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moondood:
Moondood here...
I did hear from Poztron and fixed him up, I think...but I thought I'd post the info here, too, for all else who need it.
The Mac-installed zip utility app that comes standard on mac machines adds some odd files [for some odd reason] -- that screws with PC users wanted to read mac-generated zips or CBZs.
I downloaded and used an app called zipmacfiles4pc [google search]...but it was only a demo that had a short free shelf life. One could buy it, of course, if desired.
Since then, I found CleanArchiver [for mac]--that allows me to make PC-user-friendly zips and CBZs. A google search should find it easily...Best of all, It's free!
moondood
Geo (RIP):
YemuZip works fine too for zipping on the Mac, version 2.3.1 is the latest version out. It's what I've been using with no problems for a long while now. No extra files added. And it's freeware.
Geo
Poztron:
Thanks, all, for the help!
I hope someone enjoyed the Eh! #6 scans. Eh! was kind of a semi-lame Mad imitation, but some of the art is amusing and that's one less comic now needing to be saved.
John C:
--- Quote from: moondood on June 29, 2010, 09:49:58 PM ---The Mac-installed zip utility app that comes standard on mac machines adds some odd files [for some odd reason] -- that screws with PC users wanted to read mac-generated zips or CBZs.
--- End quote ---
For anybody curious as to what's going on here (which I expect are few, with a solution), the extra files are what Apple calls a "resource fork." It explains to your Mac what kind of file it is and who's supposed to be responsible for opening it, among other things.
The UNIX approach was historically to analyze the file to guess what kind it is, which can be slow and error-prone, obviously. The Windows and web approach (from CP/M, and possibly earlier) is to work with file extensions, which is arbitrary and too easily fouled by the user. So from the early Mac days, the system creates an extra file containing all this that the user can't see or touch.
The downside is that you're left with a choice when archiving: Do you include the files and confuse your Windows and Linux friends, or do you discard the files and confuse your Mac friends? So different programs make different choices, and we all end up confused.
builderboy:
Awesome, John. As somebody who straddles the PC and Mac world, and have seen countless times the additional bits that Mac adds to its archives, I had always been curious...guessing that the hidden file counterparts were system related.
Nice to know the historical and technical context.
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