How to fix (Error 1 operation not permitted - unable to expand photos) when unzipping files in Mac
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Sometimes when inflating or expanding a zipped file on a Mac, occasionally a bug or glitch with an error message is displayed or pops up. This session which involves how to resolve this issue and shows you how to troubleshoot and retrieve your files.
This video demo exemplified shows you step by step how to get past the "Error 1 - Operation Not Permitted" error that occurs or pops up when trying to unzip or inflate a zipped file created. An example is shown with a zip file saved on desktop with the same reported failure.
The solution entails using the Terminal, a built-in program on the Mac. Type some home directory and shortlisting commands then "unzip" or inflate the file in the Terminal window which subsequently unzips in the folder where the file is saved. The file shown in the example is saved in a folder named directory. When entering your commands use the folder name where you saved your file on desktop and rename the file in the folder if you experience a syntax error when unzipping.
Your unzipped files will go to this folder where the debugged zipped file is located on your desktop.
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thought I lost my file forever. recovered all my files. great and works
was able to unzip and retrieve my files following through. thank you so much.
elated. lost files recovered. thought they were gone forever. thanks
Thanks a lot. Glad i didn't trash my zipped file. it works. plenty thanks
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Thanks - really helped - biggest key for me was renaming the file, then putting it in an obvious place for terminal to find, then the cd and ls commands and Bob's yer Uncle. thanks for posting
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Amazing. Very straight forward. Thank you so much
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Recovered my kids pictures. Thank you.
Thanks Angelo. Glad you sorted. Have a lovely summer. Appreciate the feedback
Thanks for this.
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Thank you very much for the detailed explanation!
I hope this still works in 2023 😭😭
Hi Shordyydowop, sure it will, if you are experiencing the same problem definition!. Let me know how you get on.
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This worked for me! NICE!!! Thank you!
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Gracias wacho!!!! me re salvaste. Saludos desde Argentina
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Thank you this helped a lot🙏🏽
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Helped me with a client. Thank you!
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resolved error. keep it up. thanks
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The larger the zip folder is the more I experience this crap. The file I downloaded is 5GB and when it seems like it's almost finished it pops up with that error. I'm going to try this method.
Update. I downloaded the file on my friend's Windows PC and then transferred it to my Android phone. After that I extracted the zip file in my phone. Then finally transferred to my Mac with usb cable. Now the files are unzipped. Such an all day headache. It's a music software plugin and the company is probably not big enough to have a 24 hour turnaround tech/customer support team.
thank you so much
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It’s bringing up bash: cd: directory: no such file or directory. 😢what do I need to do please? It’s a zip file of iCloud Photos
Didn't work for me, got this message:
Archive: Raven.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of Raven.zip or
Raven.zip.zip, and cannot find Raven.zip.ZIP, period.
Raven is what my file was saved as. Please use the name your file was saved as. You don’t have to specifically use Raven as explained. Can you be more specific as to how you went about it step by step or at what stage in the process you started experiencing the error?
Yeah, so to make it easier as I don’t understand code, I just renamed my file Raven and created a directory folder from desktop and followed your example
@@PrescribedObsessions I get that already. Thanks. I mean when inputting the codes at what stage do you get the error warnings ⚠️?
@@UtechUreview I tried to reply with a link to google drive but it didn't go through - it was at the unzipping stage (wish you could post screenshots in comments here)
@@PrescribedObsessions ok. firstly is your file saved in a folder on your desktop. what is the name of that folder? and did you use the command Cd to access that name? secondly if the actual file you are trying to access is a zipped file. double check, click in to the folder assuming the folder is on your desktop. then right click on the file inside the folder and click properties. Does it recognise your file as a zipped file or is the extension of the file something else?
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I was able to inflate the files but now the zipped file still won't open
Hi Olivia..Nice that you have made some fair bit of progress. Thanks for the feedback. Is the file your trying to open Jpeg, Png, video file? Do you have an application installed on your computer to open this type of file? When last did you restart your system? Are you able to check if you have enough free space on your disk? Probably restart and try inflating files in terminal again then click on the file with the right extension. Let me know if problem still persists?
Thanks bro
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Ace tutorial. Cheers :)
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This helped!
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My computer doesnt have launch pad... what do i do?
Hi Penguin Plays, Sorry to hear that. Sounds very strange that you wouldn't have a launch pad button. Your launch pad button has a rocket display on it. It takes you to apps. If you haven't got the launch pad button. Look at the top right of your computer. You should see a small lens or microscope search . Click on it. This is your spot search light. Type in terminal and click on terminal. Let know if you were able to access terminal?
