winzip

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ayling

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Nov 21, 2003

• #1

anyone know any programs that allow to open winzipped programs on your mac ?

cheers for your help

 

jeremy.king

macrumors 603

• Nov 21, 2003

• #2

Winzip is not a format its an application, zip is the correct term youre looking for.

Stuffit can open them.

and isn't a zip utility built right into OS X?

 

manitoubalck

macrumors 6502a

• Nov 21, 2003

• #3

Why would you want to do this since .zip files usually arn't OS X compatable.

 

jeremy.king

macrumors 603

• Nov 21, 2003

• #4

Originally posted by manitoubalck
Why would you want to do this since .zip files usually arn't OS X compatable.

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Zip files are just a compressed collection of files and they are fully compatible with OS X. Whats inside the zip file may not be compatible, but the zip can be opened/extracted in OS X.

I do this all the time when I transfer files between my PC and Mac.

 

Rower_CPU

Moderator emeritus

• Nov 21, 2003

• #5

FYI, zip archiving is built into Panther.

 

MisterMe

macrumors G4

• Nov 21, 2003

• #6

Originally posted by kingjr3
Winzip is not a format its an application, zip is the correct term youre looking for.

Stuffit can open them.

and isn't a zip utility built right into OS X?

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I am a paid user of ZipIt and have never had a problem with it. Mostly, however, I use the Stuffit Deluxe suite. I have not yet gotten around to checking out Apple's built-in ZIP utility. There have been a lot of catawauling on forums like this one that Jaguar's built-in ZIP is incompatible with Windows-based ZIP. There are a lot of children around here who cry "Wolf!" Until I have the opportunity to test Apple's ZIP myself, I will reserve judgment.

 

stcanard

macrumors 65816

• Nov 21, 2003

• #7

or you could always use gunzip. I've yet to find anything winzip produces that it can't handle.