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VIVIAN5
5 years agoExplorer | Level 4
ZIP FILE DOWNLOADS ERROR
I'm using Chrome and trying to download Dropbox folders to my Mac (Monterey version OS 12.0.1 ) and getting an error message: ERROR 79 Inappropriate file type or format. It worked fine before updat...
- 4 years ago
I found a way around it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6--dQQ9U1fs
Caloring
4 years agoHelpful | Level 5
thank you! It works- kind of annoying when transferring a bunch of stuff. But much less than doing it on older laptop and moving it back over. Hoping Mac gets on this bug with an update!
lingoliz
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
you'r welcome @caloring. Took me hours - using the old machine where the files were originally and several failed attempts at using various suggested ways with terminal before I found this (quite old) one that worked! 🙂
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