unable to unpack .bin archive for updating 3D printer firmware, what app to use?

Further investigation at howchoo.com has pics that show that what I'm interpreting as a compressed (archive) format is really just the .bin. I guess I bricked the Ender somehow. It's confusing to me because the zipper on the file icon implies I should have to unzip it with something (like Unstuffit for Zip files). Maybe it's just because I'm a longtime Mac dinosaur and I just don't really understand these things until I have to learn about them. Sorry to take up your time, I got stuck on Mac thinking it's an archive format I need to do something about.

Thanks a million for your help, Bob.

H

Hi, Bob,

Thanks for the reply. What I have downloaded looks like thisAm I wrong in thinking that the top entry here is really an archive and not just the .bin file to load into the 3D printer? When it says that it is a MacBinary archive, and I see a zipper on the small icon, I think it's an archive and that there are files inside. I have had zero luck in getting any answers out there beyond using Unarchiver, etc. to do this, but Unarchiver, Archive Utility, Extractor, UnZip One say it's an unsupported format.

Heidi

Thanks, Bob,

again, this seems to be an archive (compressed) rather than a single file. I understand how I'm supposed to do the whole process once I have a file in hand. The thing I get stuck on is the instruction to decompress to get to the file. Creality distributes this as what appears to be an archive according to my MacBook Pro and has no guidance on how to open it to get just the file. Just tossing it onto the Ender 3 v2 Neo following the instructions customer support gave me froze the screen and compelled me to return the unit (yeah, I gave up). I was hoping for advice on unarchiving utilities that can handle this for future reference. If it was a .zip or .rar I'd be fine, probably.

Thanks for your attention anyway,

H