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I have a huge .zip which extracted takes up to 100 GB, and storing that amount of data on my MBP's SSD is not an option.
Is there a way to extract a zip file directly to an external hard drive, without filling up the MBP's SSD?
I tried copying the .zip to the external drive I have and extracting it from there, but it gets unzipped in the Downloads folder.
Does anybody know how to achieve this?
Thank you for your time.
Open the Terminal.app (Hidden in Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) and Navigate with cd to your Folder where the zip file is stored.
Example:
cd ~/Desktop/
And extract the ZIP file with the OSX command line tool unzip
unzip /path/to/the/archive.zip -d /Volumes/USB_Drive/
the -d switch let you set the extraction Archive - the second path is your external HDD - you may have to change the name USB_Drive (Tipp: Type /Volumes/ and the hit the Tab-Key twice to see all Volumes.
I know the Software Kea.app where you can specify in the Setting a custom folder for the extracted folders.
Also StuffitExpander will let you choose for every extraction the location in a Finder Window
I hope it helps - and happy extracting 😊
If you open Terminal, you can use the unzip command.
unzip /path/to/the/archive.zip -d /Volumes/target_location/
(To type these paths, you can just drag the file/folder into the Terminal window.)
Open Terminal.app
cd to the zip file:
cd /Path/to/directory_containing_zip/
then enter
unzip filename.zip -d /Path/to/folder/on/external/drive
With -d you may determine an optional directory to which to extract files.
If you are comfortable with the command line (via Terminal ), cd to the directory you are interested in
cd /Volumes/your-external-drive
If it is from an internet source, use curl or wget to pull done the file
this will bypass the default action (like unzipping upon download)
and unzip the file
unzip data.zip
Each command has extra options which man which help with. For example
man wget
which will describe all the details
