Hi all,
I'm experiencing problems with Archive Utility in macOS Monterey 12.4.
Using that app, I can compress folders using any of the options it offers in preferences. I'd like to use 'Zip archive' most though, as I want the zipped folder to be opened by Windows users as well as Macs.
However, regardless of what format I choose to compress the folder to (Zip archive, compressed archive, regular archive, Apple Archive, or Apple Encrypted Archive), I then can't decompress (or unzip) the folder to make the folder contents available.
Instead I get this error message, every time.
At first I thought this was a problem created by the online platforms I was trying to store the file on (Google Drive, Dropbox, Wordpress, GitHub), but now that I can't even open them on my Mac immediately after creating them, it makes me think something else is going on.
I've also tried compressing the folder using YemuZip, which enables creation of zipped folders that don't contain the hidden resource fork files that display for, but are useless to, Windows users. Can't unzip those either.
I'm *not* interested in suggestions to install Unarchiver or some other utility, or to use Terminal. I know how to use those, and the zipped folders do open when I use Unarchiver. What I want is to created a zipped folder that people can unzip using the built in Archive Utility, or to find out whether this is a bug that is occurring to others.
In case it is relevant, the folder I'm compressing contains a .rtf Read Me file created using TextEdit, and a MS Excel 2021 .xltx template spreadsheet file.
Looking forward to the helpful advice I've received here in the past. Thanks.
I'm experiencing problems with Archive Utility in macOS Monterey 12.4.
Using that app, I can compress folders using any of the options it offers in preferences. I'd like to use 'Zip archive' most though, as I want the zipped folder to be opened by Windows users as well as Macs.
However, regardless of what format I choose to compress the folder to (Zip archive, compressed archive, regular archive, Apple Archive, or Apple Encrypted Archive), I then can't decompress (or unzip) the folder to make the folder contents available.
Instead I get this error message, every time.
At first I thought this was a problem created by the online platforms I was trying to store the file on (Google Drive, Dropbox, Wordpress, GitHub), but now that I can't even open them on my Mac immediately after creating them, it makes me think something else is going on.
I've also tried compressing the folder using YemuZip, which enables creation of zipped folders that don't contain the hidden resource fork files that display for, but are useless to, Windows users. Can't unzip those either.
I'm *not* interested in suggestions to install Unarchiver or some other utility, or to use Terminal. I know how to use those, and the zipped folders do open when I use Unarchiver. What I want is to created a zipped folder that people can unzip using the built in Archive Utility, or to find out whether this is a bug that is occurring to others.
In case it is relevant, the folder I'm compressing contains a .rtf Read Me file created using TextEdit, and a MS Excel 2021 .xltx template spreadsheet file.
Looking forward to the helpful advice I've received here in the past. Thanks.