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Extract large zip file (50 GB) on Mac OS X

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Mar 15, 202691226 views

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I was trying to move the files to another hard drive. So I archived all my photos in one large ZIP file using the Mac OS X built-in compress function. But the file failed to extract. I've tried many programs, but none of the programs I tried were able to extract the file. I've tried Mac OS X's extr…

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I was in the same situation when backing up a 12GB directory. I fixed it by using the command which was readily available with the OS X Yosemite installation:

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Extract large zip file (50 GB) on Mac OS X

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