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The zip file cannot “self delete”.

There is a setting for “Archive Utility” in most versions of Mac OS X / OSX / macOS where you can specify you’d like to delete Zip files after extraction.

See:

Check if you have this feature turned on:

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If you have this feature turned on already:

##If you have this feature turned on already:## II believe this is intended to work only after a successful extraction. It shouldn’t work if the extraction fails.

One possibility is that only some of the zipped files in the zip were password protected. (Yes, you can create a zip file with a mix of password protected and “unprotected” files.)

If the zip had even just one non-password protected file (like README.TXT) that unzipped correctly, it may be present and Archive Utility might have deleted the zip. This seems doubtful.

##If you do not:##

If you do not:

  1. Perform a spotlight search or command-line search for the file name.
  2. Scan your hard drive for errors using a Disk Utility.
  3. Re-download the file (look for a link in your browser history, if needed and available.)

The zip file cannot “self delete”.

There is a setting for “Archive Utility” in most versions of Mac OS X / OSX / macOS where you can specify you’d like to delete Zip files after extraction.

See:

Check if you have this feature turned on:

screen shot

##If you have this feature turned on already:## I believe this is intended to work only after a successful extraction. It shouldn’t work if the extraction fails.

One possibility is that only some of the zipped files in the zip were password protected. (Yes, you can create a zip file with a mix of password protected and “unprotected” files.)

If the zip had even just one non-password protected file (like README.TXT) that unzipped correctly, it may be present and Archive Utility might have deleted the zip. This seems doubtful.

##If you do not:##

  1. Perform a spotlight search or command-line search for the file name.
  2. Scan your hard drive for errors using a Disk Utility.
  3. Re-download the file (look for a link in your browser history, if needed and available.)

The zip file cannot “self delete”.

There is a setting for “Archive Utility” in most versions of Mac OS X / OSX / macOS where you can specify you’d like to delete Zip files after extraction.

See:

Check if you have this feature turned on:

screen shot

If you have this feature turned on already:

I believe this is intended to work only after a successful extraction. It shouldn’t work if the extraction fails.

One possibility is that only some of the zipped files in the zip were password protected. (Yes, you can create a zip file with a mix of password protected and “unprotected” files.)

If the zip had even just one non-password protected file (like README.TXT) that unzipped correctly, it may be present and Archive Utility might have deleted the zip. This seems doubtful.

If you do not:

  1. Perform a spotlight search or command-line search for the file name.
  2. Scan your hard drive for errors using a Disk Utility.
  3. Re-download the file (look for a link in your browser history, if needed and available.)
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The zip file cannot “self delete”.

There is a setting for “Archive Utility” in most versions of Mac OS X / OSX / macOS where you can specify you’d like to delete Zip files after extraction.

See:

Check if you have this feature turned on:

screen shot

##If you have this feature turned on already:## I believe this is intended to work only after a successful extraction. It shouldn’t work if the extraction fails.

One possibility is that only some of the zipped files in the zip were password protected. (Yes, you can create a zip file with a mix of password protected and “unprotected” files.)

If the zip had even just one non-password protected file (like README.TXT) that unzipped correctly, it may be present and Archive Utility might have deleted the zip. This seems doubtful.

##If you do not:##

  1. Perform a spotlight search or command-line search for the file name.
  2. Scan your hard drive for errors using a Disk Utility.
  3. Re-download the file (look for a link in your browser history, if needed and available.)