Re: Zip File.

[Neil Houghton]

Hi Tony,

I think it might be easier to just find another source of the manual!

Google shows lots of opportunities, though they mainly seem to be for a pdf
of the Owners manual ­ which I presume you already have.

However -
<http://jameskbeard.com/Photography/LegacyCanonManuals.html>
has lots of info on old Canon cameras (including the T90) including museum
pages, owners manuals and repair manuals:
<http://jameskbeard.com/Photography/LegacyCanonManuals.html#RepairT>
includes 5 pdf links specifically to T90 repair information

Maybe you can find what you need here?


HTH


Cheers



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on 14/6/15 2:48 AM, Anthony (Tony) Francis at antne...@mac.com wrote:

> Hi Neil,
> Thank you for your reply. I have been unable to isolate the individual files,
> but you are correct in the fact that there are other files 2 more I think.
> Every time that I clicked on the Zip file it just appeared to create another
> Zip file. I have access to a PC. So I will attempt to open the Zip file on the
> PC.
> Thanks to you and Ronni for your help.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Tony
> BODDINGTON.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 13 Jun 2015, at 07:06, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
>> Re: Zip File. Hi Tony,
>> 
>> 
>> My reading of your screenshot is that the ³T90 zip file² contains more than
>> just the manual ­ probably some Canon Windows software that comes with the
>> camera as well ­ the screenshot shows it containing 7 files, including 5 .exe
>> files and 2 .zip files.
>> 
>> As others have said, ignore all the .exe files  - they are windows executable
>> files (probably included Windows programs).
>> 
>> You can also ignore the .exe.zip file which will presumable unzip to give
>> another .exe file (the manual as a windows program, perhaps).
>> 
>> Which leaves the 1480433...nual 2.zip file ­ which, I think, may contain the
>> manual file ­ which is what you were after (if I understand you correctly).
>> 
>> The thing is that it looks like the manual file was zipped before being
>> bundled with the other files and then zipped again ­ so if you just
>> double-click this included .zip file (the 1480433...nual 2.zip file) then it
>> may unzip to give you the actual manual.
>> 
>> HTH - apologies if I have misread/misunderstood.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> Neil
>> (in sunny Ljubljana :o))   )
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> on 12/6/15 2:15 PM, Anthony (Tony) Francis at antne...@mac.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Ronni
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 11 Jun 2015, at 9:54 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Tony,
>>>> 
>>>> What does the 58MB Zip file contain?
>>>> To uncompress a zip archive, you just double-click it.
>>>> What happens or what message do you receive when you double-click the zip
>>>> archive?
>>>> 
>>>> Control-click (right-click) on the Zip file > Choose 'Get Info' - what
>>>> Application is listed under  "Open with"?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 
>>> When I have tried to open the Zip File, it opens very quickly and reads
>>> ³Creating File: and gives the file number, then creates an information file.
>>> 
>>> The File contains the Workshop Manual for the Canon T 90 SLR Camera, I am
>>> going to pull one of mine apart and restore it, hopefully.
>>> 
>>> Cheers Ronni
>>> 
>>> Tony xoxo
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I tried to open the Zip File in Dropbox,  clicked  "get Info" and this was
>>> the result.
>>> 

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Re: Zip File.

[clamshell]

Hi, Tony,

Pardon me for sticking my beak in here. Some years ago, someone sent me a file 
that he couldn’t open. It was from a good friend (he thought), so it was safe. 
I tried every trick I could think of. The end result was that my Mac (mind you 
it was a tangerine iMac) had quite a few files scrambled because the file 
really was a virus of some sort. The exploit I remember best was that a file 
called “Netscrap” was substituted for “Netscape”.

Perhaps best if you just ask the sender to send you the correct format.

Cheers,
Pat


> On 14 Jun 2015, at 08:48, Anthony (Tony) Francis  wrote:
> 
> Hi Neil,
> Thank you for your reply. I have been unable to isolate the individual files, 
> but you are correct in the fact that there are other files 2 more I think. 
> Every time that I clicked on the Zip file it just appeared to create another 
> Zip file. I have access to a PC. So I will attempt to open the Zip file on 
> the PC.
> Thanks to you and Ronni for your help.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Tony
> BODDINGTON.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 13 Jun 2015, at 07:06, Neil Houghton  > wrote:
> 
>> Hi Tony,
>> 
>> 
>> My reading of your screenshot is that the “T90 zip file” contains more than 
>> just the manual – probably some Canon Windows software that comes with the 
>> camera as well – the screenshot shows it containing 7 files, including 5 
>> .exe files and 2 .zip files.
>> 
>> As others have said, ignore all the .exe files  - they are windows 
>> executable files (probably included Windows programs).
>> 
>> You can also ignore the .exe.zip file which will presumable unzip to give 
>> another .exe file (the manual as a windows program, perhaps).
>> 
>> Which leaves the 1480433...nual 2.zip file – which, I think, may contain the 
>> manual file – which is what you were after (if I understand you correctly).
>> 
>> The thing is that it looks like the manual file was zipped before being 
>> bundled with the other files and then zipped again – so if you just 
>> double-click this included .zip file (the 1480433...nual 2.zip file) then it 
>> may unzip to give you the actual manual.
>> 
>> HTH - apologies if I have misread/misunderstood.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> Neil
>> (in sunny Ljubljana :o))   )
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> on 12/6/15 2:15 PM, Anthony (Tony) Francis at antne...@mac.com 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Ronni
>> 
>> 
>> On 11 Jun 2015, at 9:54 pm, Ronda Brown > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tony,
>> 
>> What does the 58MB Zip file contain?
>> To uncompress a zip archive, you just double-click it. 
>> What happens or what message do you receive when you double-click the zip 
>> archive?
>> 
>> Control-click (right-click) on the Zip file > Choose 'Get Info' - what 
>> Application is listed under  "Open with"?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 
>> When I have tried to open the Zip File, it opens very quickly and reads 
>> “Creating File: and gives the file number, then creates an information file.
>> 
>> The File contains the Workshop Manual for the Canon T 90 SLR Camera, I am 
>> going to pull one of mine apart and restore it, hopefully.
>> 
>> Cheers Ronni
>> 
>> Tony xoxo
>> 
>> 
>> I tried to open the Zip File in Dropbox,  clicked  "get Info" and this was 
>> the result.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Zip File.

