.ZIP file

Hey guys

How do I open up a zip file? I have tried unrarx but that doesn't open it because it isn't a rar file *D'oh*

Any ideas?

Try:
The Unarchiver
Stuffit Expander (Mac) - Download

Both free options..

Regards

I thought OS X had built in support for .zip files

I'm not sure about built in support, but "The Unarchiver" done the trick.

Thanks for the help

Chef_eam said:

I thought OS X had built in support for .zip files

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It does and has for quite awhile.

Did you give it a double-click?

If you want a good archive manager, I highly recommend BetterZip:

MacItBetter | Extract and compress zip, tar, rar, 7-zip, xar archives on your Mac with BetterZip.

I use the Unarchiver as well, just so i can tell it were to unzip the file if I don't want it in the same folder as the original. I also have BetterZip for the same reason.

I thought I remembered that the zip support was built in because I was unzipping things before I found the other programs.

Mac has an in-built app, or however we call it, to handle .zip files.

It is called Archive Utility.

Taking a quick guess, I would say when you installed UnrarX, you set it to the default app to handle .zip

Just associate it back with Archive Utility. Never had any problem with it.

Cheers

Thanks for all the help guys. Thats probably what I done yan03.

Thanks everyone!

I wonder what you mean by "open." But if I want to uncompress a zip file's contents, then in a Terminal window or in an xterm window, I type something like this:

unzip AppleSoftware.zip

I'm sorry if I'm saying the obvious.

weemax said:

Hey guys

How do I open up a zip file? I have tried unrarx but that doesn't open it because it isn't a rar file *D'oh*

Any ideas?

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There's not reason to open up a shell just to extract a zip archive. Using the built-in zip support should more than do the job.