Problem

• Tragedy if you use a Mac while your colleagues are using Windows!

• If you extract .zip compressed on Windows with Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters on Mac, one probable problem is that you might face error codes in file names, which makes it impossible to run sometimes.

• If a Mac user transfer compressed file to Windows person… same problem:(

Reason

• Mac OSX use UTF-8, but there is no unicode announcing PKZIP changes in file header (文件头，区别于C中的头文件).

• Windows use ANSI.

Apps recommended for Mac Users

1. The Unarchiver - use it to extract on Mac

• Supported file formats include Zip, Tar-GZip, Tar-BZip2, RAR, 7-zip, LhA, StuffIt and many other old and obscure formats.

• con: cannot preview contents

• The Archive Browser is expanded version of The Unarchiver.

• The Unarchiver - download page of all versions

2. Keka - use it to compress on Mac

• The main compression core is p7zip (7-zip port).
  • Compression formats supported: 7z, Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, DMG, ISO.
  • Extraction formats supported: RAR, 7z, Lzma, xz, Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, ISO, EXE, CAB, PAX

• A free download from Keka project site

• pro(or con?): unique icon!