File Compression

File Compress/Decompress Actions.

Summary  
Available on macOS version 10.14, 10.15, 11.6, 12.4, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0
for Quicksilver build 4048

Overview

The File Compression Plugin allows compression and decompression of files using Apple's Archive Utility application. In addition, it supports 7z files using p7zip.

Actions

Compress

Compresses the object(s) in the first pane using the default compression type (see 'Preferences' section below)

Compress Using…

Allows the object(s) in the first pane to be compressed using one of:

Decompress

Decompress files using Archive Utility or

Preferences

The plugin adds a preference pane to Quicksilver, allowing you to:

  • Choose whether to compress files to a temporary location first
  • Choose whether to ignore macOS special files (__MACOSX, ._ files) when compressing
  • Choose the default compression type to use for the 'Compress' action

Trigger Events

Event Triggers can be run based on two events in this plugin: Compress and Decompress. For both actions, the "Event Trigger Object" will refer to the archive file.

Decompressing Multiple Times

If you decompress multiple times into the same folder, Archive Utility will rename files at the top-level to avoid a conflict. By contrast, p7zip will rename files within nested folders , so do not be surprised if decompressing multiple times does not produce separate copies of a decompressed folder.

  1. The tbz2 extension is used as opposed to tbz, since this is the OS-preferred extension. ↩