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Question: I keep getting "archive utility not responding" in red on activity monitor. I am trying to unzip a downloaded file. what can I do?

I am trying to unzip a file. I keep getting "Archive utility not responding" in red. what can I do?

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Posted on Mar 1, 2018 12:10 PM

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Mar 1, 2018 12:13 PM in response to cas714 In response to cas714

Use Activity Monitor to kill the process. If it happens again you may have a bad download or bad zip file.

Mar 1, 2018 12:13 PM

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Question: I keep getting "archive utility not responding" in red on activity monitor. I am trying to unzip a downloaded file. what can I do?