Troubleshooting importing .tbl files into Excel and MATLAB

[Paula]

On newer versions of MacOS / Excel you might find that .tbl files are greyed out when you try to import them in Excel. One way to fix this is to rename the files to .txt or .csv.  A quicker way is to open Terminal, navigate to the folder where melts.out and the .tbl files are and type:

setfile -t "TEXT" *.tbl

Unfortunately, this hack doesn't seem to work for MATLAB's Import Data tool. For that you may need to rename the files.

Paula

[Paula]

If you have followed this tip and are finding that the .tbl files are greyed out again, then try this:

setfile -t "" *.tbl

No idea why that works, but it seems to...

Also, if you find yourself doing this often then you might want to follow this tip to add an open selected Finder folder in a new Terminal window option to the mouse (right-click) context menu.

Paula