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Customers using Microsoft Internet Explorer may experience difficulty downloading and expanding MacBinary formatted files.
DISCUSSION
Customers experiencing problems with downloading Macbinary files using Microsoft Internet Explorer should be sure that they have Stuffit Expander selected in the File Helpers of their Internet Explorer Preferences.
To make sure that this is the setting, perform the following procedure:
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1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Pull down the Edit menu and select Preferences. The Preferences window will appear.
3. In the Preferences window, locate the preference item"Receiving Files" and select "File Helpers". A list of File Helper settings should appear on the right side of the Preferences window.
4. Scroll down the list until you find the entry labelled "MacBinary". Select that entry and click on the "Change" button.
5. In the "Edit File Helper" dialog that appears (see Figure 1 below), click on the Browse button and select the "Stuffit Expander" application from the hard drive.
6. Click "OK" in the "Edit File Helper" dialog.
7. Click "OK" in the "Internet Explorer Preferences" dialog to save this change.
Figure 1: The Edit File Helper dialog.
This will enable Internet Explorer to successfully download, identify and expand MacBinary formatted files regardless of the content of the file name.
If the file does not successfully expand on its own after the download is complete, try double-clicking on the downloaded file to launch Stuffit Expander. Alternatively, drag the downloaded file and drop it on Stuffit Expander to convert the file.
For more information on the MacBinary file format, Internet Explorer, and downloading, please see the following Knowledge Base articles:
Article 7328: " MacBinary: File Format Description "
Article 28035: " Mac OS 8: Internet Explorer Read Me "
Article 15553: " Apple ftp Sites: Frequently Asked Questions "