In Safari Preferences, look at the "General" pane. Checking "Open "safe" files after downloading" will enable unzipping. Unfortunately it also enables lots of other things. I leave mine unchecked to get the best security. Thus I have to specifically unzip those files also. Better to be safe than sorry.
Jack B, W6FB On May 2, 2012, at 8:14 AM, Mike wrote: > No auto un-zip in my Safari, if there's a setting I'm unaware of it. But > then I'm unaware of a lot of things. > > It does go to my Downloads folder. > > Mike > > On 5/2/12 9:28 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: >> If you use Safari, it should automatically unzip it for you and place the >> folder in whichever location you're using for Downloads (this may be >> different in Lion or it may be some option of S/W I've got installed). >> >> There used to be a problem with downloading to the desktop (the default I >> think) and I download to a 'Downloads' folder in my home directory. >> 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) >> >> On 2 May 2012, at 14:24, Mike wrote: >> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> Yes Lion, all updated. >>> >>> Since the download is, as you note, a .zip, I have to un-zip it first, >>> which gives me the .app and the help folder. >>> >>> Yes, the download is K3UtilityOSX_1_12_3_28.zip >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On 5/2/12 7:17 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: >>>> Hmmm - I've had it running for some time with no problems - but I'm on >>>> Snow Leopard, your presumably on Lion (10.7.x). >>>> Has anybody else done a clean install into Lion? >>>> >>>> It should just run, you shouldn't even have to unzip it, it should >>>> download (assuming you used Safari), and you get a >>>> 'K3UtilityOSX_1_12_3_28' folder with the Elecraft K3 Utility and the Help >>>> folder, in it. >>>> You just run the Utility and you should get the dialog asking if you want >>>> to run this for the first time (that comes from Apple OSX, not the app), >>>> and then it pops the app. >>>> >>>> However, I didn't get a license agreement dialogue, but that might be >>>> because I already have a copy. You did download the Mac version, from >>>> http://www.elecraft.com/K3/software/K3UtilityOSX_1_12_3_28.zip ? >>>> >>>> 73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108) >>> >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
