rfromet Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 So here's a good one... I'm trying to download the firmware update on a mac...The download from pioneer gives you a .exe file, which obviously won't run on a mac. Anywhere to simply just download the zip file, or the files already uncompressed? I can't believe more people don't complain about this. I called pioneer and ordered the update, but you'd figure they'd have a mac download... Rick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Rename the file from .exe to .zip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rfromet Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Tried that. Doesn't work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 It did for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonH Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 I just checked on my mac, the OP is right, renaming to zip just creates a broken file. Here's a zip made in windows for you: www.avic411.com/files/Z130v3001.zip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 What OS are you guys using? As I said, I renamed the file and unzipped with no issues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonH Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Snow Leopard, I don't want to spend $30 for "Launchpad". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 SL here too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rgarjr Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Woah you guys running snow leopard still, I'm on Lion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonH Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 There honestly isn't any reason to upgrade to Lion on a desktop. It just adds minor things like multitouch/full screen apps/launchpad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 I actually was on Lion for a couple of months and didn't like it so I went back to SL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rfromet Posted May 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Thanks Jason! Worked perfectly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rapayn1 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Assuming you have already partitioned your Mac's hard drive and can find an old copy of Windows laying around, why not just install windows on that machine, reboot into BOOTCAMP and then your Mac is a real Windows computer. Download the .exe file and then burn it to a disc or do whatever you want to do. Then, restart and boot back into Snow Leopard of Lion. With a Mac you can have a Mac OS, Windows OS and Linux OS all running on the same box. For something as non-power intensive like downloading a file and extracting it, it should work fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Off topic. But Im sure if he could have done that he would have. All Mac users know they can run Windows in a couple of different ways. But as a Mac user, a lot of us don't have a copy of Windows just lying around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rfromet Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Agreed. Don't have Windows. Definitely not worth it to partition the drive, install bootcamp and track down a copy of windows just for the update... Jason's posted the files. Worked perfectly. Just surprised Pioneer doesn't give you any Mac option... Rick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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