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Feb 10th, 2004, 10:21 AM
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Full Citizen
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Calgary
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Hello,
How is this done on a Mac? Do I need to download a program to unzip a file?
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Feb 10th, 2004, 10:41 AM
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Honourable Citizen
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Waterloo
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yes,its a free program, go to www.aladdinsys.com and download the stuffit deluxe download. You will be able to unstuff and stuff files with that for free.
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Feb 10th, 2004, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Calgary
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Stuffit Expander (that wonderings is talking about) should be included with your Mac, as it is free. And as of Panther, Panther has built in zipping and unzipping functions straight in the Finder.
(If you knew how, you could do it from the Command Line with any version of X).
Stuffit Expander though is the best program for uncompressing any file (.sit, .zip, .uu, etc.)
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Feb 10th, 2004, 12:35 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Saskatoon
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Although it often happens automatically (either on download or by simply double-clicking the file) you can also control-click the file name and see the options you have for uncompressing the file.
Stuffit Expander is free, has always been free, and is available for Windows as well (for at least a decade). As far as I know, it's been installed on every Mac that ever left the factory since the 90's began.
It always amazes me that Windows users insist on using a paid (shareware with expiry) program to unzip files.
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Feb 10th, 2004, 01:15 PM
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Full Citizen
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Calgary
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Thank you everyone for the responses [img]smile.gif[/img]
I do have Stuffit with Panther and I have used it with .sit files, but I never thought it also included .zip files. Pretty cool!
Thanks again everyone!
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Feb 10th, 2004, 02:22 PM
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Honourable Citizen
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Waterloo
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how do I use panthers built in zipping and unzipping?
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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” Bishop Desmond Tutu
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Feb 10th, 2004, 02:31 PM
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Full Citizen
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: GTA
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Right click or control click for one button mouse and trackpad and use archive feature to zip
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Feb 10th, 2004, 02:43 PM
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Honourable Citizen
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Waterloo
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thanks hmto thats a nice feature built into Panther!
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