As the title says, I'm looking for a way to open password protected 7zip archive. I have the password but cant seem to find an application to open it. So far I have tried the following applications: - Zipeg - Stuffit Expander - 7zx - ExpressZip - The Unarchiver I would prefer any free applications or solutions if possible Running OS 10.6.8

When I compress a large directory in OS X, like 5-6 GB the resulting archive cannot be browsed in Windows / Total Commander. It hangs the app and stays at 100% cpu usage, like its trying to extract it or something. Does anybody know whats causing this? Smaller zips that have like 2-3 GB can be browsed instantly.

I need an AppleScript to zip files (not folders) contained in several sub_subfolders. At the end of each day we have a main folder with a name like SR_2022_Oct_20 inside the main folder are sub folders for each senior photographed. Those subfolders contain multiple files and a sub_sub_ folder named jpg(whitespace prefixed). I need to zip the files that are inside each jpg folder, so it ends up containing the zip file plus the original .jpg files.
The folder structure looks like this:

main                # Format SR_yyyy_mmm_dd 
    ├── Senior1         # Format LastName_FirstName_ScoolCode 
    │   ├── \ jpg       # NOTE: whitespace as a prefix
    │   │   ├── one.jpg # All jpgs in that folder have to be zipped
    │   │   └── two.jpg # as "main/Senior1/ jpg/Senior1.zip"
    │   ├── one.CR2
    │   ├── three.CR2
    │   └── two.CR2
    └── Senior2         # Format LastName_FirstName_ScoolCode 
        ├── \ jpg       # NOTE: whitespace as a prefix
        │   ├── one.jpg
        │   └── two.jpg
        ├── one.CR2
        ├── three.CR2
        └── two.CR2

There can be 50 or 60 Senior folders in the main folder for each day.
The jpg folder has a space in front of the name
This is way beyond my limited scripting capabilities - any help is greatly appreciated.

I am looking for a software to handle archives on OS X. I know there are many of them quite easy to find, but none seems to have the most basic feature that most Windows archive applications have: browsing! I mean, most OS X unarchivers, when they open an archive, they just unzip it... then ask you for target location in the best case. What I want is something such as WinRAR or 7zip, which is basically an explorer (ie. Finder) that opens archives. What I want is precisely this! I want to be able to browse any archive without extracting it, opening files directly from the archive and then be able to modify it so that the file is *actually* modified in the archive. I want to be able to drag'n'drop a file to and from an archive to extract/add it. Those features are so useful when modifying directly JAR files contents, JAR files MANIFESTs, war webapps conf-files and so on... Thank you.

I maintain a free tool to produce books in DAISY format for the blind. One of the more widely-used DAISY reader programs is Dolphin EasyReader which has an iOS version. When "side-loading" a book into EasyReader (rather than obtaining it from a library listing), the user needs to point EasyReader at a ZIP file (with .zip extension) containing the DAISY book. Pointing EasyReader at an unpacked folder does not work. When blind users download a DAISY book produced by my tool, if they're on iOS, their device automatically unpacks the zip file into a folder. That causes confusion, because EasyReader needs to be given the *non*-unpacked .zip file. Currently, I add a file called 0000.txt containing my message about how if they're having trouble launching it in EasyReader then they should go up one level and find the original .zip file rather than the unpacked folder. But this was (a) hard to write without it looking like I'm disrespecting their operating system, (b) even harder to write in lots of different languages other than English and (c) still requires the user to take extra steps. I know Apple devices can be configured on the user side not to auto unpack .zip files, but rather than tell my users to change their settings, I'd much rather set something on my side if possible. Is there *anything* I can do to the zip file that says "hey iOS, if you're seeing this, please don't auto unpack this particular zip file" (but without actually corrupting the zip file because EasyReader still needs to unpack it)? (I'm unsure from the user reports whether the auto extraction is being performed by Safari or by Files. Either way, I'd like to stop it because in this particular case it's not helping. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be an option to change the extension as .zip is required by most DAISY readers.)

