Q: Archive Utility Unable to expand
Problem: Whenever a user tries to open a .zip file, Archive Utility throws the following error:
Unable to finish expanding "<name of .zip>" into "<folder name>". Could not move "<name of unzipped file/folder>" into destination directory.
Environment:
Mac OS X 10.7.5
Network Home Folders (on a RAID attached to 10.7.5 Server)
~/Library/Caches redirected to /tmp/<username>
Already Tried:
Local user - No Problem Found
Current Network User - Problem
New Network User - Problem
Removed ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.archiveutility.plist & repairpermissions (as suggested in other threads) - no difference
Turning off ~/Library/Caches redirection - no difference
Thoughts: Permissions/sandboxing? Though I don't see how. Permissions all show as correct. No other problems with files copying/being created, just expanding .zip files. Expanding to local storage (e.g. /Users/Shared) works fine.
Logging seems to be non-existant so I have no decent information on which to go. Is there a hidden defaults write I can use to enable a debugging menu like with Disk Utility?
Thanks.
~W
Posted on Oct 3, 2013 7:09 AM