Opening a Zip File

MAC Apple OSX Macintosh zip compressed extract unzip open

Issue/Question

How do I download and open a compressed/zipped file?

Environment

macOS

Resolution

In your browser, right-click the link and choose Save Link As... or Download Linked File As... .
Open Finder to where the file was saved. Safari automatically unzips the file. For other browsers, double-click the file to unzip it.
A new folder will appear containing the contents of the zip file.

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Article ID: 180

Created

Fri 6/13/14 8:57 AM

Modified

Wed 7/29/20 1:22 PM

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