Or you might use terminal to batch rename all the files to .zip. After all, they are really just zip files with the extension changed, so maybe something like: cd ~/books rename *.bks *.zip
I don't know if the syntax is right, but that's the idea. On 8/12/12, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know whether this is only true of the newest additions to bookshare > (over the last year or so) but lately when I download bookshare books, no > unzipping is required. I just seek out the title and the .xml extension, and > it opens in Safari when I hit enter. Is no one else experiencing this? > Harry, I know in your case, you are dealing with previously downloaded books > which you desire to open. A workaround, if you simply cannot get the > unarchiver to work, is to redownload the book you wish to read from your > book history. Hopefully, what I discussed above will then apply, and you > will have your xml file all ready to go. Obviously, depending on the number > of books you have, this may not be desirable as far as redownloading all of > your book history, but you could do it one by one, as needed. > > Christine > On Aug 12, 2012, at 9:07 PM, Harry Hogue <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I simply would just remember where I had been reading and type a keyword >> or two. What I would like to know now is how to associate .bks files with >> The Unarchiver, as the checkbox to "Always open with this application," in >> "Other…" and selecting the application does not hold, for some reason. >> Does anyone knwo why this might be? >> >> Harry >> >> On Aug 12, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Greg Aikens <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> One way to get around this is to set a web spot at the place you left >>> off. I haven't tried this under ML but in Lion it worked inconsistently >>> and often I would forget to set a web spot when I finished reading, but >>> it is better than nothing. >>> >>> -Greg >>> On Aug 12, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Harry. I was wondering if you used Safari. Seems to me that >>>> means you can't pick up where you left off in a book, right? That would >>>> be a big drawback, I would think. How do you work around that/ >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> Mary Otten >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