[Anthony (Tony) Francis]

Hi Neil,
Thank you for your reply. I have been unable to isolate the individual files, 
but you are correct in the fact that there are other files 2 more I think. 
Every time that I clicked on the Zip file it just appeared to create another 
Zip file. I have access to a PC. So I will attempt to open the Zip file on the 
PC.
Thanks to you and Ronni for your help.

Kind regards

Tony
BODDINGTON.

Sent from my iPhone

> On 13 Jun 2015, at 07:06, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> 
> My reading of your screenshot is that the “T90 zip file” contains more than 
> just the manual – probably some Canon Windows software that comes with the 
> camera as well – the screenshot shows it containing 7 files, including 5 .exe 
> files and 2 .zip files.
> 
> As others have said, ignore all the .exe files  - they are windows executable 
> files (probably included Windows programs).
> 
> You can also ignore the .exe.zip file which will presumable unzip to give 
> another .exe file (the manual as a windows program, perhaps).
> 
> Which leaves the 1480433...nual 2.zip file – which, I think, may contain the 
> manual file – which is what you were after (if I understand you correctly).
> 
> The thing is that it looks like the manual file was zipped before being 
> bundled with the other files and then zipped again – so if you just 
> double-click this included .zip file (the 1480433...nual 2.zip file) then it 
> may unzip to give you the actual manual.
> 
> HTH - apologies if I have misread/misunderstood.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Neil
> (in sunny Ljubljana :o))   )
> 
> 
> 
> 
> on 12/6/15 2:15 PM, Anthony (Tony) Francis at antne...@mac.com wrote:
> 
> Hello Ronni
> 
> 
> On 11 Jun 2015, at 9:54 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> What does the 58MB Zip file contain?
> To uncompress a zip archive, you just double-click it. 
> What happens or what message do you receive when you double-click the zip 
> archive?
> 
> Control-click (right-click) on the Zip file > Choose 'Get Info' - what 
> Application is listed under  "Open with"?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 
> When I have tried to open the Zip File, it opens very quickly and reads 
> “Creating File: and gives the file number, then creates an information file.
> 
> The File contains the Workshop Manual for the Canon T 90 SLR Camera, I am 
> going to pull one of mine apart and restore it, hopefully.
> 
> Cheers Ronni
> 
> Tony xoxo
> 
> 
> I tried to open the Zip File in Dropbox,  clicked  "get Info" and this was 
> the result.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Zip File.

[Anthony (Tony) Francis]

Thanks Ronni, another lesson learnt.

Kindest Regards

Tony
> On 12 Jun 2015, at 10:59 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> Yes, you can open zip files automatically by just double-click on the .zip 
> file.
> But you cannot open .exe files on a Mac.
> 
> A zip files is a container that holds other files inside... In this case the 
> zip file contains .exe files.
> In Windows, .exe files are programs. When you double click on a .exe file, 
> that’s the instruction to Windows to run whatever program that .exe file 
> happens to be.
> 
> Apple computers cannot open .exe files because Windows and Mac OS have 
> different coding. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> 
> 
> On 12 Jun 2015, at 10:44 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis  > wrote:
> 
>> Hello Stephen
>> 
>> I am positive that I have opened ZIP Files on my Mac’ before, that’s why I 
>> was surprised when it wouldn’t open. I’ll go back to the supplier and see if 
>> I can have it sent in another format.
>> Thanks Ronni and Stephen for your help.
>> 
>> Kind Regards
>> 
>> Tony
>> BODDINGTON
>>> On 12 Jun 2015, at 9:00 pm, Stephen Chape >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Tony
>>> As far as I am aware .EXE files are program files for Windows.
>>> I don’t believe they will open on a Mac.
>>> 
>>> Are these being produced by opening the ZIP file ?
>>> 
 On 12 Jun 2015, at 8:15 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis >>> > wrote:
 
 Hello Ronni
 
 
> On 11 Jun 2015, at 9:54 pm, Ronda Brown  > wrote:
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> What does the 58MB Zip file contain?
> To uncompress a zip archive, you just double-click it. 
> What happens or what message do you receive when you double-click the zip 
> archive?
> 
> Control-click (right-click) on the Zip file > Choose 'Get Info' - what 
> Application is listed under  "Open with"?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
 
 
 When I have tried to open the Zip File, it opens very quickly and reads 
 “Creating File: and gives the file number, then creates an information 
 file.
 
