How do I deal with forked files on an Apple IIc?

[SlideRB <sliderb@hotmail.com.nospam>]

I've been downloading software on my Mac for my IIc.  I initally tried
to get the files to my IIc by using File Exchange in MacOS 8.6 to copy
them to a ProDOS disk.  However, any file copyied from the Mac ends up
being preceived on the IIc as a forked file.  I've tried a couple
different utilities on the Mac end for stripping the resource fork,
such as ForkZapper and ProType.  Even when using those utilities, I
still ended up with forked files that the IIc cannot work with.  I
finally transferred the program HFSlink to my IIc via a Null-modem
connection and I was able to run it.  This allowed me to convert files
from HFS formatted Mac disks to ProDOS disks.  This way, the resulting
files were transfered un-forked.  This methood seems to work okay, but
it adds an intermediate step that requires me to copy files to an HFS
disk, then to a ProDOS disk.  My question is this.  Is there a way to
copy files directly from my Mac to a ProDOS disk and have the files be
un-forked?  Otherwise, what's the point of being able to write to
ProDOS disks?  It seems pretty pointless if the files I transfer are
useless.  I read that setting the file type and creater to TEXT/pdos
would do the trick, but it didn't work for me.

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