to edit, try BBEdit.

[scatpack]

Thats wierd. Im using IE 5.1 and have had this problem in all versions of IE. If i hold click on a file and "Download to disk" it automatically names it Attachment.php. I get the same results if I use the browser Opera as well.

I opened a hack I downloaded in BBedit and it looks great. Thanks for the tip!

[Smoothie]

Yea, IE tends to do that and SimpleText is crapola. I switched to Mozilla. IE is too damn slow, and a huge resource hog. All the attachments I d/l with Moz come across with the correct file names. BBEdit is the best.

[ehjay]

BBEdit is the clear answer to all your code-editing problems.

and I've found the same problem with IE, it naming all downloads attachment.php and whatnot, and like Smoothie, switched to Mozilla.