Archives

Look inside archives before extracting.

Inspect Archive lets you peek inside a zip before you commit - see the file list, the counts, and the sizes - so you know whether that download is what it claims to be and where its contents would land before you extract a single byte.

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What it does

See what is inside an archive before you extract it.

List an archive's contents without extracting.

Review file counts and sizes first.

Spot a surprise before it unpacks.

Decide whether and where to extract.

Detailed capabilities

What Inspect Archive covers.

Concrete features, inputs, and workflow details for this tool.

Look before unzipping

See exactly what an archive holds - the files, the counts, the sizes - before anything lands on your disk.

Catch the surprises

Confirm a download contains what it should, and is not about to spray files across your folder.

Extract with intent

Decide whether to unpack and where, armed with a full view of the contents.

How to use it

From opening the tool to saving the result.

  1. 01

    Add an archive.

  2. 02

    Review its contents and size summary.

  3. 03

    Choose whether to extract.

  4. 04

    Open Extract Archive when ready.

Questions

Before you try Inspect Archive

Can it inspect without extracting?

Yes. That is the purpose of Inspect Archive.

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