Comments on: MacMost Now 167: Using the Archive Utility

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:30:31 +0000

Not sure what you mean by “trying to load” — Is it a file? Have you tried to delete it? Or is it just running (have you not shut down in a long time?)

By: John Harnden

John Harnden — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:46:16 +0000

I have a program that is trying to load on my imac 8,1 an the program is : Unarching “Attachments_2011_08_22.zip” I have had this on the mac for over 6months and I try to load it not even knowing where it came from or how it apperaed on my screen. What shoulld I do? (it is under Archive Utility)

By: J hallford

J hallford — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:48:02 +0000

It’s not in my Activity Monitor

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:59:16 +0000

It is part of Mac OS X. See 0:45 to see exactly where.

By: Bonze22

Bonze22 — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:39:58 +0000

Where can i get archive utility?!?

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:01:34 +0000

I experienced using the archive utility yesterday and will never use it again. As a print designer working with large file that reach 1Gb is size sometimes, compression is essential when doing ftp transfers.

I found out the archive utility is very unstable, buggy, freezes the whole system and finder and overrides my stuffit software. By embedding that feature in the OS, apple rather doing us a disservice, since it is not reliable.

Been using a Mac for over 15 years btw, and am technically proficient. I use a Mac Pro 8 core + 14gb ram. So hardware requirement was not an issue.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:44:34 +0000

Really appreciate it. Thanks!

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:34:11 +0000

Yes. In Safari preferences, General, uncheck Open safe files after downloading.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:20:31 +0000

Is there a way to download a zipped file without having the archive utility automatically extract it? So that it downloads as a .zip file?

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:02:09 +0000

See episode 52: http://macmost.com/opening-windows-mail-attachments.html

By: Vibhinna

Vibhinna — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:58:25 +0000

can I use this to extract .rar files?
Because,I’m not able to select the rar file in the extact file window..

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:30:48 +0000

Hard to tell. Could just be one corrupt .zip file. Try restarting. Try another option (like the free Stuffit Expander).

By: lorraine

lorraine — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:41:35 +0000

When I try to unarchive a zip file it starts the long blue line but wont finish, cancel button is unavailable. I have to constantly force quit but never get to unarchive my file. Archive utility was working perfectly all day until it started doing this, now won’t open any file. please help. Many thanks.

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:05:50 +0000

There may be something wrong with the file, or it may not be compatible with Archive Utility. Check in with the source of the file.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:03:44 +0000

I am trying to open a compressed file. When I double-click on it, archive utility begins to open, but then closes. A new file is created, but when I click on that one, the same process takes place. New files are created but won’t open, and the archive utility continues to close before it opens. How do I get archive utility to not crash so I can access the compressed file?

By: dustin

dustin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:12:11 +0000

Thanks for this video! Needed help because i couldn’t find it in applications. Also thanks for talking about the options. Saved me a lot of time!

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:46:08 +0000

Command+Option+Esc.

By: Tricia O'Neill

Tricia O'Neill — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:39:35 +0000

My Archive Utility has crashed – so how do I force quit it? What is the procedure as I have tried and tried to shut down my computer but it just cancels the shut down command. Many Thanks.

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:11:06 +0000

Just move the files after you extract them, or rename the folder.

By: Sagar Shah

Sagar Shah — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:30:48 +0000

I have a Mac OS X 10.6. When I try to archive a zipped file, it automatically creates a new folder and the extracted files are within it. But, I want to extract the zipped file within another folder and with a different name? How can I do that?

Thank You.

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:34:21 +0000

It is probably in a different spot in Tiger (OS 10.4). You could simply restart — or log in and log out. Otherwise, run Activity Monitor and see if it is there, select it and kill the process from there. But restarting does all that for you.

By: Tim Richards

Tim Richards — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:31:53 +0000

I have a window open with title of Archive Utility. In upper left corner no red button avail. Yellow and green r avail. Message says: Unarchiving “03290000738-698413-39946.zip”… Cancel button unavailable. Force Quit does not list Archive Utility as option. Program is not located in HD-System-Library as in your video. How do I get this Utility to stop running? Mac OS X 10.4.11

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:31:36 +0000

Looks like the Archive Utility crashed. Just force quit it.

By: Max Comia

Max Comia — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:36:33 +0000

I accidental unzipped one of my attachments. This causes my computer not to shut down. What appears on the screen is archive utility cancels the shut down command. Another thing that continuously to appear is the frame that says unarchiving “attachments_2010_02_03.zip…

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:08:31 +0000

It should preserve the file exactly as it is. But this is easy to test — just try it and see.

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:39:01 +0000

My question is: does the archiver preserve acls, resrc forks, etc.

Real question, does OS X contain an archiver which preserves all file attributes IN an archive?