OS X V10.7 Lion :: Why Won't Mac Won't Unzip Downloaded Zip Files
May 31, 2012
ive been using my mac to unzip zip arhcive files ive downloaded from the internet and for the past few months ive had to troubles at all. but more recently my mac wouldnt actuallty zip the files. so i started using a free application in the app store called stuffit expander. but now even stuffit expander wont unzip my files. what is happening? the stuffit expander just says it is unable to recognize the file type which makes no sense, and when i use the default unzip application already on my mac it just turns the zip file into a file with the extension .cpgz
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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MacBook
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook
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