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When trying to down load a file I keep getting it is in an unsupported format

I am trying to down load a file and I keep getting the "it is an unsupported format". I have tried everything I can think of to no avail.

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.0

Posted on Nov 24, 2022 12:43 PM

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Posted on Nov 25, 2022 8:36 AM

I surmise at one point those files (ending in .bin) were set to "open with" the program used to communicate with that GPS receiver, so double-clicking them would automatically launch that program. Everything worked seamlessly and you had no reason to question it.


For whatever reason that file / program relationship became severed, and now double-clicking the .bin file icon is launching Archive Utility instead. The solution is to select the file, then control-click (or two-finger tap, whichever is your preference) and select "Open With" from the contextual menu that appears. Select the program (app) you use to communicate with the GPS receiver.


This presumes one major caveat: that the program you used in the past continues to work with macOS "Ventura". If it does not, you need to update that program to a compatible version or otherwise determine what you need to communicate with that GPS.

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Nov 25, 2022 8:36 AM in response to Whiskey-Bravo

I surmise at one point those files (ending in .bin) were set to "open with" the program used to communicate with that GPS receiver, so double-clicking them would automatically launch that program. Everything worked seamlessly and you had no reason to question it.


For whatever reason that file / program relationship became severed, and now double-clicking the .bin file icon is launching Archive Utility instead. The solution is to select the file, then control-click (or two-finger tap, whichever is your preference) and select "Open With" from the contextual menu that appears. Select the program (app) you use to communicate with the GPS receiver.


This presumes one major caveat: that the program you used in the past continues to work with macOS "Ventura". If it does not, you need to update that program to a compatible version or otherwise determine what you need to communicate with that GPS.

Nov 25, 2022 9:31 AM in response to Whiskey-Bravo

Software that updates firmware typically wants you to show it where the firmware update file (*.bin) is located, so it can load that data and apply it to the GPS receiver. Double-clicking or choosing open with from a Finder secondary menu may still not result in the application opening and applying that firmware to your receiver.


And as John Galt points out, if the software that applies the firmware, or drivers for that receiver, or the physical receiver is incompatible with Ventura, then you are at a roadblock until the GPS receiver vendor offers that support.

When trying to down load a file I keep getting it is in an unsupported format

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