 The File contains the Workshop Manual for the Canon T 90 SLR Camera, I am 
 going to pull one of mine apart and restore it, hopefully.
 
 Cheers Ronni
 
 Tony xoxo
 
 
 I tried to open the Zip File in Dropbox,  clicked  "get Info" and this was 
 the result.
 
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Re: Zip File.

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Tony,

Yes, you can open zip files automatically by just double-click on the .zip file.
But you cannot open .exe files on a Mac.

A zip files is a container that holds other files inside... In this case the 
zip file contains .exe files.
In Windows, .exe files are programs. When you double click on a .exe file, 
that’s the instruction to Windows to run whatever program that .exe file 
happens to be.

Apple computers cannot open .exe files because Windows and Mac OS have 
different coding. 

Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4


> On 12 Jun 2015, at 10:44 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis  wrote:
> 
> Hello Stephen
> 
> I am positive that I have opened ZIP Files on my Mac’ before, that’s why I 
> was surprised when it wouldn’t open. I’ll go back to the supplier and see if 
> I can have it sent in another format.
> Thanks Ronni and Stephen for your help.
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> Tony
> BODDINGTON
>> On 12 Jun 2015, at 9:00 pm, Stephen Chape  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tony
>> As far as I am aware .EXE files are program files for Windows.
>> I don’t believe they will open on a Mac.
>> 
>> Are these being produced by opening the ZIP file ?
>> 
>>> On 12 Jun 2015, at 8:15 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Ronni
>>> 
>>> 
 On 11 Jun 2015, at 9:54 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
 
 Hi Tony,
 
 What does the 58MB Zip file contain?
 To uncompress a zip archive, you just double-click it. 
 What happens or what message do you receive when you double-click the zip 
 archive?
 
 Control-click (right-click) on the Zip file > Choose 'Get Info' - what 
 Application is listed under  "Open with"?
 
 Cheers,
 Ronni
>>> 
>>> 
>>> When I have tried to open the Zip File, it opens very quickly and reads 
>>> “Creating File: and gives the file number, then creates an information file.
>>> 
>>> The File contains the Workshop Manual for the Canon T 90 SLR Camera, I am 
>>> going to pull one of mine apart and restore it, hopefully.
>>> 
>>> Cheers Ronni
>>> 
>>> Tony xoxo
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I tried to open the Zip File in Dropbox,  clicked  "get Info" and this was 
>>> the result.
>>> 
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Re: Zip File.

[Anthony (Tony) Francis]

Hello Stephen

I am positive that I have opened ZIP Files on my Mac’ before, that’s why I was 
surprised when it wouldn’t open. I’ll go back to the supplier and see if I can 
have it sent in another format.
Thanks Ronni and Stephen for your help.

Kind Regards

Tony
BODDINGTON
> On 12 Jun 2015, at 9:00 pm, Stephen Chape  wrote:
> 
> Hi Tony
> As far as I am aware .EXE files are program files for Windows.
> I don’t believe they will open on a Mac.
> 
> Are these being produced by opening the ZIP file ?
> 
>> On 12 Jun 2015, at 8:15 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Ronni
>> 
>> 
>>> On 11 Jun 2015, at 9:54 pm, Ronda Brown >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Tony,
>>> 
>>> What does the 58MB Zip file contain?
>>> To uncompress a zip archive, you just double-click it. 
>>> What happens or what message do you receive when you double-click the zip 
>>> archive?
>>> 
>>> Control-click (right-click) on the Zip file > Choose 'Get Info' - what 
>>> Application is listed under  "Open with"?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>> 
>> 
>> When I have tried to open the Zip File, it opens very quickly and reads 
>> “Creating File: and gives the file number, then creates an information file.
>> 
>> The File contains the Workshop Manual for the Canon T 90 SLR Camera, I am 
>> going to pull one of mine apart and restore it, hopefully.
>> 
>> Cheers Ronni
>> 
>> Tony xoxo
>> 
>> 
>> I tried to open the Zip File in Dropbox,  clicked  "get Info" and this was 
>> the result.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Zip File.

[Stephen Chape]

Hi Tony
As far as I am aware .EXE files are program files for Windows.
I don’t believe they will open on a Mac.

Are these being produced by opening the ZIP file ?

> On 12 Jun 2015, at 8:15 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis  wrote:
> 
> Hello Ronni
> 
> 
>> On 11 Jun 2015, at 9:54 pm, Ronda Brown > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Tony,
>> 
>> What does the 58MB Zip file contain?
>> To uncompress a zip archive, you just double-click it. 
>> What happens or what message do you receive when you double-click the zip 
>> archive?
>> 
>> Control-click (right-click) on the Zip file > Choose 'Get Info' - what 
>> Application is listed under  "Open with"?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
> 
> 
> When I have tried to open the Zip File, it opens very quickly and reads 
> “Creating File: and gives the file number, then creates an information file.
> 
> The File contains the Workshop Manual for the Canon T 90 SLR Camera, I am 
> going to pull one of mine apart and restore it, hopefully.
> 
> Cheers Ronni
> 
> Tony xoxo
> 
> 
> I tried to open the Zip File in Dropbox,  clicked  "get Info" and this was 
> the result.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Zip File.

