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Topic: MacIntosh does not recognize the Installer file
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Mazza
Junior Member Posts: 1
Registered: Mar 2008
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posted 03-12-2008 12:37 PM
  
I have an urgent question. We have used iScreensaver
to design a screensaver for a conference that starts
tomorrrow. All went well up to the moment we had to
install the screensavers on the iMac terminals today
stationed at the conference. The Macs do not recognize
the installer file. Which actually is not strange as
it has no extension to it like the PC version has. I
have tried all possible extensions to make the
installer work, but no luck.Your urgente assistance in this would be greatly
appreciated. IP: Logged |
iScreensaver Support
Administrator Posts: 602
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 03-12-2008 01:34 PM
Most likely you copied the file incorrectly. Macintosh files have 2 forks (data and resource) and if you don't copy both it won't work.The solution is easy: On the mac that you authored using, right-click the file in the Finder and choose "Compress". This will create a Zip file. Copy (or email) this Zip file to the destination, and decompress there by double-clicking it, which will reconstitute the original application installer file. The other possibility is that you copied the project file (.ISC) instead of the installer file. IP: Logged |
ickydime
Junior Member Posts: 2
Registered: May 2008
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posted 05-16-2008 07:36 AM
I seem to be having a very similar problem. I am on a PC. I click Build for MacOS. In the installer folder a .BIN file is created. I attached this file to an e-mail and sent it to a friend to has a mac. When he executes it the Mac tries to open the Bin in a text editor and it is just gibberish. What am I doing wrong? IP: Logged |
iScreensaver Support
Administrator Posts: 602
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 05-16-2008 08:49 AM
One has to be careful when doing mac to pc file transfers and vice versa. See http://iscreensaver.com/cd.shtml and http://iscreensaver.com/webpage.shtml Bottom line -- you must always ZIP encode a mac application before transferring. Copy the .BIN file to a mac, convert it to an Application (right click and choose "open with archive utility", or use the free Stuffit Expander : http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffitexpander/index.html
Then, test the app to be sure. Once it is working, right-click it and choose "Compress file" which will give you a ZIP which can be sent via any method. IP: Logged | |
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