Zipped Files

Wayne · 09-25-2018, 04:56 PM

Hi,

Can I please request on future releases that you don't use colons in the folder names?

FIRST WAVE 9:19:18
SECOND WAVE 9:25:18

The colon is a directory separator on MacOS and although the Finder will cope and represent them as a / some utilities will still read them as a ":" and it may cause problems.

I'd also prefer Australian date format but I realise I'm pushing my luck there :D

Thanks,

Wayne

CJM · 09-25-2018, 05:13 PM

I can't get the second wave to open. The destination file could not be created? I'm not a computer wiz, so am I doing something wrong? Didn't have any problem on the first wave.

Skarg · 09-25-2018, 05:45 PM

I had that problem too, I think because I had been reading the previous beta zip by just clicking on it, and the new zip has similar folders, so I think the operating system's built-in way of handling zip files may be getting confused and not wanting to overwrite the previous files. By extracting or copying the new contents to a different location on your computer, I think you may get around that problem. That worked for me, anyway.

CJM · 09-25-2018, 06:02 PM

Thanks Much! I'll give it a try:-)

CJM · 09-25-2018, 06:09 PM

Skarg,
Thanks again it worked.

XRaysVision · 09-26-2018, 05:44 AM

I just didn't see the sense in Zipping them. They're relatively small for any sort of storage or transmission these days. It's a pain for those of us with MacOS and iOS.

Or, was this a just part of the nostalgia; recalling the days of 300 baud acoustic couplers and Compuserve?

No, seriously, don't Zip them...

09-25-2018, 04:56 PM	#1
Wayne Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Geelong, Australia	Zipped Files Hi, Can I please request on future releases that you don't use colons in the folder names? FIRST WAVE 9:19:18 SECOND WAVE 9:25:18 The colon is a directory separator on MacOS and although the Finder will cope and represent them as a / some utilities will still read them as a ":" and it may cause problems. I'd also prefer Australian date format but I realise I'm pushing my luck there :D Thanks, Wayne

09-25-2018, 05:13 PM	#2
CJM Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: Zipped Files I can't get the second wave to open. The destination file could not be created? I'm not a computer wiz, so am I doing something wrong? Didn't have any problem on the first wave.

09-25-2018, 05:45 PM	#3
Skarg Join Date: May 2015	Re: Zipped Files I had that problem too, I think because I had been reading the previous beta zip by just clicking on it, and the new zip has similar folders, so I think the operating system's built-in way of handling zip files may be getting confused and not wanting to overwrite the previous files. By extracting or copying the new contents to a different location on your computer, I think you may get around that problem. That worked for me, anyway.

09-25-2018, 06:02 PM	#4
CJM Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: Zipped Files Thanks Much! I'll give it a try:-)

09-25-2018, 06:09 PM	#5
CJM Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: Zipped Files Skarg, Thanks again it worked.

09-26-2018, 05:44 AM	#6
XRaysVision Join Date: Jul 2018	Re: Zipped Files I just didn't see the sense in Zipping them. They're relatively small for any sort of storage or transmission these days. It's a pain for those of us with MacOS and iOS. Or, was this a just part of the nostalgia; recalling the days of 300 baud acoustic couplers and Compuserve? No, seriously, don't Zip them...