Some time ago I explained how to unzip a ZIP archive with multiple files with name “zip.z01”, “zip.z02”, under older Mac OS X versions. An old solution, probably not working anymore nowadays.

But what about splitted ZIP files coming e.g. from default UNIX splitting, named “zipfile.001“, “zipfile.002“, etc.?

There are two ways for such ZIP archives:

  1. either re-combine and unzip,
  2. or directly unzip.

Option A) Unzip a splitted ZIP file using a third-party App

  1. Download and install an app like «Keka» or «The Unarchiver» (Mac App Store)
  2. Double-click on the first file with ending “.001“
  3. The app should do it’s job and unzip the whole archive!

Option B) Manually re-combine & then unzip a ZIP file using the Terminal.app

  1. Open the Terminal.app from Applications » Utilities
  2. Use the following command, adjusted to your needs and ZIP-file location(s):
zip -s 0 ~/Downloads/splitted-zip.zip --out ~/Desktop/singlefile-filename.zip
  1. Once you have created the single ZIP-file, use the following command to unzip it (again, adjust to your needs):
unzip ~/Desktop/singlefile-filename.zip
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3 thoughts on “Unzip splitted ZIP archive files zip.001, zip.002,… with macOS”

  1. Hi Oliver,

    I’ve tried bought «Keka» and «The Unarchiver and when I click on the zip file “001.zip” it only unzips the portion of that one 🙁

    Could you please help me figuring out what I’m doing wrong.

    In case you want I can record my screen (loom video)

    Thanks for your help 🙂

    Regards,
    Pedro

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    1. Hi Pedro,
      hard to tell – do you have all zip file «pieces» (001.zip, 002.zip, etc.) in the same folder? Do you have a «000.zip» probably which might be the 1st “Master”-file to start the unzip process?…

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      1. Yeah. I have the .zip.000 but my mac does not read it as zip or archive file like the rest. It views it as a text file of some sort.

        I use Unarchiver to get it to unarchive the set of zips. However, I am unsure how to force the mac to see all files as zips.

        Even when I change the default to read all similar files the same, it does not change the file icon or recognize any other .zip.000 file.

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