New Macbook Air won't unzip a file

My Macbook Air will not unzip a file, a .zip file, no matter what I do. The "open with archive" feature doesn't work - it simply creates another zip file!. I downloaded Stuffit and that doesn't work. Help! thanks in advance, Jann

MacBook Air (2020 or later)

Posted on Feb 22, 2022 3:37 AM

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Feb 22, 2022 4:45 PM in response to jwoolseyp

Hi jwoolseyp,

welcome to the Apple Community.


Apple support have an article (link below) to guide you how to zip / unzip.


Zip and unzip files and folders on Mac – Apple Support

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Resources:


The article comes from the very useful Mac OS User Guide (link below & freely available online):


NB: Click "Table of Contents" at the top of the Welcome page that opens from the link.

Ensure you choose your Mac OS version at the top of the detailed articles.


macOS User Guide – Apple Support


and


Mac - Official Apple Support


All the best :-)

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