When I have a folder on my desktop and I choose "compress" so it creates a ZIP file and I email it to people some are replying saying the folder is empty when they download and open it. When I download and open it I see the files in there. What is causing this?
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Compressing folders or files into a ZIP showing empty for some people?
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I have Mac OS X 10.6.6 and I'm not sure what they have. I know one or two mentioned they were on a PC. A zip file should be a zip file though regardless of operating system I would think though. No?
Did you open Mail and hunt in the menu item for Attachments and use that to select to always send Windows friendly attachments?
I'm not sending the emails through Mac Mail. I'm sending them through a third party email server. Why would that change anything though? The contents of a zip file should be the same regardless if opened on a PC or Mac. Am I wrong with this assumption? As long as the files inside the compressed zip file are compatible on both machines and operating systems.