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All, anyone come across this error popup window using Yosemite and LPX on a MAcbook pro retina laptop:
"Unable to expand [file name.logicx.zip] into Desktop. (Error 17-File exists.)"
When I right-click the downloaded zip it gives the option of "open with Zip archive", but then this error comes up.
Anyone know about this? Thanks in advance!
Logic Pro X, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Hey! So, I found that unzipping the file manually via Terminal proved successful!
unzip -d ~/desktop -a
into the Terminal window after the$
placed at the end of your username.Hopefully either Apple or Dropbox can figure out what's going on here and put out a patch to fix this. I've seen the issue on Dropbox forums, too.
Hey! So, I found that unzipping the file manually via Terminal proved successful!
unzip -d ~/desktop -a
into the Terminal window after the$
placed at the end of your username.Hopefully either Apple or Dropbox can figure out what's going on here and put out a patch to fix this. I've seen the issue on Dropbox forums, too.
Thanks! Terminal worked great for me, prompted once about some rubbish that must have been hiding in _MACOSX folder. Should be impossible to have duplicate files in any folder surely! Grrrr... so many hours lost!
You are trying to download Logic X via dropbox?
No, I'm trying to open a zip file that I downloaded from Dropbox. Inside is a Logic X file. For some reason I can't unzip the Zip.
Who uploaded it to dropbox and what did they use to zip the file...?
Ask them as some archives using certain zip programs cannot be unzipped using zip archive these days..
if you cannot ask them because you don't know who they are.. then don't try to unzip.... You never know exactly what might be in there or even if it is a valid zip anyhow...
Btw..One reason error 17 usually happens is when someone added the same file twice to a zip.... so when you expand it, it cannot unzip the duplicate file as it already exists in the unzipped folder... There are other causes too.. some of which can be caused by dubious contents...
I'm doing some collaboration with another musician, so I know the file is good. I'll contact him to remake and reupload the file, and report back here.
THanks for your help!
You are welcome...
Additional... given you are sure the file is safe 🙂
You might want to first try Stuffit Expander.. (Its free)
It can often open zips that Zip Archive fails to do so properly....
Most sure fire way is to use the Finder. Right-click, select the Compress file option, 100% compatibility. And make sure there's no duplicates, as stated.
BenB,
There is a problem with using the built in decompressor in OS X with certain zips files that were created by other 3rd party compressors Ive found.. Hence my recommendation to try Stuffit Expander if the built in on keeps failing......
I suspect the real issue is duplicate files in the archive however, but I was trying to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak 🙂
Cheers..
Nigel
Update: Got the file opened-- he re-uploaded a new file and it worked fine. Not sure exactly what the problem was, but the duplicate file thing is a strong possibility.
Thanks for all your help !!!
Excellent news..
Glad Ben and I were able to help....
Cheers..
Nigel
Unable to open Logix.zip file from Dropbox
