[X4U] UNARCHIVE question

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Sun Dec 23 23:02:03 PST 2007


On 12/23/07,  Ed Gould <edgould1948 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Dec 23, 2007, at 4:23 PM, John Baltutis wrote:
>>
>> Which operatiing system version? Panther, Tiger, or Leopard? Launch the
>> Console.app (in /Applications/Utilities/), select the system.log
>> file, and double-click on the zip file. Hopefully, you'll get more specific
>> information on the error and which process is balking. As for maintaining a
>> Stuffit-free zone, your choice, but StuffitExpander causes few, if any
>>problems.
>
> I tried stuffit for 5+ years and could *NEVER* figure out how to use
> it. Every time I tried I ended up so mad I felt like throwing the
> computer out of the window. When I upgraded to OS x every one assured
> it was miles ahead of OS9 with the -1 error message I do not agree.
> The windows version of unzip was sooo easy and intuitive I never had
> to go to the help or read a manual. This stuffit is so unlike MAC it
> made me wonder who wrote the thing.

Note that StuffitExpander is NOT Stuffit Deluxe. Download and install
StuffitExpander (it's free and if it doesn't work, delete it), drop your zipped
file on it, and it either expands or it doesn't.  BTW, once again, which Mac OS
X?


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