10.3: How to correctly extract Panther zip files

Oct 28, '03 10:06:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Apple uses its own vaguely proprietary way of storing resource forks inside zip files. StuffIt doesn't yet recognize those forks (it correctly expands the files, but it doesn't add the resource fork back into the file, I guess), so don't use StuffIt for Panther zip files.

But what if zip files are assoziated with a StuffIt application? How do you get Panther to open zip files instead of Stuffit? Easy: Get Info on the file and select this application: /System -> Library -> CoreServices -> BOMArchiveHelper.

[robg adds: You can/should also check the "Change all" box so that all zip files gain this association. I haven't had any zip issues, but I did clean installs ... but maybe I've just been lucky so far.]

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