Run the zip command to attempt to repair any corruption and salvage the contents of the archive (again, replace filename.zip with actualname.zip): zip -FF ~/Downloads/filename.zip -out ~/Downloads/Repairedversion.zip Step 3:Īfter confirming it's actually a zip file, attempt to unzip it directly from the command line: unzip ~/Downloads/filename.zip -d ~/Downloads If you don't receive this output, post the output as a comment before proceeding. Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract Use file to confirm it's actually a zip file: file ~/Downloads/filename.zip If you wish, you can do this from the command line. For example, if the file is named compressed crap.zip, you'd type compressed\ crap.zip in the command line. If the name of the file contains spaces, you need to enter it differently using the escape \ character. Replace filename.zip with the actual name of the zip file. You can access it by typing 'Terminal' into Spotlight.Įnter the command(s) in the steps below into your command line prompt (triple click the line, copy it, and paste it into your prompt).
It's likely that filename.zip is either not actually a.
