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    Unarchiver wont unzip this

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by TGeorge824, Mar 2, 2008.

  1. TGeorge824

    TGeorge824 Notebook Guru

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    I downloaded audio files from archive.org (Jason Mraz live, if anyone cares). the filename is jmraz205-12-13.sr.77.shnf.zip. Whenever I run theUnarchiver it preps for the unzipping then It says "could not extract the file (filename) the file could not be opened, and it does that for a .txt file, a .xml file, and a couple other files, then it says "cannot write to the destination directory" Ive tried documents, desktop and Home, doesnt work. Any ideas?
     
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  2. 00fez

    00fez Notebook Deity

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    Why don't you try winrar for mac?

    Also, unarchiver has problems extracting very large files, I think over 4 gigs.
     
    00fez, Mar 2, 2008
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  3. nobscot6

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    yes, winrar is great

    7zip for mac(freeware) should also do the trick unless the files are corrupt, etc.
     
    nobscot6, Mar 2, 2008
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    7zX can be found here. I've never had a problem unarchiving things, even if they're broken.
     
    system_159, Mar 2, 2008
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