Working with Zipped Files and Folders in OS 10: A Guide to Simplifying Your Experience

As someone who has spent a fair amount of time working with zipped files and folders in OS 10, I can attest that it can be a frustrating experience. One of the things that bothers me the most about OS 10 is that working with zipped archives is just a mess. For example, when you unzip a file or folder, you not only get the unzipped file but you also keep the zip file and I don't like that. I want to get rid of it. I've unzipped it, I'm done with it.

Another issue I have with OS 10 is that you can't by default specify where you want files to unzip to, and they always go into the folder which the zipped folder is into, and that's not my favorite either. So, in this article, I'll show you how you can actually fix these problems and change these preferences.

To start, let's take a look at where we can find the Archive Utility application. If you open up a new finder window and go into the system folder in Macintosh HD, then library, and then core services, what you'll find is a lot of different system level applications that you normally can't find. And in here, Archive Utility is one of them.

By default, when you unarchive a folder, Archive Utility quits automatically. However, if you open it up from Core Services, it stays open, and then you can go up to the Archive Utility menu and select preferences. This is where all those elusive options are located.

For example, let's say I want to save my expanded files always to my desktop. I can choose that from here. Maybe I want to after expanding move the archive to trash. Now, I can do that. Maybe I hate revealing expanded items into finder that way it always pops up a new finder window when you whenever you unarchive something. I don't like that.

Let's say that when I want to archive stuff, I want to use the zip archive format. These are all options I can change right from within these preferences, and it's really nice. This solves a lot of my problems with Archive Utility, and hopefully, it'll solve yours too.

Now, if you want to get a little bit more in depth, let's take a look at what happens when you right click on Archive Utility and hit show package contents in the contents folder, then in the resources folder. You'll find archives.pref pan. If you open it up in my case, it gives me an error because I already have it installed, but what it will let you do is install a system preferences pane under the other category that lets you manage these same preferences right within System Preferences.

So, if you don't want to bother going to Core Services every time you want to change something, you can do it right from here. And last but not least, if you don't like using Archive Utility at all and you want something different, you can right click on any compressed folder go open with and then App Store. What it will do is launch up the App Store, and it will show you every app on the App Store that can perform the same function as Archive Utility.

Personally, I've used The Unarchiver before, and it works pretty well. So, I can recommend that if you're looking for a little more functionality. This is a nice place to look on the App Store. And there you have it - how to make working with zipped files in OS 10 a little bit less painful.

If there's anything that you'd like to see me do a how-to on, make sure to send me an email. I hope you found this video useful and thank you for watching.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone this is michael with call to mac here and today i'm going to show you how you can make working with zipped files and folders in os 10 a little less painful so one of the things that bothers me the most about os 10 is that working with zipped archives is just a mess for example when you unzip a file or folder you not only get the unzipped file but you also keep the zip file and i don't like that i want to get rid of it i've unzipped it i'm done with it and also you can't by default specify where you want files to unzip to and they always go into the folder which the zipped folder is into and that's not my favorite either so i'm going to show you here how you can actually fix this and change these preferences so if you open up a new finder window and you go into the system folder in macintosh hd and then library and then core services what you'll find is a lot of different system level applications that you normally can't find and in here is archive utility now by default when you unarchive a folder archive utility quits automatically but if you open it up from core services it stays open and then you can go up to the archive utility menu and select preferences now in here is where you find all those elusive options for example let's say i want to save my expanded files always to my desktop i can choose that from here maybe i want to after expanding move the archive to trash now i can do that maybe i hate revealing expanded items into finder that way it always pops up a new finder window when you whenever you unarchive something i don't like that let's say that when i want to archive stuff i want to use the zip archive format these are all options i can change right from within these preferences and it's really nice and this solves a lot of my problems with archive utility and hopefully it'll solve yours too now if you want to get a little bit more in depth if you right click on archive utility and hit show package contents in the contents folder and then in the resources folder you'll find archives.pref pan and if you open it up in my case it gives me an error because i already have it installed but what it'll let you do is install a system preferences pane under the other category that lets you manage these same preferences right within system preferences so if you don't want to bother going to core services every time you want to change something you can do it right from here and last but not least if you don't like using archive utility at all and you want something different you can right click on any compressed folder go open with and then app store and what it'll do is it'll launch up the app store and it'll show you every app on the app store that can perform the same function as archive utility personally i've used the unarchiver before and it works pretty well so i can recommend that but if you're looking for a little more functionality uh this is a nice place to look on the app store so there you go there's how to make working with zipped files in os 10 a little bit less painful hopefully this helped you out as always if there's anything that you'd like to see me do a how-to on make sure to send me an email this is michael with cult and mac i hope you found this video useful and thank you for watchinghey everyone this is michael with call to mac here and today i'm going to show you how you can make working with zipped files and folders in os 10 a little less painful so one of the things that bothers me the most about os 10 is that working with zipped archives is just a mess for example when you unzip a file or folder you not only get the unzipped file but you also keep the zip file and i don't like that i want to get rid of it i've unzipped it i'm done with it and also you can't by default specify where you want files to unzip to and they always go into the folder which the zipped folder is into and that's not my favorite either so i'm going to show you here how you can actually fix this and change these preferences so if you open up a new finder window and you go into the system folder in macintosh hd and then library and then core services what you'll find is a lot of different system level applications that you normally can't find and in here is archive utility now by default when you unarchive a folder archive utility quits automatically but if you open it up from core services it stays open and then you can go up to the archive utility menu and select preferences now in here is where you find all those elusive options for example let's say i want to save my expanded files always to my desktop i can choose that from here maybe i want to after expanding move the archive to trash now i can do that maybe i hate revealing expanded items into finder that way it always pops up a new finder window when you whenever you unarchive something i don't like that let's say that when i want to archive stuff i want to use the zip archive format these are all options i can change right from within these preferences and it's really nice and this solves a lot of my problems with archive utility and hopefully it'll solve yours too now if you want to get a little bit more in depth if you right click on archive utility and hit show package contents in the contents folder and then in the resources folder you'll find archives.pref pan and if you open it up in my case it gives me an error because i already have it installed but what it'll let you do is install a system preferences pane under the other category that lets you manage these same preferences right within system preferences so if you don't want to bother going to core services every time you want to change something you can do it right from here and last but not least if you don't like using archive utility at all and you want something different you can right click on any compressed folder go open with and then app store and what it'll do is it'll launch up the app store and it'll show you every app on the app store that can perform the same function as archive utility personally i've used the unarchiver before and it works pretty well so i can recommend that but if you're looking for a little more functionality uh this is a nice place to look on the app store so there you go there's how to make working with zipped files in os 10 a little bit less painful hopefully this helped you out as always if there's anything that you'd like to see me do a how-to on make sure to send me an email this is michael with cult and mac i hope you found this video useful and thank you for watching\n"