If you want to view the file more carefully, you can use the man command to confirm. From here, you can extract the contents to another location on your hard drive using the Extract button at the top. This opens 7-zip and displays the contents of the archive. If you want to unzip the file, use the following command: 7z x test.7z Right-click the file, point to the 7-Zip submenu, and then click the Open Archive command.

You can install it as following: brew install p7zipĪfter installation, if you want to compress the file (assuming it is the test/ folder), you can use the following command: 7z a test.7z test/

The Unarchiver can be downloaded directly from the App Store, and the file format of The Unarchiver can be selected in advance. 7z, you must use a dedicated software (or command line program) to decompress it.īelow I will introduce The Unarchiver, a tool that can be installed in the App Store, and the p7zip command line tool that can be installed through Homebrew. If you want to decompress a compressed file like. There is a pre-installed decompression tool in Mac OS, but it is mainly for zip files.

Mac install 7zip