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    Zip utility alternatives and curious about the built in zip utility speed.

    Hello. I recently got a Mac Studio M4 and since its been a while since I had a Mac, I have missed many news about several tools. One particular sample is the built in Zip utility. I created a Zip file to do some transfer tests and the file is around 60 GB and its made of several different...
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    Problem with creating zip archives on the command line

    If I do: $ cd ~/Desktop $ mkdir test_dir $ cd test_dir/ $ mkdir test_subdir_1 test_subdir_2 $ touch test_subdir_1/test_file.txt $ cd test_subdir_2/ $ zip test_archive.zip ../test_subdir_1/* adding: ../test_subdir_1/test_file.txt (stored 0%) and then I go to test_subdir_2 in Finder and try...
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    Unable to open Zip file

    Hello fellow Mac users, I have a problem that I hope you folks can help me with or at least point me in the right direction. I'm sure this has come up a lot with mac users as I have done a lot of searching for answers. The problem is, non of the suggested solutions I have found have been...