Files you download from the Internet are often compressed or zipped so that they take up less space and arrive much faster than files that haven’t been compressed. You can easily identify compressed files by their extensions, such as .zip (a common standard used in OS X and Windows) and .sit. Before you can use these files, you must learn how to unzip files on mac computers for proper access – luckily the process isn’t that complicated!
How to unzip files on mac computers
Unzipping a file on a mac computer is user-friendly and intuitive. To unzip files on a mac, simply follow the steps below:
The new Extract Files Action for OS X Automator allows you to extract any combination files by file extension or file type. This is very useful for video and photo workflows. For example you could extract all jpg, tiff and gif and then use another.
In addition to Mac OS X disk images (.dmg), HFSExplorer is able to open CD and DVD images (.iso,.cdr). (made for Mac) and extract files to Windows using three applications. Unzip RAR files on your Mac from the Context menu. With WinZip for Mac 2.0 or later, you can right-click (or press CTRL and click) your saved RAR files and use the Context Menu to unzip them. Click on Services at the bottom of the Context menu, then choose Unzip. Buy WinZip for Mac.
- Double click the zipped file.
- The file will automatically be decompressed by Archive Utility into the same folder the compressed file is in.
- Access the extracted files by clicking the appropriate icons.
Alternatively, if the method above does not work, you can right-click on the .zip package, and select Open With > Archive Utility (default).
Apple and third party software
Apple used to include a program called StuffIt Expander to decompress zipped files, but doesn’t now that OS X lets you unzip files (but not .sit files). However, StuffIt from SmithMicro Software still comes in handy for opening other types of compressed files, notably the .sit or .sitx compressed types. Go to www.stuffit-expander.com or www.stuffit.com/mac/index.html to download a free version of the software or to splurge for the Deluxe version. In addition to compressing files, StuffIt Deluxe lets you encrypt and back up files.
Meanwhile, you can archive or create your own .zip files through OS X, which is useful if you’re e-mailing a number of meaty files to a friend. Right-click (or Ctrl-click) files you want to compress inside Finder and choose Compress Filename. The newly compressed files carry the .zip extension. The archive is created in the same location as the original file and is named originalfilename.zip. You can also choose File→Compress. If you compress a lot of files at once, the archive takes the name Archive.zip.
By default, compressed files are opened with the Archive Utility. It appears in the Dock (in Leopard) while the files are being unsqueezed, unless you choose to open them with Stuffit Expander or some other program.
How to zip files on a mac
On the flip side, you can also archive or create your own .zip files through OS X, which is useful if you’re e-mailing a number of meaty files to a client or friend. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to easily zip files on a mac:
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- Right-click or Ctrl-click the multiple files you want to compress (whether on the desktop or inside the Finder).
- Select Compress Filename from the pop-up menu.
- The files are now compressed in a .zip extension and the archive is created in the same location as the original file name, except with the .zip appended to its name.
On some Apple computers, you can also compress a file by simply choosing File→Compress. If you compress a lot of files at once, the archive takes the name Archive.zip.
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Apple's macOS Developer Preview comes in an Apple DMG archive which cannot readily be accessed on Windows PCs, without DMG Extractor to extract the files from the DMG archive.
If you're a Windows user and you want to run macOS Developer Preview, you'll need DMG Extractor to extract the
Developer Preview.app
or the InstallESD.dmg
file in the same way that you'd open any DMG file on Windows.macOS / OS X Developer Preview is available on Apple's website for registered developers, and it's possible to run it on a Windows PC under certain conditions.
How to run OS X on a Windows Hackintosh
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Installing Mac OS on a non-Mac PC is a tricky task, even for technical users. MacBreaker has a complete myHack guide which may be helpful. More helpful instructions and tutorials on Hackintosh site.
How to run macOS on Windows with VMware
Sysprobs has an instructive guide to making OS X 10.9 bootable in VMware with a VMDK image, and describes how to boot Mavericks with Windows 7 or Windows 8. Check the guide here.
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How to run macOS on Windows with a Parallels Desktop virtual machine
Installing OS X 10.9 Mavericks Developer Preview in a blank virtual machine is not supported at this time.
Parallels offers a complete KB article on how to upgrade an OS X Virtual Machine to OS X Mavericks Developer Preview by simply creating a snapshot of an existing virtual machine and installing Mavericks on that.
Have you used different virtual machines to boot Mac OS X on Windows? If you have any tips and tricks on how you can easily get the OS X 10.9 Mavericks Developer Preview on a virtual machine please share them below.