ZIP files are necessary for combining multiple files together into one downloadable file. You can get many files in one lump while also compressing the file to allow. Advertisement A friend recently asked me why he couldn’t open.ZIP files on his Mac without them automatically extracting, so it was time to find a solution. If you’re coming to OS X from Windows, this can be particularly annoying where you’re spoiled for choice and have. It turns out that there are a few solutions to this problem, all of which require you to install a third party software. If you’ve been looking for a way of keeping your Downloads folder tidier, these apps should help. A Note for Safari Users By default, Safari enables a setting that means all “safe” downloads are opened once complete which includes.ZIP files. If you’re using Safari and don’t like it when your.ZIPs auto-extract on completion, open the browser, and in the menu bar head to Safari > Preferences > General and untick the “Open safe files after downloading” check box. (Free) Zipeg is a universal file opener for.ZIP and.RAR archives, though it opens a whole range of compressed file extensions. This includes the obvious.7Z,.TAR and.CBZ comic book files but also.ISO disk images and the more obscure.ARJ,.RPM and.CHM formats (among others). The app is available completely free of charge, and is tested as working on OS X 10.9 Mavericks. The app has been designed for the sole purpose of opening and selecting files to extract, and does the job without too many bells or whistles. The app can be set as the default file handler for.ZIP and other file extensions from within the app, though unfortunately drag and drop support isn’t there. The app offers a few quirks in the way of sound effects and a handy “hover over” preview for images that includes EXIF information. I had trouble downloading Zipeg as the homepage download link was broken. You should be able to download it directly using or via. Peek Inside With (Free) Another useful tweak for handling.ZIP files (at least in a read-only sense) comes from BetterZip, who produce the $20 archive tool featured below. The company has released a free Quick Look tweak which allows you to use the default OS X preview action (spacebar on a highlighted file) to generate a list of the archive’s contents. Justin recently Bolster your Mac's Quick Look function with better file support. If there's a format you wish you could preview, there's probably a plugin for the job., and this an excellent example of that. To install, download the.ZIP archive, unpack the “BetterZipQL.qlgenerator” file and place it into your /Library/QuickLook folder (you may need to create this folder) then execute the following command in terminal ( Applications > Utilities > Terminal): qlmanage -r If you can’t find the OS X library, open a Finder window and in the menu bar at the top of the screen click Go then hold the “Option” key. You should see the Library option appear for as long as you hold the key – click it. Once installed, you can highlight any.ZIP or other archive file and hit spacebar to see a preview of that archive. You can’t extract files using this method, but it’s a handy tweak nonetheless. ($20, free trial) BetterZip might cost $20, but you’ll have a whole 30-days to figure out whether or not it’s worth that much to you. The app is rather lightweight and speedy, featuring a file browsing interface that supports drag-and-drop straight onto the desktop or into a Finder window of your choice. There’s a search function for trawling through large archives, the ability to add quick links to folders in the left-hand pane and support for a large number of archive file extensions.
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Март 2019
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