[Hidden-tech] Serving/downloading Macintosh .dmg files

Robert Hafner rhafner at solunaenterprises.com
Thu Dec 6 22:55:33 EST 2007


Will,

You need to set the apache mime information correctly for .dmg files.  
Since it doesn't know what the file is or how it is processed, or if  
it thinks its the wrong type, it can screw up like this.

Simplest way to do this is to create a file named ".htaccess" and put  
the following line in:
AddType application/x-apple-diskimage dmg


Robert


On Dec 6, 2007, at 5:55 PM, Will Loving wrote:
>
> I’m having a specific problem with Macintosh .dmg files that I’ve  
> put on my server not downloading properly. The file is clearly there  
> but when I attempt to download it via a URL, I get a 404 error. If I  
> take the same file and compress it as a .zip archive, it downloads  
> just fine. At some point earlier this year, I was having a possibly  
> related problem where the .dmg file would start to download but  
> would download as text.
>
> The only happens with files that I’ve uploaded to my server, not  
> with dmg files from other sources, so I’m guessing it has something  
> to do with how the files are being transferred. The “download as  
> text” issue would make me think that the file got uploaded as text  
> instead of binary, but as far as I can tell it’s binary. I’ve tried  
> uploading from both Dreamweaver and a Vicomsoft FTP client with the  
> same result.
>
> I thought I remembered reading something in the last year about  
> issue with uploading dmg files, but all my searches have been in  
> vain...  Anyone know the answer to this conundrum?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Will
>
> Will Loving, President
> Dedication Technologies, Inc.
>
>
>
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