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How to Change a ZIP file to a IPSW file

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Looking for an IPSW file? An IPSW is a iPod and iPhone software update file. In this video, learn what steps one need to take in order to change or convert a zip folder into an IPSW. Instructions, step by step, as given by the videomaker iSamm786:

1.Open your start Menu

2.Go to Control Panel

3.Open up Folder Options

4.Go to View

5.Uncheck "Hide Extensions For known File Types"

6.Rename the ZIP file to .ipsw

*If the box, "Hide Extensions For Known File Types" is already unchecked, all you have to do is change the name of the zip file to .ipsw

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