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Silence04
11-07-2006, 05:53 PM
Does anyone else have issues opening Mac Archive/ZIP files on Windows machines?
when i zip a file on my mac i will use the "right click>archive file" option, but sometimes when i send them out to clients/vendors i'll get a call back saying they can't open them...
which makes me think that it's because they are using windows, but i tested it on my windows machine here and it opened fine... do you think it could be they are using an older version of winzip or something?
jsnyder
11-07-2006, 06:00 PM
Yes, I would say if your are able to open them OK on your PC, that they need to update their WinZip. Also, make sure they are copying the ZIP to their C drive first. (Or saving it to a drive somewhere.) I have a lot of trouble with PC users trying to edit documents straight out of thier email, rather than saving them, and they working with them. Hope this helps...
doubting_thomas
11-07-2006, 06:32 PM
I wonder if it has anything to do with the OS X archiving utility. I think
10.3.9 uses the BOMArchiveHelper to create archive files, but I'm not
sure what the exact utility is in 10.4.x. Maybe somebody knows...
I'm not a very good Unix geek this morning.
rickself
11-07-2006, 06:59 PM
I have troouble with Mac users who right click and give me a ZIP file. Files get corrupted when I try to unzip or unstuff.
Mac users should .sit, PC users should .zip.
jsnyder
11-07-2006, 07:25 PM
I would SIT, if the PC users I work with could, or would open SIT format. They always request ZIP, so that's what I send them. And actually, I use DropZip from Alladin, and I NEVER have problems with PC users unzipping, unless they're trying to do it from Outlook.
ecsyle
11-07-2006, 08:19 PM
No, I never have any issues with zip files, or anything for that matter. The shit just works son.
jsnyder
11-07-2006, 09:48 PM
OK guys, I just re-read my firts post, and realized that it sounds like I'm bashing PC users. What I should have said was "I have trouble with some of the people I work with extracting ZIPs from thier email attachments." It's not PC users in general, it's certain people I work with. I have both a Mac and PC sitting on my desk.
Sorry. Peace?
PrintDriver
11-07-2006, 10:15 PM
Mac .zip archive can be a little weird. I'd go for the StuffIt .zip file for PC users.
Depending on the version of StuffIt, even .sit files can corrupt when emailed.