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CocoaZip For Mac

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Free archiver and unarchiver for your Mac. #File compression  #Open archive  #Unarchive files  #Compress  #Unarchive  #Unzip  

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A substantial amount of software tools tend to be overcrowded, needlessly embellishing the interface with intense graphical elements from color depth and saturation, to the sheer number of events happening on the screen. While some users have no issue with this, others may find themselves confused, distracted or even tired.

CocoaZip stands out with its remarkably minimalistic interface and frank functionality, an archiving tool that grants both packing and unpacking, potent operations.

Two slots with a conversion button between them urge the user to drag and drop the desired file to be processed, as well as pick it up the same way, after finishing. The A-to-B method is conveniently straightforward. The library of recognizable formats and compression methods is made out of regular .zip, .tgz (Tar + Gzip), .tbz2 (Tar + Bzip2), and .taz (Tar + Unix Compress).

Some steps taken by the user that would normally be considered harmless like post-operation handling, consecutive archiving and unpacking along with the alternation between them might reveal a tendency of the application for stability issues. These might be caused by the lack of recent updates.

Integration with the Mac OS X system tray bar offers mostly informative options and a couple of service preferences. As per utilization of resources, CocoaZip gracefully handles the tasks thrown at it, providing room for other background or frontend activities.

CocoaZip gets the job done, and it may be called an archiving tool that goes by the book. Recent updates would have been nice to have for addressing the functionality issues and incompatibilities with newer OSes. Nevertheless, it's a good solution for all tiers of necessities, performing operations while only utilizing a small portion of the system pool of resources.

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CocoaZip is part of these download collections: Make TAR, Open ZIP, Create Tar

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CocoaZip 3.0

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  runs on:
Mac OS X (PPC & Intel)
  file size:
422 KB
  filename:
CocoaZip.dmg
  1 screenshot:
CocoaZip - screenshot #1
  main category:
Compression Tools
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