Thanks, Jack.

I think I'll leave it to a manual unzip too.

73, Mike NF4L

On 5/3/12 11:17 AM, Jack Brindle wrote:
> 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)
>>
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