[Anthony (Tony) Francis]

Sorry Ronni had to dash at 2:30 pm, as soon as I get home again I will continue 
with your questions. All I can add is that when ever I have tried to open the 
Zip File, and I haven't had problems before in opening a Zip File, it seems to 
create another file.
Thanks Ronni

Tony xoxo

Sent from my iPhone

> On 11 Jun 2015, at 21:54, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> What does the 58MB Zip file contain?
> To uncompress a zip archive, you just double-click it. 
> What happens or what message do you receive when you double-click the zip 
> archive?
> 
> Control-click (right-click) on the Zip file > Choose 'Get Info' - what 
> Application is listed under  "Open with"?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
>> On 11 Jun 2015, at 1:42 pm, Anthony Francis (Tony)  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Guy’s I’m having trouble opening a Zip File that I downloaded yesterday. 
>> The File is quite large 58 Meg’s. I have tried different programmes to open 
>> it to no avail, has anyone any ideas please?
>> 
>> Thank you
>> 
>> Tony
>> BODDINGTON
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Re: Zip File.

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Tony,

What does the 58MB Zip file contain?
To uncompress a zip archive, you just double-click it. 
What happens or what message do you receive when you double-click the zip 
archive?

Control-click (right-click) on the Zip file > Choose 'Get Info' - what 
Application is listed under  "Open with"?

Cheers,
Ronni

> On 11 Jun 2015, at 1:42 pm, Anthony Francis (Tony)  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Guy’s I’m having trouble opening a Zip File that I downloaded yesterday. 
> The File is quite large 58 Meg’s. I have tried different programmes to open 
> it to no avail, has anyone any ideas please?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Tony
> BODDINGTON
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[Anthony Francis]

Hi Guy’s I’m having trouble opening a Zip File that I downloaded yesterday. The 
File is quite large 58 Meg’s. I have tried different programmes to open it to 
no avail, has anyone any ideas please?

Thank you

Tony
BODDINGTON
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Re: .zip archives

[Adrian Skehan]

Hi Severin,

Try asking them to change the .ews to .zip, I occasionally get files  
from windows users with an odd suffix and find that changing it fixes  
the problem.



Regards,

Adrian
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On 29/09/2009, at 4:08 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:



I find that many people to whom I send .zip archives say they can  
not open them.  One came back saying that the file type,  
unrecognised, was .ews.   Others have no problem.  I believe that  
these are windows users.
What is the problem?  I would have thought Windows would know all  
about .zip files.   Maybe I am too naive ?

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Re: .zip archives

[James Devenish]

Hi Severin,

2009/9/29 Severin Crisp :
> I would have thought Windows would know all about .zip
> files.   Maybe I am too naive ?

Windows has generally relied upon third-party ZIP software (e.g.,
WinZIP, the old PKZIP, etc.). This in turns depends on what retailer
sells the PC (or what company the person works for) and whether the
person has installed their own. There are also multiple versions of
ZIP and presumably some non-standard versions too. Having said that,
.zip is generally a very good (best?) choice for sending archives to
Windows users. Perhaps someone else knows what happened with the 'ews'
issue.

James


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Re: Zip file opening with .cpgz

[Wendy S. Austin]

Hi David,   I am using 3.0.5.   My main browser is Opera but I have a  
very bad habit of having heaps of tabs open and because I had a lot  
files to download, I unwisely decided to do that with Firefox,  
forgetting the trouble I had had last time I used it for  
downloading.I cannot remember which version of Firefox I used last  
time.


I have now downloaded them all with Opera and they have opened up  
correctly.


Wendy


On 26 Jan 2009, at 07:18, David Noel wrote:


Wendy, I guess this won't help you, but I'm curious to know which
version of Firefox you are using?



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Re: Zip file opening with .cpgz

[Wendy S. Austin]

Thanks Steve.   I have now downloaded one of the files using Opera and  
it unzips without the .cpgz extension being added.   So, for me, it is  
a problem with how Firefox handles things.  Will let you know if I  
discover how to open these files, otherwise I am going to have  
download them all again with Opera.


Wendy


On 25 Jan 2009, at 15:12, Steven Knowles wrote:

Wendy, I have, and continue to have, this problem. Ronni was trying  
to get to the bottom of it, but I don't think there was any  
discovery of the root cause other than probably something to do with  
how they were being compressed to start with.


The interim workaround is to decompress the zip files using Stuffit  
Expander - at least that works for me, but remain interested in  
learning the root cause. What does Stuffit do differently to Apple's  
Archive Utility?!



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[Steven Knowles]

Wendy, I have, and continue to have, this problem. Ronni was trying to  
get to the bottom of it, but I don't think there was any discovery of  
the root cause other than probably something to do with how they were  
being compressed to start with.


The interim workaround is to decompress the zip files using Stuffit  
Expander - at least that works for me, but remain interested in  
learning the root cause. What does Stuffit do differently to Apple's  
Archive Utility?!


Cheers, Steven

On 25/01/2009, at 2:00 PM, Wendy S. Austin wrote:


Hello Everyone

I have just downloaded a heap of .zip files using Firefox and when I  
unzip them they come out with a .zip.cpgz extension and I cannot  
open them.   This happened recently while using Firefox and when I  
downloaded the same file using Opera, it unzipped with no problem.
So, it is Firefox related and unfortunately I forgot about that when  
I downloaded these files.   There has been mention of this problem  
before and I have found some discussion on the internet but no one  
seems to be able to suggest how to go open them.   I did try Springy  
software but it wouldn't open them either.


