The alternative unzips App provides more features and formats like 7z, RAR, 001 (Multi-Volume zip/rar), etc. Why do you need a 3rd party App when Apple provided one in Mac OS? The same answer as you use WinZip and WinRAR in windows rather than the native App in windows OS. zip file, either an Archive.zip or the name of your selected file or folder. Right-click, then you will see the right menu just like windows, select the compress … menu.Select the file or folder you want to compress.Suppose you want to zip a file to save more disk space or send a package of files to other people. You might want to change the default unarchived folder, find the Archive Utility App in your system, and change it in the preference. The file will be unzipped by a system default App - Archive Utility and the file will be decompressed to the same folder as the compressed file. Unzipping files on an Apple Mac computer is super easy. Unlike Windows OS, there is a default context menu with zip/unzip right-click the file, and you will find the unzip menu in Mac OS, you only can see the compress menu to zip the file.

How to open an EXE file on Mac? The Archive Utility of Mac OS Reading this article will help if you have the questions below when using Mac.

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