I have a large folder (1.8 million files, 40 GB on disk) that I want to archive for easy transfer. I can zip the folder using ditto like so:

ditto -c -k --sequesterRsrc --keepParent 2-experiment-logs 2-experiment-logs.zip

And I cannot split the archive using zip like so:

zip 2-experiment-logs.zip --out 2-experiments-logs-split.zip -s 1024m

Because I get an error like so:

zip warning: unexpected signature on disk 0 at 551121334

	zip warning: archive not in correct format: 2-experiment-logs.zip
	zip warning: (try -F to attempt recovery)

zip error: Zip file structure invalid (2-experiment-logs.zip)

How to fix this issue? Is there a way to create a split archive directly, without creating the monolithic archive as an intermediate step? https://ss64.com/mac/ditto.html

I had a crash a couple of years ago which resulted in a recovery from Backblaze (at the time). I have just discovered I didn't fully recover. I still have 3 zips, I only need parts of. This is an example from zipinfo:

-rw----     4.5 fat 32952031 bX defN 22-Jun-30 19:23 OWC MiniStack/Music/Tom Waits/Mule Variations/03. Waits Tom - Hold on.m4a

They're all CD rips. How would I unzip specific subfolders of the whole zip (i.e. /Tom Waits/)? The whole zip is:

fritzs-mac-pro_2022.4.2_8-15-20-30-13 - T

Looking to unpack a bunch of files.7z via terminal. Is there a command-line tool built in, available or I shall install an application that comes with a graphical interface?

When I tried to unzip a zip file in macOS 13.3.1, it shows an error like this: I have tried to unwrap this file using unzip command: > file file.zip file.zip: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate > unzip file.zip Archive: file.zip error [file.zip]: missing 332593792 bytes in zipfile (attempting to process anyway) error [file.zip]: attempt to seek before beginning of zipfile (please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly) Am I missing something? what should I do to fixed this issue? this is the zip file info: > ls -alh file.zip -rw-r--r--@ 1 xiaoqiangjiang staff 241K Jan 1 19:47 file.zip

I have the same problem which described [here](https://superuser.com/questions/872596/decompress-zip-with-given-encoding) . The only difference is I need to do this in MacOS. Basically, all files are encoded in non-utf8 and zipped on Windows. When I unzip it on MacOS, they won't be readable at all. I need to convert the encoding to utf-8 during unzip. I tried the command unzip -O GB18030 gb18030.zip which does not work on MacOS. I think it might because the unzip command in MacOS does not have the option -O.

I have files on a Mac that I want to copy via **AirDrop** to the ‘**Files**’ app on my iPhone for backup purposes. They are .html, .css, .js, and similar web formats. I do not need to modify these files on my iPhone, just archive them. I tried doing an AirDrop transfer of the whole folder, but that didn't work. Next I tried zipping the folder, but that didn't work either. What I mean specifically by "didn't work" is that after tapping Accept on the iPhone, instead of being allowed to choose a save location, I am only prompted to choose an app to open the files with. Like this: AirDrop - Open with... Cancel QuickText Update (adding screenshots):
Then... I don't want to try to open those files with QuickText. I simply want to save them to a folder. What can I do instead to accomplish the archiving of the folder (or .zip) onto the iPhone? macOS 12.6, iOS 14.8

I want to zip a folder (any folder). When I try to do so I get: > couldn't communicate with a helper application Also, when I try to copy any folder I get exactly the following: > Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “” can’t be read or written. (Error code -36) I've tried * restarting finder * restarting the computer * shutting down and then re-opening the computer * checking file and folder permissions (both read and write) * showing hidden files, none show up * running dot_clean command Both errors persist and only apply to folders (copying/zipping files is fine). I have no idea/direction on how to solve them. I can only think it could be related to having recently changed my Apple ID password. The Terminal zip command works fine on both folders and files.

