How do you unzip the downloads from privacy.apple.com

Correct. The files obtained through the privacy site are not intended to be structured, just a repository of your files. It best bet is just to use the files in iCloud Drive; there will be no difference as apple is only providing you with the files you already have in iCloud

steveu75 Said:

"How do you unzip the downloads from privacy.apple.com"

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Thank you for the screenshot.

Decompressing a Zip File:

Q1. "How do you unzip the downloads from privacy.apple.com in a manner to restore your icloud drive"

A1. "Decompressing" is what you are trying to perform. Download the *zip file, and then double-click it. This will decompress it.

Using an App to Decompress:

Q2. "Is there a program that you are supposed to run to reconstitue your iCloud drive from the downloaded zip files"

A2. No. Do as I mentioned above.

steveu75 Said:

"How do you unzip the downloads from privacy.apple.com: [...]Can't believe that there are not instructions on what to do with the files on the privacy page. Right now I just have a bunch of zips with random files in them."

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Thank you for the screenshot.

Download All of iCloud:

Go here, and see what is shown: icloud.com/iclouddrive. You have 5GB of space for free, given your location. So, download all of iCloud. Once dowloaded, verify that your an access what is in there. Once verified, trash what is in there, and you're set from there with a clean iCloud storage. Use my user tip: Getting a Quick and Direct "iCloud Drive-to-External Hard Drive" Download - User Tip

steveu75 Said:

"I have numerous backups of my iCloud Drive done by copying over all the files that are in the iCloud Drive but I do not trust them because iCloud is been losing my data. That's why I wanted to get a clean back up from Apple of the files they see in iCloud to use as the master."

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Browsing the Download:

If you want to browser through iCloud, then view the download. What is downloaded is what is in iCloud Drive. Browse through the download using the Search Bard at the top-right cornet of a Finder window.

steveu75 Said:

"How do you unzip the downloads from privacy.apple.com: The point is how to get at the files in the 300 zip files."

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Getting All Files:

You have to decompress them all, and then consolidate them to one folder --seems you may need an external hard drive for all the storage that would create. Perform the search from there.

steveu75 Said:

"How do you unzip the downloads from privacy.apple.com: The problem is that there is no standard organization to the zip files. Unzipping them all to the same directory I believe would just create a mess that would take quite a bit of time to straighten out.”

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Compressing Keeps at Intact.

While compressed, all folders stay intact in the ZIP file —decompress them, and they stay organized the same. So, after you decompress the ZIP file, a folder by the same name is created, with the ZIP file staying aside. All folders and files within the Zip drive will say intact until it is decompressed. So, decompress it, and then search through the folders using a new Finder window on a Mac.

steveu75 Said:

"The problem is that there is no standard organization to the zip files. Unzipping them all to the same directory I believe would just create a mess that would take quite a bit of time to straighten out."

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Decompressing:

So, when's the last time you decompressed a zip file and searched through it? Create a bunch of new folders and file on your Desktop > select them all > right-click > select "Compress". Then, double-click it and it will decompress, as a folder of the same name. All will stay intact.

The files in the zip files are identical to what is in your iCloud Drive; there will not be any “missing” files