Monthly Archives: August 2009

Snow Leopard: .dmg and .pkg files not opening?

Posted on August 31, 2009 by JasonTomczak

Like the booboo with .zip files, my installation of Snow Leopard was also having trouble opening .dmg and .pkg files. Installer.app would freeze. Bugger! After a little digging, the simple solution is to delete the “com.apple.finder.plist” file from your /Library/Preferences … Continue reading →

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Snow Leopard: Are your zip files not unzipping?

Posted on August 30, 2009 by JasonTomczak

After updating my MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard, I noticed that I was unable to open .zip archives. I use The Unarchiver to open my Mac and PC-compatible archives. When I attempted to open a zip file, Unarchiver had been … Continue reading →

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Installing OS X Leopard in 10 Minutes from a USB Flash Drive

Posted on August 15, 2009 by JasonTomczak

I decided to make a clean installation of OS X Leopard last night. I had already used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy my Leopard installation DVD to an 8GB partition on one of my USB memory sticks. Having the OS … Continue reading →

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