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Installation and Requirements

Hardware and software requirements, Mac App Store distribution, sandbox security model, and authorized folder management (FolderAccess).

System Requirements

rZip is built using SwiftUI and native macOS frameworks:

  • Operating System: macOS 26.0 Tahoe or macOS 15.0 Sequoia or later.
  • Hardware Architecture: Universal binary native for Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4 and tiers) and 64-bit Intel x86_64 processors. The bundled 7zz engine is also compiled as a universal binary.
  • RAM: 4 GB minimum (8 GB or more recommended when working with multi-gigabyte 7z archives using extended LZMA dictionaries).
  • Disk Space: Approximately 35 MB of storage.

Mac App Store Distribution

rZip is officially distributed via the Mac App Store:

  • Bundle ID: com.dimpemekug.rzip.
  • Category: Utilities (public.app-category.utilities) and Productivity.
  • Free of charge: no subscriptions, no ads, no account registration, zero user tracking.

Sandbox and Authorized Folders (FolderAccess)

rZip runs inside the strict macOS App Sandbox:

  • Single Archive Access: Files opened via double-click in Finder, drag & drop, or the system Open panel (⌘O) are granted temporary read/write access scoped to that session.
  • Authorized Folders (FolderAccess): When an operation requires accessing a broader directory — such as scanning for multi-part spanned volumes (.001, .002…), extracting next to the archive, or creating split volumes — rZip presents a native macOS folder authorization dialog.
  • Security-Scoped Bookmarks: Authorized folders and recent archives are stored locally on your Mac as security-scoped bookmarks. You can inspect or revoke authorized folders at any time under Settings (⌘,) > Advanced.

Setting rZip as Default Handler in Finder

To open .zip, .rar, or .7z archives in rZip with a double-click:

  1. Right-click any compressed archive in Finder and select Get Info (⌘I).
  2. Expand the Open with section.
  3. Select rZip from the application dropdown.
  4. Click Change All… to make rZip the default handler for all archives with that extension.