Unarchiver works well with daisy books too. The built-in archive utility does not work for bookshare books. Someone else could probably explain why but I don't know. I just know that the unarchiver works great and is free.
-Greg On Apr 17, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Brianna Snyder wrote: > Hi, > > I download Bookshare books in BRF. I use an app called the Unarchiver. It > works great. You just have to type in your password when unzipping, and it'll > do it for you. I've never downloaded a book in Daisy, but I don't see why > this pp wouldn't work for those, as well. > > Brianna > On Apr 17, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Joseph Norton wrote: > >> Hi list: >> >> I notice that I have to uncgheck the box to open safe files after download >> when downloading BookShare DAISY books. If I don't do this, the download >> reports that it could not decompress the file. If I uncheck that box, the >> file downloads correctly. >> >> After download, the archive utility doesn't seem to want to uncompress the >> file since it is password protected. I can go into terminal and unzip it >> manually with no problem, but, I must be missing some step for unzipping the >> encrypted file. >> >> Does Safari and/or the file compression utility have trouble with encrypted >> zip files, or, am I not doing something right? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Joseph Norton >> joseph.nor...@gmail.com >> >> Currently running headless on my Mac Mini! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