Any suggestions, other than going back and downloading them all  
again using Opera?


With thanks.

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Re: ZIP files

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Having a really frustrating time with Entourage. I enter an event and it
shows it as an hour later than the time that I entered. Ie 7am becomes 8 am.
I have tried everything I can think of including downloading and installing
the timezone update.
Has anyone had a similar problem or can tell me how to solve it?
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Re: ZIP files

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 12/03/2007, at 4:12 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

I continue to have problems sending zipped files to other users,  
especially less computer literate Windows adherents.
Create Archive from the Finder File menu and Drop Stuff create  
different types of zip file it seems.  I am now finding that  
CleanArchiver gives the least hassle.  I am annoyed at not being  
able to use the Finder "zipper".  All attachments are of course  
sent as "Windows Friendly".

Comments and experiences welcomed.
Severin


Was your use of the term "Drop Stuff" a typo? Drop Stuff will create  
only Stuffit archives, where as what you need is Drop Zip (from the  
same company) which properly creates zip archives. Very few Windows  
users would be aware of what a Stuffit archive is, let alone have a  
copy of Stuffit Expander to open them.


I must say that I have never had any problems sending zip files to  
Windows users, which have been created with the Finder's own Zip  
creation utility.


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Re: zip pdf

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 18/01/2007, at 8:13 PM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote:


PdfCompress-5.3 does a good job.
Merv

At 5:28 PM +0900 18/1/07, Rosemary Horton wrote:
I want to send a pdf by mail and 12 MB is too big; and tried to  
zip it with archive but it actually didn't decrease in size hardly  
at all

Ideas?




I'll second that. I once used it reduce a PDF from around 30Mb to  
about 1.3 Mb, with no appreciable loss of quality. PDFCompress is not  
free, but it's well worth the price.


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Re: zip pdf

[Mervyn & Giuliana Bond]

PdfCompress-5.3 does a good job.
Merv

At 5:28 PM +0900 18/1/07, Rosemary Horton wrote:
I want to send a pdf by mail and 12 MB is too big; and tried to zip 
it with archive but it actually didn't decrease in size hardly at all

Ideas?


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Re: zip pdf

[Edward Arrowsmith]

.. via you send it ... that is







On 18/01/2007, at 8:33 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions. As it's wanted to print I didn't want  
to lower resolution. A couple of people suggested www.yousendit.com
What  a nifty idea! I just have to hope the printer likes the idea  
too!



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Re: zip pdf

[James / Hans Kunz]

hi Rosemary

http://www.yousendit.com/

try themit's free up to 100 meg emails, they basically  
store the file for a few days & send the  receiver a note to claim  
the file (similar to greeting cards)

cheers  James


On 18/01/2007, at 17:28, Rosemary Horton wrote:

I want to send a pdf by mail and 12 MB is too big; and tried to zip  
it with archive but it actually didn't decrease in size hardly at all

Ideas?


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Re: zip pdf

[Rick Armstrong]

If you have Acrobat 7 you can resize the pdf - go to File then Reduce  
File Size

On 18/01/2007, at 5:28 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote:

I want to send a pdf by mail and 12 MB is too big; and tried to zip  
it with archive but it actually didn't decrease in size hardly at all

Ideas?


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Re: zip pdf

[Robert Howells]

On 18/01/2007, at 4:28 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote:

I want to send a pdf by mail and 12 MB is too big; and tried to zip  
it with archive but it actually didn't decrease in size hardly at all

Ideas?


 Rosemary Horton
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Your right :  about 1 Mb would be a maximum size I would have thought .
Some people have mailboxes that are only 10 MB or less , and they  
need to receive other mail as well .


Why is it so big  

Does it have photo's or the likes included  ?
Can you downsize them before making them into PDF ?

It needs a significant shift to reduce size ... much more than a  
compressor would achieve .




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Re: Zip Drive - Click of Death Again

[J Philippe Chaperon]

Hi WAMUG'ers,

Sorry to hear about people experiencing the 'click of death' from Iomega Zip
drives. On the other hand I have been using very extensively Iomega Zip
drives, in fact I own 3 of them and used another 3 at my previous work for
many years (about 10 years now), without any problems. My original SCSI Zip
is still working on my old Performa 5400, and before that it was used on my
original Classic. Yes, that was many years ago.

I guess that failures do happen and with data, just like with money, never
put it in the same basket! Hence the importance of always backing up your
data on different media, and also keeping a copy 'off shore'.

Regards,

Philippe   




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> 
> On 21 Apr 2006, at 1:18 PM, William Chesnutt wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Has anybody ever managed to get an Iomega Zip Drive revived after it
>> developed the click of death?
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> Bill Chesnutt
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sending you a copy of a mail to WAMUG from  Mark Secker   on 22nd
> August 2003
> 
> Bob
> 
> This can  ALSO  be found in the Wamug archives
> 
> <http://wamug.org.au:8100/Lists/wamug/List.html>
> 
> when you get the first page up,
> alter the number to be shown from 100 to 1000
> enter  Zip   in the search box and hit return
> 
> Should give you about 240 possible s ... scroll through to 22nd August
> 2003
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> look for : FYI Re: Zip Disk Click of Death   by Mark Secker
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Re: Zip Drive - Click of Death Again

[Robert Howells]

On 21 Apr 2006, at 1:18 PM, William Chesnutt wrote:


Hi,

Has anybody ever managed to get an Iomega Zip Drive revived after it
developed the click of death?

