Unlocking a CD on OS9.2

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Unlocking a CD on OS9.2

Hi,

I burned some .sit files that were in dmg mode from my Powerbook using the latest version of Toast since I can't burn .sit format in Disk Utility. I files were in .dmg and I archived them to .sit so it read .dmg.sit for the file. I also duplicated those and made one that also read just .sit at the end without .dmg there.

I chose the Mac and PC format to burn with Toast and then I put them in my older iMac G3 and it says the program that created this cannot be found so I chose stuffit to open. Then I get this message: The disk with your preferred destination folder is currently locked. Well how do I unlock this?

Thanks,

S.

GHz PowerPC G4 512 MB DDR SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.4.8), itunes 7.0.2

Posted on Jan 9, 2007 3:42 PM

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Answer 1

eww

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Jan 9, 2007 3:53 PM in response to spiralgirl

Hi, spiralgirl. A CD-R disc can't be unlocked — it's a read-only medium once you've burned it. The trick you need is to select a destination for Stuffit to expand the files to that isn't read-only, like your desktop.

Stuffit Expander's preferences may be set to auto-select a destination, usually the same place where the compressed archive resides. If that's the case, simply Option-drag the archive from the CD-R onto your desktop (which will make a copy of it there) and then expand it.

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spiralgirl Author

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Jan 9, 2007 8:10 PM in response to eww

Okay I meant DVD+RW (I'm out of DVD-R ones at the moment) instead of CD. Does that same advice apply? If so I'll give it a whirl.

Thanks,

S.

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eww

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Jan 9, 2007 8:49 PM in response to spiralgirl

I'm not conversant with DVD-RW media or usage, but the same advice will work for any archive on any media that the Finder and/or Stuffit Expander is unable to write to for any reason: first copy the archive to the desktop, then expand it — also to the desktop.

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spiralgirl Author

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Jan 16, 2007 9:04 PM in response to eww

Thanks. I had tried copying it to the desktop and it isn't locked but even with Disk Copy 6.4.1 it won't open the dmg file. I appreciate your feedback though and you answered my question on it being locked.

S.

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