How to forcibly decompress a compressed file (Zip)

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Created Mar ’22

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There are files that fail to decompress on Mac or iOS. Even using open source for iOS, they all fail. Clicking on the MacBook to open it fails.

However, some compression programs on Mac or PC will successfully decompress it.

Is there any way to forcefully open or decompress such a compressed file (Zip)?

I tried the Apple Archive method, but that method also fails with an error now. (Personally, I would like to be able to force such a file through the Apple archive.)

Answered by MobileTen in 707118022

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Mar ’22

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Mar ’22

I tried the Apple Archive method

Apple Archive, the developer API, does not support zip archives at all. I suspect you’re not asking about that but instead about macOS’s user-level features. If so, I agree with MobileTen that you’d be better off asking that over in Apple Support Communities.

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