What about. "error -1 - No such process." ??
Hi Lance, what error are you experiencing and can you be shed light a bit more specifically when you say error 1 -no such process so can help the best I can?
Works
Sorted
I regret switching to Mac. its so bad. holy lord its so bad. Windows. I'm going back. no no no. everything a bug. Mac is one bug after another. Ive only had a handful of issues on windows in a decade. I've had a handful on Mac in days. sell your Macs. go windows. no. never again. im smashing this laptop.
Mac really isn’t that bad once you get the hang of it. How long have you had your Mac. I respect your presence but currently with what’s out there I would rank Mac tops. What exactly is the problem your facing?
soooooo i need an ap?
Hi Ava. No you dont need to purchase an app. If you have a Mac it comes free already with your computer. Just launch the home pad or type terminal in spot light search and terminal should come up. Yes you need an app but you dont need to download or pay for it. Hope this helps. Dont forget to subscribe or share. Thanks for the feedback. Appreciated.
when it goes to unzip with your command it says
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of ZIPNAME.zip or
ZIPNAME.zip.zip, and cannot find ZIPNAME.zip.ZIP, period.
Anyone had to deal with that?
Hi Jmar, Foremost, you want to check that the archive is indeed a zip file, not generated by other similar archive programs such as gzip. So try uncompressing it with gunzip to eliminate this possibility.
If you are unable to extract files from a zip file and instead, you’re getting the error “End-of-central-directory signature not found,” chances are that the zip file was incompletely downloaded or got corrupted on your disk somehow. To get round, the unzip error when a zip file is corrupted or end of the file is truncated.
How Files are Stored in a Zip Archive
By design a zip archive file can store (and optionally compress) multiple files in it. The zip archive contains a special directory called "central directory" at the end, which identifies what files are in the zip file. The main reason for including the central directory at the end of an archive is so that the archive can be updated easily. For example, when a (large) zip file is updated by adding a new file and deleting one existing file, these updates can easily be applied with the central directory information without scanning the entire zip file.
Each file in a zip archive is also associated with its "local file header" which contains necessary metadata about the file, such as file size, file name, etc.
The unzip command verifies the integrity of a zip file by looking for the "end of central directory record" with a specific signature, and refuse to extract files without the signature.
Method One: jar
One option to extract a corrupted zip file is to use the jar command which comes with Java development kit (JDK). Originally the jar command creates and extracts an archive for Java-specific class files and metadata, but JAR archives are in fact stored in the ZIP format. Thus you can extract a regular zip file with jar. The difference is that jar extracts files without checking the central directory signature in a zip archive.
To extract a zip file with jar, use the xvf option:
[xterm]
$ jar xfv sample.zip
You will still see an error "Unexpected end of ZLIB input stream" due to the missing central directory record. But jar will scan the archive and extract individual files one by one based on their local file headers.
It's possible that you may not extract every file stored in the original zip archive if the archive is incomplete. Another caveat is that if the original archive went through various updates before (e.g., removing/updating files in the archive), extracting files solely based on their file headers without the central directory may result in outdated files being extracted.
Method Two: fastjar
On Debian-based Linux, you don't have to install the bulky JDK just to use the jar command. Instead, you can use fastjar, which is a lightweight C implementation of the original Java-based jar command. The entire fastjar package is less than 200KB.
Similar to jar, the fastjar command does not check for the central directory signature before extraction.
To install fastjar in Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint:
[xterm]
$ sudo apt install fastjar
To uncompress files from a zip file with fastjar:
You may also see an error "CRCs do not match" during extraction.
Method Three: zip
The zip command (counterpart for unzip) provide an option -FF (or --fixfix) to "fix" a zip archive which is truncated and thus missing the central directory signature. With this option, the zip command scans the zip file from the beginning and tries to reconstruct the central directory.
To fix the archive, run the zip command in the following format. The --out option is used to specify the name of a fixed archive.
[xterm]
$ zip -FF sample.zip --out sample_fixed.zip
[xterm]
$ unzip sample_fixed.zip
Then try and uncompress the fixed archive:
Method Four: 7zip
Another option to deal with a truncated zip file is to use 7zip command, which is another archive program for zip files.
Similar to jar or fastjar, the 7z command does not check for the end of central directory signature before extraction.
[xterm]
$ 7z x sample.zip
The command may throw Unexpected end of archive warning during extraction.
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