In case anyone is interested (!). I used my PC to zip up the file and that seemed to work.
This might be a case of the Mac trying to be helpful but actually doing something in the background that causes problems. Richard On 4 Aug 2011, at 11:52, Richard Wells wrote: > I am having problems with the standard Mac zip utility (right-click on a file > and choose Compress...). It seems to add extra bits to the package which stop > the files working when I try to upload it (a Joomla plugin in my case): if I > download a zip file, uncompress it and then recompress it, it will not work > whereas the original zip will. > > Can anyone recommend a different zip utility or way to change the default one > (Archive Utility.app which I can't seem to find)? > > Richard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
