Mac archive guides
Each guide answers one question, gives the answer immediately, and then documents the steps. They are written to be useful to a person and quotable by a search engine or an AI assistant.
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How to Compress Files on Mac
Learn how to compress files and folders on macOS with ZipGood. Create archives in 7z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP, XZ, Zstandard, DMG, ISO and more, with per-format options.
How to Create a ZIP File on Mac
Learn how to create ZIP files on macOS with ZipGood, including AES-256 encrypted ZIP archives and split ZIP volumes.
How to Open RAR Files on Mac
Learn how to open and extract RAR files on macOS with ZipGood, including password-protected and split RAR archives.
How to Open 7z Files on Mac
Learn how to open and extract 7z files on macOS with ZipGood, including AES-256 encrypted and split 7z archives.
How to Extract ZIP Files on Mac
Learn how to extract ZIP files on macOS, including encrypted ZIP archives and handling file-name conflicts.
How to Password-Protect a ZIP File on Mac
Learn how to create a password-protected ZIP file on macOS with AES-256 encryption using ZipGood.
How to Create an Encrypted 7z Archive on Mac
Learn how to create an AES-256 encrypted 7z archive on macOS with ZipGood, including header encryption to hide file names.
How to Create a Split Archive on Mac
Learn how to create a split (multi-volume) archive on macOS with ZipGood so large archives fit attachment and upload limits.
How to Extract a Split Archive on Mac
Learn how to extract a split or multi-volume archive on macOS with ZipGood, including .7z.001, .z01 and .part1.rar archives.
How to Use ZipGood with the Finder on Mac
Learn how to enable and use the ZipGood Finder context-menu extension on macOS to compress, encrypt and extract without opening the app.
What the guides cover
- Compressing — creating archives in 7z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP, XZ, Zstandard, DMG and ISO.
- Extracting — opening ZIP, RAR, 7z and split archives, including encrypted ones.
- Encryption — AES-256 for 7z and ZIP, plus encrypted DMG disk images.
- Split archives — creating volumes and joining them again automatically.
- Finder integration — enabling and using the ZipGood Finder extension.