On a Mac computer, you can open zip files without installing any extra software. Compressing and uncompressing zip files has been part of a Mac's built-in software for years.

When you open a RAR file on your Mac, it will turn into a folder where you can access all of the decompressed files. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

When you double-click a file on your Mac, the operating system will automatically open the file using the program assigned to that type of file. It is possible, though, to open the file using ...

How To Open and Extract RAR Files on Mac Unlike Windows, the Mac doesn’t offer a native option for unpacking RAR files.

If you need to open a file with the rar extension on your Mac, there's a handy app called The Unarchiver that can help you do just that. Rar files are commonly used to extract a huge amount of ...

Want to know how to play a video file type you've not seen before on your Mac? You've come to the right place.

While it’s not quite as easy as opening .docx files in Pages for Mac, it’s not an overly complicated process either. Here's how to open .xlsx spreadsheet files on Mac, iPhone or iPad.

One of the more frustrating things I experience in daily usage of my Mac is opening a file that launches an unexpected application, which can sometimes result in a failure to open the file.

Mac OS X computers use a default application to open every file type based on its file extension. If you don't want to use the default application when opening a file, you can select "Open With ...