For example, if I want to zip /Users/admin/Downloads/Backup, and I am at /Users/admin/, I could: zip -r downloads.zip /Users/admin/Downloads/Backup and if I unzip downloads.zip I would get a Users folder and have a Users => admin => Downloads => Backup structure. This is particularly undesirable behavior if I want to create an installation zip file for TWRP. So instead I will have to: cd /Users/admin/Downloads/Backup; zip -r /Users/admin/downloads.zip .; cd /Users/admin/ This doesn’t feel like what a pro would do. What can I do to zip a folder while maintaining its file structure?

I need to create a script that searches and removes __MACOSX and .DS_Store from zip files in the whole system (MACOS). I have found this useful command that does the job but only if you are already in the directory of the file: for f in *.zip; do zip -d "$f" "__MACOSX*"; done I need to implement the search command and combine it with this one. Thanks in advance.

I am having trouble quietly zipping a large zip file which needs fixing. I have a large zip file that needs fixing so I can use -FF flag: zip -FF TEST.zip --out TEST_fixed.zip If I want to suppress the print statements I can add the -q flag zip -q -FF TEST.zip --out TEST_fixed_quiet.zip But the resulting file is empty: $ unzip -q TEST_fixed_quiet.zip warning [TEST_fixed_quiet.zip]: zipfile is empty This is not the expected behavior for the -FF flag. Zipping TEST.zip with -FF and without -q yields the correct non-empty archive. Zipping TEST.zip with -F and -q yields the correct non-empty archive. So how can I zip a file quietly with the -FF flag and without destroying it in the process?

I have a zip file, within it I have another zip file, and within that file I have a txt file. When I unzip the outermost file with Apple's archive utility, it unarchives the inner files automatically. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

Why can't I compress/zip a zero byte file which is located in an external exFat drive in Mac OS ? I keep getting this error, The operation couldn’t be completed. Undefined error: 0. I have some marker files I require which don't contain any data so I need them. I am able to compress the same folder within my internal hard disk with no problems. I am using a Mac m1 max with Monterey 12.4. I have tried it with the p7zip tool from 7zip.com and it works. It just doesn't work with the native compression tool.

I compiled the following script to zip multiple folders with only their contents. (*So for instance, folder X containing files A, B and C will form a zip file containing A, B and C and not folder X as a parent.*) on run {input, parameters} tell application "Finder" set theItems to selection repeat with i from 1 to (count of theItems) set theItem to (item i of theItems) as alias set itemPath to quoted form of POSIX path of theItem set fileName to name of theItem set theFolder to POSIX path of (container of theItem as alias) set zipFile to quoted form of (theFolder & fileName & ".zip") do shell script "zip -jr " & zipFile & " " & itemPath delete (item i of theItems) end repeat end tell return input end run By testing it with a simple folder and a few random files, the script works fine. But when the folder contains a lot of files, the following error pops up: > 'zip warning: first full name: /Users/laurens/Desktop/Test folder/.DS_Store second full name: /Users/laurens/Desktop/Test folder/story_content/.DS_Store name in zip file repeated: .DS_Store this may be a result of using -j > > zip error: Invalid command arguments (cannot repeat names in zip > file)' I checked the same folder on Windows (through Parallels), and I can't see any .DS_Store files, also I'm not sure why the script refers to those files instead of the folders... I'm not sure what to make of this.

I have a list of URLs saved in a text file separated by spaces, and I would like to download every single one to my iPad as a zip file. How can I do that?

I am trying to create an automator based workflow whereby I create archives of folders but exclude certain files from the final archive. I would also like to specify the files or folders to exclude (e.g. ".cvs" or ".git" or ".psd" etc). Here's how I have currently tried to do it, but cannot get step2 below working: 1. I specify a folder to scan and archive. 2. Automator/script recursively filters out certain files which I can specify (e.g. ".cvs" or ".git") 3. Automator creates an archive of the remaining files from step2. Im certain there must be an easy way of achieving this with automator - any assistance would be appreciated.