This is true for the built-in simple Apple "Archive Utility" application, and also for the very popular and more capable third-party utility called "The Unarchiver", which I have always installed on a new Mac to increase the number of different archive formats that I can easily extract. In the Finder on macOS, by default any archive file types (such as zip files) that you try to "open" are just instantly extracted into the current folder without actually "opening" in an application window and going through extra steps. It is a very "smooth" world to live in, for most everyday desktop activities. I come at this from the perspective of living mostly in macOS for a couple of decades now. I think it depends on whether your chosen file browser conforms to current Linux desktop standards. The solution presented here, as far as I know, is relevant for many desktop environments (e.g., Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, probably others) and different file browsers/managers (e.g., Nemo, Nautilus, Thunar, probably others). Scroll down below to "THE SOLUTION" if you don't care about the discussion part. There's a lot of wordy talkie-talkie here describing what the issue is and why I wanted to find the solution, and trying to explain to an inexperienced user exactly how to implement it. I'm going to document this solution thoroughly, for my own benefit if nothing else. I googled around and couldn't find a good answer to this problem, so I'm going to write up the solution(s) I found here. With the solution in this tutorial, I don't have to (this is for quick archive extraction, I have Kinto.sh that fixes the other keyboard shortcuts for renaming, duplicating, and creating new folders and stuff). In other words, I don't like using mouse-based context menus for things I'm doing constantly in a file browser, like making new folders, renaming files, and extracting archives into the current folder. Because the Mac archivers just automatically extract archives without displaying a window. I also know why it doesn't need to exist in the Finder context menu. And yes, I know exactly where it is, where it has always been in Linux and Windows. The entire point of this tutorial is that I absolutely DO NOT want to have to constantly access the right-click context menu with the mouse (trackpad) to get to the "Extract Here" function. DOES NOT EXTRACT.įinder: Double-click or hit Enter on selected archive file: Immediately extracts in current folder. Linux: Double-click or hit Enter on selected archive file: Opens in archive utility. Tl dr version for those who don't understand how easy it is to extract archives on macOS:
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