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Open GZ files on Mac


Open GZ files on Mac

A .gz file is a compressed file. The extension .gz stands for GNU Zip. You have probably heard of the GNU Project, or GNU Linux, and you may also know how to open a Zip file. GNU Zip or .gz is a free GNU software implementation of a compression algorithm. It's similar to Zip, but free, not proprietary. It does the same sort of job, but the compression algorithms used by GNU Zip .gz are different from those used in Zip files and so you need different software to open .gz files.


Open .gz files in Apple Mac OS X :
If you use an Apple Mac computer then you can use Stuffit to open .gz files. Stuffit is one of the most long established Mac utilities. It gives you a complete set of tools for opening and creating the many and various types of compressed archive that you may come across on the Internet.


Software for openig GZ files on Mac:

  • 7-Zip
    A very good file archiver with highest compression ratio 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
  • StuffIt
  • The Unarchiver
  • TUGZip
  • bsdtar/libarchive
  • Archive Utility
  • GNU tar

  • Software for openig zip files on Windows:

  • 7-Zip
  • ALZip
  • bsdtar/libarchive
  • Filzip
  • PeaZip
  • PKZIP
  • PowerArchiver
  • Squeez
  • WinRAR
  • WinAce
  • WinZip

  • Software for openig zip files on Linux :

  • Xarchiver
  • ZipGenius
  • File Roller
  • bsdtar/libarchive
  • Info-ZIP
  • KGB Archiver
  • PeaZip
  • PKZIP


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