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13 Replies Last post: Oct 14, 2003 3:42 AM by bracken

iloveitaly

1,182 posts since
Mar 17, 2003

Oct 11, 2003 1:46 PM

Tinkertool 3.0!

get it here. Downloading it right now! Remeber the people who were complaining about all the eye-candy in os-x, well it seems with this utility you can turn it off.

Macpaul

339 posts since
Apr 30, 2003

1. Oct 12, 2003 6:22 PM

in response to: iloveitaly

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

I downloaded Tinkertool, on desktop as a .dmg.gz
What do I need to un zip this? Stuffit doesn't work!

SueG

2,396 posts since
May 19, 2002

2. Oct 12, 2003 6:39 PM

in response to: Macpaul

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

Does it help to remove the .gz so that the file name ends in dmg? Just double click the file.

Macpaul

339 posts since
Apr 30, 2003

3. Oct 12, 2003 6:52 PM

in response to: SueG

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

Nope-tried that.

Typhoon14

2,127 posts since
Feb 2, 2001

4. Oct 12, 2003 7:43 PM

in response to: Macpaul

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

Stuffit removes the gzipping just fine for me. What version of stuffit have you got?

Macpaul

339 posts since
Apr 30, 2003

5. Oct 12, 2003 8:03 PM

in response to: Typhoon14

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

7.03 do I need to upgrade?

d00d

12,136 posts since
Apr 24, 2001

6. Oct 12, 2003 11:08 PM

in response to: Macpaul

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

Try redownloading. Erase the copy you have now, empty your cache, and then try downloading again. Stuffit should be able to open gzip files easily.

Typhoon14

2,127 posts since
Feb 2, 2001

7. Oct 12, 2003 11:13 PM

in response to: Macpaul

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

You could try moving up to 8.

d00d

12,136 posts since
Apr 24, 2001

8. Oct 12, 2003 11:27 PM

in response to: Typhoon14

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

That's not the problem though Typhoon. I have 7.0.3 on my laptop and it expanded fine. I'd bet the farm on him having a corrupt download.

Macpaul

339 posts since
Apr 30, 2003

9. Oct 13, 2003 7:05 AM

in response to: d00d

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

You guys stay up too late for me! This AM I trashed the first, re-downloaded, and dOOd was right. No problem-who'd a thunk? Thanks!

From_Win_to_Mac

175 posts since
Mar 13, 2001

10. Oct 13, 2003 11:44 AM

in response to: Macpaul

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

isn't gZip a Unix compression format anyway ? As in, shouldn't OS X be able to extract it's files by itself ?

d00d

12,136 posts since
Apr 24, 2001

11. Oct 13, 2003 4:47 PM

in response to: From_Win_to_Mac

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

It can, but you either need to use a command line utility or download something like OpenUp.

GlennBlaylock

1,065 posts since
Mar 10, 2001

12. Oct 13, 2003 10:30 PM

in response to: d00d

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

Besides, if StuffIt couldn't open it, then I doubt that the Unix utility would work either. The file was corrupt. So, since StuffIt Expander comes with OS X, why mess with the command line?

Oh that's right, some of you cyber geeks just like to show off.

bracken

100 posts since
Jun 18, 2003

13. Oct 14, 2003 3:42 AM

in response to: From_Win_to_Mac

Re: Tinkertool 3.0!

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isn't gZip a Unix compression format anyway ? As in, shouldn't OS X be able to extract it's files by itself ?

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Yes, enter "gunzip thefile" in Terminal.

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Oct 11, 2003 1:46 PM

Tinkertool 3.0!

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