Unarchiver will not extract dmg files (Mac)

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mortman
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Unarchiver will not extract dmg files (Mac)

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I use an iMac, OS 10.6.7 and Firefox 5.0.

Unarchiver will not extract downloaded dmg files. This is not an issue with Safari.

This is an ongoing issue that has been present, at least for me, with previous versions of Firefox.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
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How does Firefox respond?
Click on Firefox -> Preferences --> Applications. Are dmg files associated with anything?
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Re: Unarchiver will not extract dmg files

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Thanks for your quick reply.

Firefox -> Preferences --> Applications shows that DMG use The Unarchiver.

The message I receive is "The contents of the file 'XXXXX.dmg' cannot be extracted with this program"

I don't receive this message with Safari.
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Likely redundant but I added MAC to the topic.
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Re: Unarchiver will not extract dmg files (Mac)

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How are you opening the file? Are you downloading it to a folder, then opening it via Finder? Or are you using Firefox to "open with" The Unarchiver?
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Re: Unarchiver will not extract dmg files (Mac)

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Honestly, I'm a little confused by your issue so could you please clarify? .dmg files are disk images that don't require a program to launch. You should just be able to click on them and open them, leaving Unarchiver out of the entire process. Or, are you talking about a .dmg that is contained in a zip file? If that is the case, try opening it using the built in Mac utility (right click or control click and look under 'open with'). Let us know if that works.
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