TIA

Bill Chesnutt





Sending you a copy of a mail to WAMUG from  Mark Secker   on 22nd 
August 2003


Bob

This can  ALSO  be found in the Wamug archives

<http://wamug.org.au:8100/Lists/wamug/List.html>

when you get the first page up,
 alter the number to be shown from 100 to 1000
enter  Zip   in the search box and hit return

Should give you about 240 possible s ... scroll through to 22nd August 
2003


look for :     FYI Re: Zip Disk Click of Death   by Mark Secker

Re: Zip Drive - Click of Death

[Robert Howells]

On 21 Apr 2006, at 1:18 PM, William Chesnutt wrote:


Hi,

Has anybody ever managed to get an Iomega Zip Drive revived after it
developed the click of death?

TIA

Bill Chesnutt





Sending you a copy of a mail to WAMUG from  Mark Secker   on 22nd 
August 2003


Bob

Re: Zip Drive - Click of Death

[Geoffrey & Barbara Maidment]

I wish!  I never wanted a zip drive in the first place and when I put the
last disc in and it nearly ate the disc alive, I said, righto!  That¹s it!
Took it to my local service provider, who luckily was able to revive the
bloody thing long enough to retrieve my data, transferred all zip disk data
to cd¹s and gave the thing the royal order of the boot, straight into the
tip.  Enough!  I use  thumb drives and cd¹s now.

Barb


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> Has anybody ever managed to get an Iomega Zip Drive revived after it
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> 
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Re: Zip problems

[Travis Hansen]

If you're sending to the same person(s) regularly, it might be useful  
for them to get StuffIt Expander for windows (free @ http:// 
www.stuffit.com/win/index.html ). I haven't used it, but I assume it  
can expand any archive made on a mac, especially stuffit files.


Hope this helps
Travis

Re: Zip problems

[Rob Davies]

On 17Feb2006, at 7:13 pm, James Devenish wrote:


Hi Severin,

I don't know if your problem is well-known or not (i.e., can Google
shed any light or not?). But I think the last time you had this
problem, I suggested that you make the files available to one or some
of us so that we can investigate/ Unfortunately, on that occasion, you
had already deleted the files. All I can imagine is that your files
might have names that Windows can't handle (e.g., if you had a file
named "Image 16/02/2006.jpeg" -- Windows probably can't handle the
presence of slashes in the filename).


or the 4 letters for file format, bloody windows! or is that bloody  
Apple?
Well since Unix utilises the 4 letters I would point the bone at  
Microsoft.


Cheers!
`Rob...

Re: Zip problems

[James Devenish]

Hi Severin,

I don't know if your problem is well-known or not (i.e., can Google
shed any light or not?). But I think the last time you had this
problem, I suggested that you make the files available to one or some
of us so that we can investigate/ Unfortunately, on that occasion, you
had already deleted the files. All I can imagine is that your files
might have names that Windows can't handle (e.g., if you had a file
named "Image 16/02/2006.jpeg" -- Windows probably can't handle the
presence of slashes in the filename).

Re: zip

[Edward Arrowsmith]

Thanks Shay, Mark, Murdoch, Mike for the info.

e





On 30/08/2005, at 9:56 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote:


A web designer has asked me to zip the files that comprise a web  
site and send them.


What is the best way to zip files on Mac please?

Thanks and best wishes
edward

Re: zip

[Rod]

10.4 has a built in zip encoder too.  Just put the files in a folder,  
right click (ctrl click for one button fanatics) on the folder and  
click on "Create archive of ".


Seeya

Rod!


On 30/08/2005, at 10:09 AM, Murdoch Allen wrote:


Stuffit deluxe has a zip encoder in it
On 30/08/2005, at 9:56 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote:


A web designer has asked me to zip the files that comprise a web  
site and send them.


What is the best way to zip files on Mac please?

Thanks and best wishes
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Re: zip

[Mike Fuller]

Select the requested files, or the folder that contains them.
In the File menu select Create Archive.
Voila

Cheers,

Mike

On 30/08/2005, at 9:56 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote:

A web designer has asked me to zip the files that comprise a web  
site and send them.


What is the best way to zip files on Mac please?

Thanks and best wishes
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Re: zip

[Murdoch Allen]

Stuffit deluxe has a zip encoder in it
On 30/08/2005, at 9:56 AM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote:

A web designer has asked me to zip the files that comprise a web  
site and send them.


What is the best way to zip files on Mac please?

Thanks and best wishes
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Re: Zip files and Zip files?

[James Devenish]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 09:00:44PM +0800, Andrew W. Hill wrote:
> Three main methods are using "Archive" from OS X, Stuffit's zipping,
> and gzip from the terminal.

FYI: gzip and zip are completely different despite their
similar-sounding names and overlapping applications.

This wouldn't lead to corrupt files, but could cause files to be
"unreadable" (e.g. a gzip file with a ".zip" extension might not
work, and a zip file with a ".gz" extension might not work). I
have never had any trouble with the gzip format. However, it can
only compress a single file. This is why it is often combined with
'tar'. I generally try to avoid ".zip" files because I have problems
with them. I think ".tar.gz" are UNIX- and Mac- friendly, whereas
".zip" is Windows-friendly (and confusing for ".tar.gz" users).

