This is odd. Many people have doenloaded the zip file from http://www.brailleblaster.org and unzipped it with no problem. It should unzip with the command unzip brailleblaster.zip I think some other Mac users have unzipped it successfully. Linux and Windows users have. John On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 09:33:36AM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > There is indeed a problem with the brailleblaster release on the Mac. When > I unzipped it in terminal using the zip command, it unzipped but crashed > terminal. I could then only remove the resulting brailleblaster directory > by using the sudo command. When I tried going into finder and using > Unarchiver, I heard "Unarchiver" but never found an open unarchiver window > and the brailleblaster zip file seems to now have disappeared from the > directory I had it in and no brailleblaster directory was completed. I am > using an Intel Mac mini running Snow Leopard and am not generally having > problems unpacking zip files either with unzip or Unarchiver. Not only do > I have the basic Unix system that comes with the Mac, but I also have > Macports and fink installed. To have a compiling problem is one thing but > there really shouldn't be a problem with just unzipping a zip file. > > > > > > > -- > Cheryl > > "Let the words of my mouth, > and the meditation of my heart, > be acceptable in thy sight, > O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer." > > (Psalm 19:14: Bible KJV) -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities