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In the Yuzu app

Yuzu DragAvailable · v1.1.24Convert, shrink and share files while you drag them.Yuzu ClipboardBeta · v1.1.24Search local clipboard history and Tolaria notes, with QR Codes and Yuzu actions.Yuzu AwakeBeta · v1.1.24Keep your Mac awake for a call, a render or a long read.Yuzu MagicMenuBeta · v1.1.24New file, Move To and Copy To right in the Finder context menu.

Standalone apps

Yuzu ShotBeta · v0.1.6Capture any part of the screen and annotate it on the spot.Yuzu SumBeta · v0.5.0A notepad calculator that understands money and units.Yuzu SyncAvailable · v1.0.9Folder sync for external disks and NAS.Yuzu NTFSBeta · v0.1.2Read and write NTFS disks on Mac with an FSKit extension.
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Zip and unzip files on Mac: Finder and Yuzu Drag

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Zip and unzip files on Mac: Finder and Yuzu Drag

To zip and unzip files on Mac, start with Finder: compress a selection or open a received ZIP. Yuzu Drag adds ZIP, TAR and GZ creation and supported archive extraction to the same drag workflow as other file tasks.

Built-in Finder method

Select a file, folder or group of files, then Control-click and choose Compress. Finder creates a ZIP copy while leaving the selected originals in place. Double-click a received ZIP archive to open it with the built-in archive utility.

Before sending, open the archive yourself and check its contents. Watch for extra nested folders and unintended private files. Packaging a folder does not make its contents private or necessarily make already-compressed media much smaller.

What Yuzu adds

OperationSupported choices
Create an archiveZIP, TAR or GZ
Extract an archiveZIP, TAR, GZ, TGZ, RAR, 7Z, BZ2 or XZ

The GZ choice creates a gzip-compressed TAR file with a .tar.gz extension, so it can contain folders or several files. It is not a bare gzip stream of one file.

Archive creation is available as a fallback for files and folders. Extraction has safety limits, and password-protected archives are unsupported. If an archive cannot be extracted, check the source and obtain an unprotected copy or use a suitable trusted archive utility. Do not remove security protections merely to open an unfamiliar download.

Create or extract with the wheel

  1. Select the files or folder in Finder and begin dragging.
  2. Tap ⇧ for Convert, then drop on the desired archive choice.
  3. To unpack a supported archive, begin dragging the archive and tap ⌘ for Tools.
  4. Drop on Extract and check the resulting contents before using them.

Creating an archive produces a new file; your originals remain. Keep the received archive until you have confirmed that the extracted files are complete and readable. Leave enough free disk space for both the archive and its expanded contents.

Use file actions when your next step is moving a prepared archive between folders. If your aim is a smaller picture or movie rather than a package of files, start with image tools or video tools.

More file tasks

CapabilityInputOutputNetwork
Create GZ archive*gz—
Create TAR archive*tar—
Create ZIP archive*zip—
Extract archiveszip, tar, gz, tgz, rar, 7z, bz2, xz——