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Post #12 by Geobunny
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CategorySoftware
Post DateSat, 30 Apr 2005 - 15:14
Original URLhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050601082227/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=254093
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Originally Posted by Drakino
Tiger and Panther both have built in .zip compression/decompression. This is the preferred way now, as it also handles resource forks if needed.


While it does handle resource forks, I don't trust it. Last time I used Panther's Finder to zip up some Quark XPress jobs, the printer I sent them to (who are still using Mac OS 9) said the folder unzipped very strangely and none of the fonts worked. Turns out that because OS X works with resource forks differently, it zipped them up inside a folder called "._MACOSX" or something along those lines. OS 9 didn't have a clue what to make of it 'til I stuffed them up with DropStuff.
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