Re: unzipping password-protected archives
Thanks so much, Justin and Esther. It's great to have alternatives to try. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
unzipping password-protected archives
Hi, I just downloaded a book from Bookshare and tried to unpack it, and I was surprised to find out that the archive program that comes with the Mac doesn't know how to handle password-protected zip files. I was told it couldn't open the file, and that was it. Is there some setting I can change to make it work, and if not, is there an accessible program for the Mac that can do the job? Thanks, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: unzipping password-protected archives
Hi Anna, You need to get the Unarchiver from: http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html or else use Stuffit Expander. This is actually mentioned on BookShare's FAQ page. I still keep a copy of Stuffit Expander around, though I haven't come across a file that I absolutely had to use this (and no other alternative expander) for at least three or four years. Some of the password-protected formats are proprietary, meaning that there are licensing fees involved. My main objection to using Stuffit Expander is that Smith-Micro, perhaps the third company to own this product after the original developer got bought out, makes you supply an email address to get access to the product and then sends out huge amounts of spam advertising. If anyone absolutely insists on using Stuffit Expander, the last edition that can be obtained through the versiontracker link that doesn't require you to supply an email address can be found at this link: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/182 This points to the page for Stuffit Expander 13.0.2 (2008-11-06), which is the last version that you can directly download as a diskimage file without registering an address at the Smith-Micro site. It still worked as of three months ago. Otherwise, almost every file you need to unpack that isn't already covered by the Mac's BOM Archive expansion, including the ones from BookShare, can be handled by the Unarchiver. HTH. Cheers, Esther Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, I just downloaded a book from Bookshare and tried to unpack it, and I was surprised to find out that the archive program that comes with the Mac doesn't know how to handle password-protected zip files. I was told it couldn't open the file, and that was it. Is there some setting I can change to make it work, and if not, is there an accessible program for the Mac that can do the job? Thanks, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: unzipping password-protected archives
Howdy there. You also have the option of using the built in unzip program in the terminal. 1. Open terminal from the utilities folder 2. in the terminal window, type sudo unzip file path. ~/ is a short cut for the home directory, so if I had file.zip in my home folder I would type sudo unzip ~/file.zip This is what I use to unzip my bookshare files. Regards Justin Harford On Sep 26, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Anna, You need to get the Unarchiver from: http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html or else use Stuffit Expander. This is actually mentioned on BookShare's FAQ page. I still keep a copy of Stuffit Expander around, though I haven't come across a file that I absolutely had to use this (and no other alternative expander) for at least three or four years. Some of the password-protected formats are proprietary, meaning that there are licensing fees involved. My main objection to using Stuffit Expander is that Smith-Micro, perhaps the third company to own this product after the original developer got bought out, makes you supply an email address to get access to the product and then sends out huge amounts of spam advertising. If anyone absolutely insists on using Stuffit Expander, the last edition that can be obtained through the versiontracker link that doesn't require you to supply an email address can be found at this link: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/182 This points to the page for Stuffit Expander 13.0.2 (2008-11-06), which is the last version that you can directly download as a diskimage file without registering an address at the Smith-Micro site. It still worked as of three months ago. Otherwise, almost every file you need to unpack that isn't already covered by the Mac's BOM Archive expansion, including the ones from BookShare, can be handled by the Unarchiver. HTH. Cheers, Esther Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, I just downloaded a book from Bookshare and tried to unpack it, and I was surprised to find out that the archive program that comes with the Mac doesn't know how to handle password-protected zip files. I was told it couldn't open the file, and that was it. Is there some setting I can change to make it work, and if not, is there an accessible program for the Mac that can do the job? Thanks, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
