Make clean archives for Windows on a Mac
Creating ZIP archives on a MAC with the default OS X archiver (ctrl or right-click, create archive) puts files not visible on the MAC (namely .DS_Store and Iconr files) in the ZIP alongside the actual files you want to compress. This looks confusing on the PC and can cause problems with the Windows software for opening / expanding large ZIP files, making the software crash or give out error messages.
So creating ZIP files I want to send to PC / Windows systems I now use a little application called CleanArchiver, - this does the job with drag and drop ease.
CleanArchiver lets you choose what kind of archives you want to make: gzip, bzip2, zip, Disk Image, Stuffit, Stuffit X.
ZIP is the most common method.
The compression options in CleanArchiver.
The default method for creating ZIP on OS X with right mouse click / ctrl click.
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...und ich dachte immer, die Obst-Computer seinen so lieb, nett und unkompliziert. jetzt können die ohne hilfe von zusätzlichem krimskrams nicht mal für alle welt verträgliche zips schreiben.... hmm ;)
Kev
@ 03.06.2007 19:43 CET
Martin
@ 06.06.2007 06:17 CET