Thanks, Alex, that's helpful. I've enver used Terminal or thought of going about renaming that way -- I'll loook it up.
Harry On Aug 12, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Or you might use terminal to batch rename all the files to .zip. After > all, they are really just zip files with the extension changed, so > maybe something like: > cd ~/books > rename *.bks *.zip > > I don't know if the syntax is right, but that's the idea. > > On 8/12/12, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't know whether this is only true of the newest additions to bookshare >> (over the last year or so) but lately when I download bookshare books, no >> unzipping is required. I just seek out the title and the .xml extension, and >> it opens in Safari when I hit enter. Is no one else experiencing this? >> Harry, I know in your case, you are dealing with previously downloaded books >> which you desire to open. A workaround, if you simply cannot get the >> unarchiver to work, is to redownload the book you wish to read from your >> book history. Hopefully, what I discussed above will then apply, and you >> will have your xml file all ready to go. Obviously, depending on the number >> of books you have, this may not be desirable as far as redownloading all of >> your book history, but you could do it one by one, as needed. >> >> Christine >> On Aug 12, 2012, at 9:07 PM, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I simply would just remember where I had been reading and type a keyword >>> or two. What I would like to know now is how to associate .bks files with >>> The Unarchiver, as the checkbox to "Always open with this application," in >>> "Other…" and selecting the application does not hold, for some reason. >>> Does anyone knwo why this might be? >>> >>> Harry >>> >>> On Aug 12, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Greg Aikens <gpaik...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> One way to get around this is to set a web spot at the place you left >>>> off. I haven't tried this under ML but in Lion it worked inconsistently >>>> and often I would forget to set a web spot when I finished reading, but >>>> it is better than nothing. >>>> >>>> -Greg >>>> On Aug 12, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks, Harry. I was wondering if you used Safari. Seems to me that >>>>> means you can't pick up where you left off in a book, right? That would >>>>> be a big drawback, I would think. How do you work around that/ >>>>> >>>>> Mary >>>>> >>>>> Mary Otten >>>>> motte...@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com > > -- > 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.
