cant see ipsw files

**garytaylor** · 04-11-2010, 04:40 AM

maybe a simple thing but i cant see the ipsw files in itunes. when trying to restore while holding shift it opens a window and i brows to the dir with the files i want to restore to but they are not there. they are def in there as i can see them in windows explorer

. Any help very greatfully recieved

**jkmonkey** · 04-11-2010, 08:46 AM

Make sure the extensions on the downloaded firmware is .ipsw. If it was downloaded using internet explorer it may have saved as .zip.

when viewing the file in explorer click on tools/ folder options, click view tab, and uncheck hide extensions for known file types. This will let you see if it saved as a .ipsw

**garytaylor** · 04-11-2010, 10:23 AM

perfect monkey sorted it out for me

**jkmonkey** · 04-11-2010, 10:39 AM

Good to hear

**fatmach** · 04-06-2011, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by jkmonkey

Make sure the extensions on the downloaded firmware is .ipsw. If it was downloaded using internet explorer it may have saved as .zip.

when viewing the file in explorer click on tools/ folder options, click view tab, and uncheck hide extensions for known file types. This will let you see if it saved as a .ipsw

As stupid as it may seem it took me 1 hour to find this solution, thanks for clearing it up, you just prove to me another reason why you should not using internet explorer as a browser

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