Unzipping files

To unzip files from an existing zip archive, choose “Open…” from the File menu and open the zip archive. The number of open windows in ZipIt is limited only by available memory. Select the files that you want to unzip, or choose “Select All” from the Edit menu to select all the files. Hold down the command (âŒ˜) key while clicking to select more than one discontiguous file, or the shift key to select multiple files that are displayed contiguously. Choose “Extract” from the Zip menu or double-click on one of the selected files. Find the folder into which you want to put the extracted files, and rename the first file if you want by changing the name in the dialog box. Then choose either “Save” or “Save all.” If you choose “Save all,” all the files will be stored in the same folder, using their original names. If you choose “Save,” ZipIt will ask you where to put each file.

Note: If any file has a name longer than 31 characters (i.e., if it was zipped on a Unix-based system), ZipIt will truncate the filename to 31 characters. This may cause problems if there are multiple files that do not have unique filenames up to the 31st character.

Shortcut: Double-click on an archive in the Finder, or drag the archive onto ZipIt’s icon under System 7. Then immediately hold down the option key. The entire contents of the archive will be automatically decompressed, and ZipIt will quit when it is done.