Need help with mac.

MooZilla · Post by **MooZilla** » June 28, 2005, 12:17 am

i'm having trouble downloading a .rar file from my FTP. how do you do it on a mac? i have a rar-unpacking program, but whenever i click on the file to download it all this jibberish type comes up in internet explorer. is there a "save as" function per se?

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » June 28, 2005, 12:22 am

First, I would download it on a PC, then email it to myself on the mac.... that could work....

Fash · Post by **Fash** » June 28, 2005, 12:27 am

are ya sure you're using FTP? If you're using ftp through IE, you would need to right click (ctrl-click) on the file and pick save as.

Get Fetch for mac, real ftp software, and it will work... if you want to get it from your web hosting via HTTP, the server needs to be configured to treat .rar as a binary file...

on my apache server i put this into the config file:

AddType application/x-rar-compressed .rar

MooZilla · Post by **MooZilla** » June 28, 2005, 12:29 am

its a 700mb rar. emailing doesnt work too well

but thanks, fetch should work.

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » June 28, 2005, 12:32 am

Is it a BitTorrent file?... or your personal FTP?...

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » June 28, 2005, 4:49 am

Take mac to window, dump out window, go to PC, enjoy life.
Tadaa, problem solved.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » June 28, 2005, 5:29 am

That's not usually a mac v's PC problem, it's usually a jackass that has set the mime-type incorrectly on the server..