A reply would be appreciated. If this can’t be done from OS X, then I won’t bother wasting any more time when a similar situation arises, where an install.rdf needs to be edited for private signing. At least, please tell me if the final re-zipping with no compression for this add-on was done with Windows.
Thanks.
I can get it to zip fine with and without compression on Windows and Debian. I’ve been trying to figure out how to get my hands on a copy of OS X, but so far haven’t been able to.
You probably know this, but unless you have a Mac (or some “self-build,” aka Hackintosh–and that can get tricky, especially with a just released OS), no OS you manage to find will install. Any OS needs the appropriate drivers present in the Apple hardware. Since 10.9 (Mavericks) new OS versions have been free from Apple. The latest is 10.11, El Capitan, just released, and it’s available free for download from Apple by starting here. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?mt=12
Unfortunately, as soon as a new OS is released, Apple pulls the current free version, which, until a few weeks ago, was 10.10.5 Yosemite. I usually like to wait until at least one point update has been released, which fixes the most obvious bugs, but since you just want to have this for testing purposes, maybe this will do.
If push comes to shove and you want Mavericks 10.9, I can put that up on File Dropper for you, in maybe 7 or 8 splits, but you need a fast connection to get that because FD has problems when downloading with a slow connection–things end up downloading corrupt or just partially, if the connection isn’t relatively fast. Or maybe you can suggest a better, preferably free, alternative that doesn’t involve too much hassle for signing up, if signing up for such a site is required.
I was considering a virtual machine, but things don’t seem to be adding to working towards that. The only thing I can suggest is asking @noitidart if he has a mac to test this with to see if he can help.
Thanks arenlor for bringing me up for the mac test!
I would love to help you test! I know how hard it was for me to find someone with a real mac to test I don’t want others to go through that.
I have a virtual box with osx setup, it works 90% like a real mac. I would love to help you out. I’m on 10.10.1.
I can also help you set this up on your computer, it uses VirtualBox. Jump on irc my names noida.
Hi Noltidart,
Thanks very much for the offer to test this in OS X. From the command line (Terminal), assuming that the now extracted folder is sitting on your Desktop, this would be the command for the final re-zip without compression (using the native zip program built into Terminal). (Using redirectcleaner@example.net here as an example, but obviously, you can do this with any extension you care to try it with).
Open Terminal in /Applications/Utilties and enter, no quotes
“zip -r0 redirectcleaner@example.net.zip /Users/“your user name”/Desktop/redirectcleaner@example.net”
Hit enter/return (or whatever that is on your PC keyboard) and it will zip with no compression, leaving a new zip file inside your user folder, which you can then just drag to the Desktop.
Just in case you’re not that familiar with OS X “your user name” (no quotes) will be the name next to the little house icon (your user) in a finder sidebar. Or it can be viewed by opening the root folder, which unless you’ve re-named it, will be “Macintosh HD,” and open the Users folder at the bottom, where it will be visible next to the little house icon.
Thanks, W.