How to Unzip a tar.gz file in Mac?

SamSaliai Said:

"How to Unzip a tar.gz file in Mac?: Currently, I am trying to unzip the tar.gz file on Mac and have failed several times, but I am not sure of the correct procedure. And I need guidance to successfully extract the contents of the file. Any help or instructions on unzipping tar.gz files specifically for Mac would be greatly appreciated. Thank you."

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Unzip (uncompress) a tar.gz file on a Mac:

1. Go here: Compress and Uncompress File Archives in Terminal on Mac - Apple Support
2. Scroll to: Uncompress a tar archive
3. Proceed from there as necessary

Hi,

1) Move your xxxx.tar.gz(xxxx is your file name) file to your download folder.

2) Open Terminal.app, then type "cd ~/download".

3) Type  "tar -zxvf xxxx.tar.gz"

that's all.

Compress and uncompress file archives in Terminal on Mac – Apple Support (AU)

SamSaliai Said:

"How to Unzip a tar.gz file in Mac?: My problem is still, unzipping the tar.gz file on Mac failed. Do you have any good suggestions?"

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Unzip (uncompress) a tar.gz file on a Mac:

It might be the file itself that is corrupt. So create a new user, or try a different Mac.

SamSaliai wrote:

My problem is still, unzipping the tar.gz file on Mac failed. Do you have any good suggestions?

If you want to unpack the .tar.gz file into a .tar file before running tar, use gunzip.