If we want to get to the bottom of the "corrupt ZIP" problem, them
people need to keep copies of their problematic files for further
analysis!

Re: Zip files and Zip files?

[Craig Ringer]

On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 21:00 +0800, Andrew W. Hill wrote:

> I haven't quite figured out the problem yet, but I have also noticed 
> it.  Additionally, I've found that some zip methods totally screw up 
> the file, even changing the final file size.

A different final file size doesn't necessarily mean something is wrong.
There are different compression "strengths" with zip, usually a
trade-off between CPU time and file size. Additionally, there is more
than one option for compression method, and different apps might have
different defaults.

>   Three main methods are 
> using "Archive" from OS X, Stuffit's zipping, and gzip from the 
> terminal.

These aren't actually the same thing. Gzip doesn't produce a zip file
(confusing, I know) but actually a single file that's been compressed
using (I think) the `deflate' encoding that's the most common one used
in zip files. It's the simplest, but it's not a actually a zip file and
some tools that know about zip files might not handle it.

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Re: Zip files and Zip files?

[Andrew W. Hill]

II recently sent a file "zipped" by "Make Archive" in the Finder to 
a Windows user.  She could not open it.  I zipped it again using 
Stuffit v9 and she had no trouble.
Yesterday I downloaded two zipped files from Inkjetmall and neither 
the Finder nor Stuffit could open them though I have had no trouble 
with files from them in the past.  They finally opened using 
"Panther Unzip".   What is the score here, all the files had similar 
icons and visible attributes as far as I looked.
It rather defeats the purpose of a universal(?) format if it is 
touchy.  I never had any trouble with Stuffit files but then they 
are Mac only and the Windows  mob have not had a chance to screw it 
up.

Maybe I am being overly harsh?


I haven't quite figured out the problem yet, but I have also noticed 
it.  Additionally, I've found that some zip methods totally screw up 
the file, even changing the final file size.  Three main methods are 
using "Archive" from OS X, Stuffit's zipping, and gzip from the 
terminal.  I use the UNIX gzip utility the most as I've had the 
fewest and least issues with it.  Will report back if I figure it out.

Andrew

Re: Zip files and Zip files?

[Kathy Quinlan]

Severin Crisp wrote:
II recently sent a file "zipped" by "Make Archive" in the Finder to a  
Windows user.  She could not open it.  I zipped it again using  Stuffit 
v9 and she had no trouble.
Yesterday I downloaded two zipped files from Inkjetmall and neither  the 
Finder nor Stuffit could open them though I have had no trouble  with 
files from them in the past.  They finally opened using "Panther  
Unzip".   What is the score here, all the files had similar icons and  
visible attributes as far as I looked.
It rather defeats the purpose of a universal(?) format if it is  
touchy.  I never had any trouble with Stuffit files but then they are  
Mac only and the Windows  mob have not had a chance to screw it up.
Maybe I am being overly harsh?


If you typed in a file name like myzip.zip ie you put the .zip on, make 
sure you saved it as a zip archive, someone sent me a tar archive with 
the .zip on the end, took ages to open it (had to try all the different 
options)


Regards,

Kat.

Re: Zip files and Zip files?

[James Devenish]

A couple of thoughts:

 - There are some variations on the ZIP theme, but I wasn't aware of any
   generally compatibility problems these days.
 - Different operating systems (including commonplace ones like Mac OS
   9, Mac OS X, UNIX/Linux, Windows) have different "allowable" sets of
   filenames. E.g. Mac OS 9 and HFS cannot cope with ':' in a filename,
   while UNIX can't cope with '/'. (And there isn't enough room to
   enumerate how many characters are disallowed by DOS.) Perhaps, when
   moving files between different operating systems, the various ZIP
   programmes aren't quite smart enough to cope with this 'unforeseen'
   issue.

Re: Zip files won't expand

[Greg Satti]

Hi all,

The right mouse click worked fine, but 'repair permissions' does not seem to
have fixed the problem.  Anyway least I can open the file now, but if anyone
has any other suggestions please let me know.

Thanks all for your help.

Kind regards,
Greg Satti
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PO Box 758, Bunbury WA 6230
Ph: (08) 9721 1125
Fx: (08) 9721 1126
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On 15/9/04 9:10 PM, "John Winters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Have you tried Control (right mouse) clicking on the file in the Finder and
> choosing open with
> 
> Have you tried disk maintenance and repair permissions? These often help
> with oddball things like this.
> 
> HTH
> John
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>> From: Greg Satti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:35:03 +0800
>> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
>> Subject: Zip files won't expand
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I'm having problems trying to unzip files.  When I either try and open a
>> 'zip' file or drag the file to the Stuffit Expander window, I get no
>> response at all.
>> 
>> I'm running Stuffit Expander 8.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.3.5
>> 
>> Any help, greatly appreciated!!
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Greg Satti
>> www.zytech.com.au
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Re: Zip files won't expand

[John Winters]

Have you tried Control (right mouse) clicking on the file in the Finder and
choosing open with

Have you tried disk maintenance and repair permissions? These often help
with oddball things like this.

