The mac archiving utility includes the resource forks of all the files in a _MACOSX folder so that extended finder attributes are preserved, it does throw PCs off somewhat
Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 i...@macambulance.co.uk On 5 Aug 2011, at 14:54, Richard Wells <rich...@richard-wells.co.uk> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
