ZipGood FAQ

ZipGood is a native archive utility for macOS that lets you compress, extract, and encrypt files, with support for multiple archive formats and macOS Finder context-menu actions.

ZipGood requires macOS 13.0 or later and runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

ZipGood is available on the Mac App Store for $3.99 as a one-time purchase. There is no subscription.

ZipGood is distributed through the Mac App Store. You can find it by searching for "ZipGood" in the App Store app on your Mac.

ZipGood is available in multiple interface languages, including English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Portuguese. The interface language can be changed in Settings → General → Language.

ZipGood can create archives in 14 output formats: 7z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, Brotli, Zstandard, LRZIP, WIM, AAR, DMG and ISO.

ZipGood can open and extract RAR, 7z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZMA, LZIP, Brotli, Zstandard, LZ4, LRZIP, WIM, CAB, ISO and DMG archives.

Yes. ZipGood can open and extract RAR archives on macOS, including password-protected RAR archives and split RAR volumes such as .part1.rar.

No. RAR is an extraction-only format in ZipGood. To create a compressed archive, use 7z or ZIP, both of which ZipGood can create with AES-256 encryption.

Yes. ZipGood can create 7z archives with a configurable compression method, optional solid archives, AES-256 encryption, optional header encryption and split volumes.

Yes. ZipGood joins split archives automatically. For a split ZIP archive, open the .z01 volume and ZipGood handles the remaining parts.

Yes. ZipGood can open and extract both ISO and DMG disk images, and can also create new ISO and DMG images.

No. Encrypted LRZIP archives can only be decrypted by the lrzip command-line tool. Unencrypted .lrz files work normally in ZipGood.

ZipGood uses AES-256 encryption for 7z archives and for ZIP archives, and can also create encrypted DMG disk images.

Yes. ZipGood can create AES-256 encrypted 7z and ZIP archives, and encrypted DMG disk images. You can also enable header encryption for 7z archives to hide the file list itself.

Passwords are stored exclusively in the macOS Keychain, encrypted by the system. They are never written to plain files and never transmitted.

The password book is a list of passwords, stored in the macOS Keychain, that ZipGood tries silently when opening an encrypted archive. Only if none of them work does it prompt you to type a password.

Yes. ZipGood adds compress, encrypt and extract commands to the macOS Finder context menu, so archive actions can run without opening the app.

Open System Settings → General → Login Items & Extensions, scroll to Extensions → Finder and enable ZipGood. The commands then appear when you right-click a file or folder in the Finder.

No. Quick actions run headless. Progress is shown on the Dock icon and a sound plays when the task finishes.

Drag files or folders onto the ZipGood window or its Dock icon, choose an output format, configure the per-format options, and click Compress. ZipGood remembers your options per format.

Double-click the archive, drop it on the ZipGood Dock icon, or right-click it in the Finder and choose a ZipGood extract command. If the archive is encrypted, ZipGood tries your saved passwords first.

ZipGood appends a number instead of overwriting your data, so you get "Archive 2.zip", "Archive 3.zip" and so on.

ZipGood follows your chosen policy on name conflicts: rename, overwrite or skip.

Next to the archive by default. macOS sandboxing may ask you to grant access to the folder once; ZipGood remembers your choice securely.

Yes. ZipGood can create split volumes for 7z and ZIP archives, and joins split archives automatically when extracting.

No. ZipGood collects no personal data. The product description states that the app has no analytics, no tracking and no network access, and the Mac App Store privacy disclosure is listed as "Data Not Collected."

Yes. ZipGood does not require network access for archive processing. The app works fully offline.

No. Archives and the files inside them are processed locally by the compression engines bundled inside the app. No file content is uploaded, shared or inspected.

No. ZipGood has no accounts and no sign-in. You download it from the Mac App Store and start using it.

Yes. ZipGood is sandboxed and hardened. Folder access is granted by you, folder by folder, and remembered as a security-scoped bookmark.