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Missing files marked as Unix Executable File:

Main xcom folder: two files
runexe folder: one file
ufo2exe folder: one file
ufoexe folder: one file

[_r.u.s.s.]

hey glad you have solved it and found the missing excutables sry that i didn't post back but i study and didn't have any time to access to the forums.

let me download ufo and tell you the name of the excutables
edit: here are the excutables in xcom folder and some of it's subfolders

xcom
├runexe
│└run.exe 30 658 bytes
├ufo2exe
│└tactical.exe 384 985 bytes
├ufoexe
│├black.exe 4 252 bytes
│└geoscape.exe 382 957 bytes
├dos4gw.exe 254 556 bytes
├intro.exe 74 314 bytes
├setup.exe 21 572 bytes
├done.com 738 bytes
├go.com 1 169 bytes
├noway.com 839 bytes
├welcome.com 705 bytes
├full.bat 35 bytes
├install.bat 841 bytes
├small.bat 16 bytes
â””ufocd.bat 308 bytes

Thank you very much for your help. Before I read your message, I dl'd ufo on my windows PC at work and checked the files: same result as you. Looking at most of the file names, I think I've identified which is which:

Main xcom folder: two files
* dP
_¿]__ò____
_____0_ (Unix Executable File) = dos4gw.exe
* - (Unix Executable File) = intro.exe

runexe folder: one file
* runexe folder with one file: a Unix Executable File called - = run.exe

ufo2exe folder: one file
* ufo2exe folder with one Unix Executable File called - = tactical.exe

ufoexe folder: one file
* ufoexe folder with black.exe and one Unix Executable File called - = geoscape.exe

The only ones I'm not 100% sure on one the first two because there are two of them, but as the first starts with 'd', it may be the dos4gw.

Tonight when I get home, I'll rename the files. I'll post here how it goes. I know from the dosbox comments under UFO: Enemy Unknown that a few other OS X users have had trouble in the past, so if this works, I'll direct them here and hopefully, if this works, other users can follow this to a solution.

Thanks so much again for your help. I'm learning a lot here.

[_r.u.s.s.]

just check the filesizes, thats why i wrote them in there=P

I tried renaming the files: still doesn't work. Then saw your post and checked: the file sizes are different. They're only 188 kb and 64 kb. I'm assuming the files were corrupted when I put them on the mac. Tomorrow I'll check the files on my PC at work, and maybe see if I can transfer, but I have the feeling that OS X has some problem with the file types. I'll give it one last shot to see if that works, but after that, I think I'll surrender.

[_r.u.s.s.]

maybe you could rename them with any random name without exe extension and after transferring to mac, naming them the right way

X-Com now works on my Mac! Yea!

r.u.s.s.: I can't thank you enough for your patience and for all of your help.

I unzipped the file on my Windows PC at work, then put it on my USB chip and brought it home. It loaded up with no problem.

I think the errors probably happened when the Mac unzipped the file.

Advice to any other Mac users who are having this problem: Unzip on a PC and then transfer the files to your MAC. All should work then. I didn't have to do anything special to it: it just worked.

Again, r.u.s.s.: your help has been vastly appreciated.

Thank you.
Most Sincerely,
Crispy

... 'scuse me now while I go play!

[_r.u.s.s.]

no probs. to thank me enough you can name one of your bases after me