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title: Extract a ZIP, 7Z, RAR or TAR archive on a Mac
source: https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/extract
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# Extract

Unpacks an archive into a folder beside it.

## How to reach it

Pick the file up in Finder, hold Option, and let go toward **Extract**.

## What it accepts

Any archive file Arazio reads: 7Z, BZ2, GZIP, RAR, TAR, TAR.GZ, XZ, ZIP.

## What it writes

A new file in the same format, beside the original.