PeaZip is now available as precompiled binary DMGpackages for Darwin and Apple Macintosh systems (macOS operatingsystem), built both forM1 AppleSilicon chip, and for Intel architecture. Apple Silico (M1, M2,...) SoCcan run both versions,aarch64 and Intel 64 bit using Rosetta 2 emulation layer.
How to installPeaZip archive manager on macOS
To install PeaZip archive managerutility on macOS machines, open the DMGpackage recommended for your architecture (M1 can run both), andsimply (1) drag & drop peazip.app into your Mac's Applicationdirectory, (2) open theTerminal and run the command:
xattr -drcom.apple.quarantine/Applications/peazip.app
If the system shows the errormessage "peazip.appis damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash"or "peazip.app cannot be openedbecause the developer cannot be verified" the first time you runPeaZip, it simply means Safari has applied the "quarantine" attributeto thedownloaded app package. *
For legacy OSX systems whichare unable to mount compressed DMGs, theIntel package is also available as plain ZIP package: after extraction,the installation requires the aforementioned steps as for the DMGpackages 
peazip forDarwin, Intel (ZIP)
PeaZip running on macOS,light mode, see dark mode screenshothere
* Those warningmessages are issue because the application's binariesare not signed (M1version is simply ad-hocsigned, Intel version is not signed): to fix the error open theTerminal and run the aforementioned xattr command.
You can replace /Applications/peazip.app string in the script with theactual PeaZip's path ifyou prefer to use the application from a different position thanApplications'folder.
Safari browser usually apply the "quarantine" flag to various filetypeswhen they are downloaded from the web (which is a common securitypractice for Safari), so apps downloaded from the web rather than fromthe Apple Store usually comes with this flag.
Learn more about Apple suggestions to Safely open apps onyor Mac
.As PeaZip's compiled binaries are unsigned, theywillaskfor permission to access certain paths on your machinethe first time.
OnmostmacOS system versions it is sufficient to respond "OK" once to thesystem's permission request.
Add PeaZip tomacOS context menu
To add PeaZip to macOS right-click context menu:in theroot of DMG packages it is available "macOSservice menus" folder, which provides Automator .workflowscriptsto (optionally) integrate main functions of PeaZip in the macOS contextmenu, such as Add toarchive, Extract, Open file or folder with PeaZip.
Doubleclicking on a service menu will install it in the system, andmake it available right-clicking files and folders on your Mac.
To uninstall a service menu, follow system's instruction from contextmenu customization entry, or simply delete it from ˜/Library/Services/directory.
Those scripts are fully customizable using Automator, and a copy of thescripts is available in (peazip)/res/share/batch folder.
The "batch" folder also provides examples of .sh scripts to use PeaZipfrom terminal and in scripts.
readme_macOS.txt file, also featured in root of DMG packages, providesadditionalinformation about installing PeaZip, compiling the application fromsources, and integrating it with macOS right-click context menu.
PeaZip entries inmacOS contextual menu
Features provided byPeaZip archive manager utility
PeaZip is a full featured filemanager and archive manager application, providing and Open Sourcealternative to software like WinRar and WinZip on macOS, supporting creation of ZIP archives and of manymore archive formats (7Z, BZ2, GZ, PEA, TAR, ZIPX, WIM), extraction of RAR archives and even many morearchive types, as well as creation and extraction of encrypted archives(using AES, Twofish, and Serpentencryption algorithms) with optional two factor authentication, encryption of file names, andauthenticated encryption (e.g. AES in EAX mode in PEA format).
PeaZip can also export tasks defined in the GUI as console script for later usage(e.g. backup tasks), split files, verify checksum and hash, etc.
Alternatively, to use PeaZip without installation (as a Portable app),you can dragpeazip.app elsewhere on the system and run the application from thepreferred location, even a network path in order to share theapplication with other users.
Another alternative not requiring installation is to simply doubleclick peazip.app and run it; in this way the DMG will be closed andapp's files automatically removed at next login.
In all of aforementioned cases, PeaZip configuration will be saved intouser's home/.config path.
CompilePeaZip on Darwin / macOS from sources
Asalternative, PeaZip can be compiledand built from sources (Open Source, LGPLv3 license), withLazarus/FPC IDE 2.2RC or morerecent, as native application forDarwin / macOS, both for Intel x86_64 CPU (OSX up to macOS 10.15Catalina), and for Apple Silicon M1 aarch64 ARM SoC (for macOS 11 BigSur, Monterey and more recent systems), targeting in both cases Cocoa widgetset.
Legacy Carbon widgetset isstill supported by Lazarus, but untestedregarding compiling and building PeaZip for legacy Apple systems.
For best results compiling project_peach.lpi and project_pea.lpi withLazarus/FPC targeting Macintosh machines, open main menu, Project >Project Options,Configuration and Target, and set Darwin as destination OS, and aarch64 as destination CPU familyif compiling for machines with M1, M2 Apple Silicon chip family, or x86_64 if compiling for Intel-basedApple machines.
PeaZip binaries compiled on your own machine:
- will not have the quarantine flag attached so willrun not requiring to remove the flag as needed for the downloaded app,but uploading and downloading them will have the quarantine flagautomatically added to them
- will require to grant permission to access certainpaths on your machine the first time, exactly as the downloaded app
Running non-nativePeaZip packages on macOS /OSX
It isstill also possible to run non-Darwin PeaZip packages on macOS as forprevious versions of the app; for example PeaZip for Windows packagescan runthrough Wine for Mac,and PeaZip for Linux packages can run on macOS employing tools like MacPorts and Homebrew.
Anyway, it is now recommended either to run the native packages or tobuild PeaZip from sources.
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