It appears that originally, Zip files had a 4GB limit, and the software that is part of the Mac OS is only able to open files under this size If you have zip archives over 4GB then you will need software capable of extracting this, thankfully there is The Unarchiver, a free app from http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html Download …
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Command Line File & Folder Manipulation
This time I will run through a few of the useful tasks that can be accomplished via the command line regarding file and folder manipulation cp used to copy a file or folder, some examples of usage are below cp donkey.txt monkey.txt this will copy a file called donkey.txt and call the copy monkey.txt …
HELP! I’ve forgotten my administrator password – 10.7
If you have forgotten the passwords to any of your accounts on a mac then you can reset them by following these instructions Reboot your Mac and hold down ALT When it shows all available drives, choose the Recovery HD, if you have set a firmware password, then you will need to enter that before …
Command Line Navigation
A lot of people who have moved from Windows to Mac rarely dive into the Terminal to accomplish tasks, but if you are wondering how exactly you’d go about navigating the file system then I will run through some of the basic commands used to do this pwd type this to find out what directory …