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Extract Files With DR Unarchiver

Dr Unarchiver is a free app that allows users to view the contents of zip archives, extract specific files without extracting the entire archive, and password protect zip files. It can open most archive file types like zip, rar, 7z, and gzip. Key features include being able to quick view files, extract only selected items, and share extracts on social media directly from the app. Password protection for zip files must be done from the Terminal app.

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Extract Files With DR Unarchiver

Dr Unarchiver is a free app that allows users to view the contents of zip archives, extract specific files without extracting the entire archive, and password protect zip files. It can open most archive file types like zip, rar, 7z, and gzip. Key features include being able to quick view files, extract only selected items, and share extracts on social media directly from the app. Password protection for zip files must be done from the Terminal app.

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Dr Unarchiver

Extract files with Dr Unarchiver


How to use Dr Unarchiver to view files in archives and extract them quickly and easily
Difficulty Although it is possible to create zip archives and extract the
contents using the macOS user interface, two very important
Time needed features are missing. One is password protection. You cannot
lock a zip with a password to prevent people from accessing

5 the files it contains. Password protection is important if you


want to send zip files over the internet.
The other missing feature is the ability to extract only the files
Download available you need. Suppose a zip contains 100 files and you need just
one. You have to extract all the files and drag 99 to the Trash
just to get the one you want. Dr Unarchiver enables you to view
the contents of zips and extract only the files you need.

Step-by-step Extract files from zip archives

1 Install and run 2 Open a zip 3 Quick view files


Dr Unarchiver can be installed from the Mac If there is a zip file on the desktop or in a Finder Quick Look works just the same as with
App Store for free. After adding it, click it in the window, drag it to Dr Unarchiver and drop it. Finder. Select any file in the archive, press the
Applications folder or in Launchpad. It opens The files and folders inside are listed and you spacebar and it opens in a preview window.
with an almost blank window. can see the contents. Almost any file can be viewed like this.

4 Extract a file 5 Share a file 6 Post to Facebook


Select one or more files and click the ‘Extract’ Files in zips can be shared on social media and In the small window that appears, enter a
button in the toolbar. The ‘Options’ button with other apps. For example, select an image comment to go with the item that is being
enables you to choose whether to extract all in a zip archive and click the ‘Share’ button. shared, such as a caption for the photo. Set
archive items or just selected ones. Let’s share it in a Facebook post. the options, such as Public and Post.

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Zip is just one type of archive file and there are many more, like RAR, 7z,
CAB and GZIP. Dr Unarchiver can handle most of them.

Get to know Dr Unarchiver Open zips


Any zip, even password protected ones, can
Features and preferences for this handy unarchiver be opened in two ways. Drag the zip to the
Dr Unarchiver window or right-click a zip file
and select ‘Open With>Dr Unarchiver.app’.

View zip contents


When zips are opened the contents
are listed. Some items that look
like files in Finder, such as Pages
documents, are really folders. Treat
Sort the contents
them like files. Select one and press
The files and folders in the zip archive
space to view them.
can be sorted by clicking the column
headings. Click again to reverse the
sort order. Sort by name, size, date
or kind to find the files you need.

Monitor downloads
Go to the Dr Unarchiver menu and
select Preferences. There is an option
to monitor the downloads folder.
When zips are downloaded you are
asked if you want to extract them. It’s
your choice.

Knowledge base
Terminal tips
Navigating folders in Terminal
is easy when you know how.
Type CD followed by a space,
then drag a folder and drop it
on the Terminal window. Press
Enter and it makes it the current
folder. When specifying what
files to add to the zip, * means
any file, *.jpg means any .jpg
image, and so on. A star saves
typing filenames.

Password
protect archives
Zip archives can be password protected. This does not
prevent anyone from opening the zip. However, it does
prevent people from accessing any files within it. Double-
click a password-protected zip and macOS immediately
prompts for a password to continue. Dr Unarchiver asks for it
when you try to extract files. If you want to send private files
by email, password protect them in zips first. 1 Use Terminal 2 Create a zip
Zip archives can only be password protected from Type ‘zip -e name.zip file(s)’ to create a zip
“If you want to send private the command line, not the graphical interface. archive. You are asked to enter the password

files by email, password Open Terminal in the Applications/Utilities folder.


Change to the folder containing the files you want
twice to confirm it, then the files are added. Use
a * to add all files and -er to include folders and
protect them in zips first” using CD, such as CD desktop. subfolders. For example, ‘zip -e files.zip *’.

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