How To Unzip Files On Mac?

Double-click the .zip file in Finder

Wait for Archive Utility to extract the contents

Find the unzipped folder in the same location as the zip file

Right-click the .zip file and choose Open With > Archive Utility if it does not open automatically

Use Terminal and run `unzip filename.zip` to extract files in the current folder

Use Terminal and run `unzip filename.zip -d destination_folder` to extract files to a specific folder

Install a third-party app like The Unarchiver if the zip file will not open with the default tool

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