HTH
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> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:35:03 +0800
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Zip files won't expand
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having problems trying to unzip files.  When I either try and open a
> 'zip' file or drag the file to the Stuffit Expander window, I get no
> response at all.
> 
> I'm running Stuffit Expander 8.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.3.5
> 
> Any help, greatly appreciated!!
> 
> Kind regards,
> Greg Satti
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Re: Zip files won't expand

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on Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 08:35:03PM +0800, Greg Satti wrote:
> I'm having problems trying to unzip files.  When I either try and open
> a 'zip' file or drag the file to the Stuffit Expander window, I get no
> response at all.

Is this problem with *all* ZIP files, or just one/some? If StuffIt
Expander encounters and invalid or unrecognised file, it sometimes
just does "nothing".

Re: FYI Re: Zip Disk Click of Death

[Jo Brookes]

I had some clicking when putting some 100mb zips into a 250 mg Drive.
I was told  this was not a problem. The zips and the drive have worked fine 
for a couple of years now.

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Subject: FYI Re: Zip Disk Click of Death
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:32:49 +0800


http://www.iomega.com/ap/support/contact/phones.html

lists Iomega's support number as 2-8223 9140.

I have had 2 zip drive that had the true Click Of Death (COD) replaced no 
problems/questions (not even asking for copy of reciept) despite being out 
of warranty (one by almost 2 years) so they are (were?) very good about it


FYI:
  as a long term big user of Zip drives and  as tech support for similar 
people I have had a great deal of experience with COD (Click Of Death) 
drives and have found that around 90% of so called COD drives were actually 
not actually  COD'ing but  rather exibiting other problems givving similar 
symptoms.


First check that the drive works with newly purchased zip disks (literally 
newly purchased not "only a few days/weeks ago")


If a disk is used in a genuine COD drive (that is one that has had it's 
heads knocked askew/torn off/gummed up) it rips the edge of the disk 
causing any other non COD drives to miss read the disk when trying to mount 
it and they sound like they have the "caught the COD" - usually these 
drives will then work fine BUT  continued insertion of damaged disks in an 
attempt to use them can damaged other ZIP drives and turn them in to COD 
drives.


Also there is a separate fake COD issue with a micro-switch button inside 
the drive that becomes misaligned and when the lever that is supposed to 
press on to it (or is it no longer press on to it? - long time since I did 
this) moves the switch moves slightly with the lever.


Another cause of fake COD where the lever its self (mentioned above) is 
misaligned and some gentle prodding will assist it


I used to have some documentation on the ECU web site but  I note that it 
has gone


googleing has found these pages which cover much the same thing.

http://www.lowendmac.com/tech/clickodeath.shtml

http://www.arcwebserv.com/jumpsite/clickofdeath.html

Hi everyone,

Anyone know how we get our Click of Death zip drives fixed or replaced 
these days, I tried the phone numbers (Phone Iomega (02) 9925 7799 during 
EST office hours 9am -7.30pm ) from the web site but the number is no 
longer in use!

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Re: Zip drive Click of Death

[Paul Weaver]

What is this problem you are having please?  I have recently suspected that
the driver software for my Zip CD 650 has been causing crashes on my
machine. Using Sys 8.6

Regards, Paul.


> From: "WAMUG Mailing List" 
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 05:01:47 +0800
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> Subject: wamug Digest #17
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> From: Peter Faulks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:38:02 +0800
> Subject: Zip drive Click of Death
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Anyone know how we get our Click of Death zip drives fixed or
> replaced these days, I tried the phone numbers (Phone Iomega (02)
> 9925 7799 during EST office hours 9am -7.30pm ) from the web site but
> the number is no longer in use!

FYI Re: Zip Disk Click of Death

[Mark Secker]

http://www.iomega.com/ap/support/contact/phones.html

lists Iomega's support number as 2-8223 9140.

I have had 2 zip drive that had the true Click Of Death (COD) 
replaced no problems/questions (not even asking for copy of reciept) 
despite being out of warranty (one by almost 2 years) so they are 
(were?) very good about it


FYI:
  as a long term big user of Zip drives and  as tech support for 
similar people I have had a great deal of experience with COD (Click 
Of Death) drives and have found that around 90% of so called COD 
drives were actually not actually  COD'ing but  rather exibiting 
other problems givving similar symptoms.


First check that the drive works with newly purchased zip disks 
(literally newly purchased not "only a few days/weeks ago")


If a disk is used in a genuine COD drive (that is one that has had 
it's heads knocked askew/torn off/gummed up) it rips the edge of the 
disk causing any other non COD drives to miss read the disk when 
trying to mount it and they sound like they have the "caught the COD" 
- usually these drives will then work fine BUT  continued insertion 
of damaged disks in an attempt to use them can damaged other ZIP 
drives and turn them in to COD drives.


Also there is a separate fake COD issue with a micro-switch button 
inside the drive that becomes misaligned and when the lever that is 
supposed to press on to it (or is it no longer press on to it? - long 
time since I did this) moves the switch moves slightly with the lever.


Another cause of fake COD where the lever its self (mentioned above) 
is misaligned and some gentle prodding will assist it


I used to have some documentation on the ECU web site but  I note 
that it has gone


googleing has found these pages which cover much the same thing.

http://www.lowendmac.com/tech/clickodeath.shtml

http://www.arcwebserv.com/jumpsite/clickofdeath.html

Hi everyone,

Anyone know how we get our Click of Death zip drives fixed or 
replaced these days, I tried the phone numbers (Phone Iomega (02) 
9925 7799 during EST office hours 9am -7.30pm ) from the web site 
but the number is no longer in use!

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