# Unzip zip, RAR and 7z files on Mac without uploading | Whizra

> To unzip zip, RAR and 7z files on a Mac, double-tap the right Option key and type “unzip it”. Like Finder's Archive Utility: one thing inside lands…

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# Unzip zip, RAR and 7z files on Mac

To unzip zip, RAR and 7z files on a Mac, double-tap the right Option key and type “unzip it”. Like Finder's Archive Utility: one thing inside lands next to the archive as itself ("Tax 2026.zip" becomes the folder "Tax 2026"); several things go in a folder named after the archive. Nothing is overwritten: if the name is taken, you get "Tax 2026 2".

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## How to do it
1. Select the files in Finder, pick them with @ in the bar, or name them in plain words ("my last pdf").
2. Double-tap the right Option key to open the bar.
3. Type “unzip it”.
4. Press Return. The new file appears next to the original.

### Type
- unzip it
- unzip it with password 1234
- extract the rar
- open the 7z
- unzip my last download

### What you get

Like Finder's Archive Utility: one thing inside lands next to the archive as itself ("Tax 2026.zip" becomes the folder "Tax 2026"); several things go in a folder named after the archive. Nothing is overwritten: if the name is taken, you get "Tax 2026 2".

Opens .zip (password zips too, ZipCrypto and AES-256), .rar (RAR4 and RAR5), .7z, .tar and .tar.gz. It uses the archive reader built into macOS, so nothing else is installed.

Safe by default: nothing inside can be written outside the new folder, links inside the archive are left out, and so are the Mac's extras (__MACOSX folders, ._ files, .DS_Store). Files from a download keep macOS's "downloaded from the internet" mark, so an app inside is still checked before it opens.

No password said for a locked zip: Whizra says so and asks you to say it. A wrong password: it says the password didn't open it.

For a password zip, say the password in your sentence: “unzip it with password 1234”.

### The free Mac way

Finder opens a plain .zip with a double-click (Archive Utility). It can't open .rar or .7z, so people install The Unarchiver or Keka (both free). In Terminal, tar -xf file.rar also works for many archives.

### Limits
- Password-protected RAR and 7z files can't be opened yet; Whizra says so and names The Unarchiver, which can.
- Stops if what's inside would be over 64 GB.

## Questions

**Is my file uploaded?**

No. Whizra does the job on your Mac, and your files never leave it. The only thing the app sends is your license key check.

**Does it change the original?**

No. The original is never changed or overwritten, and Undo takes the job back.

**What can't it do?**

Password-protected RAR and 7z files can't be opened yet; Whizra says so and names The Unarchiver, which can. Stops if what's inside would be over 64 GB.

**Is there a free way on a Mac?**

Finder opens a plain .zip with a double-click (Archive Utility). It can't open .rar or .7z, so people install The Unarchiver or Keka (both free). In Terminal, tar -xf file.rar also works for many archives.

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