Updated to clarify that the media browser option is in the Open dialog, not in Finder windows. More Mac 101, our series of tips for new and novice Mac OS X users. Here's a tip that I was recently ...

iZip (iOS, Android) has been earning high praise for some time, and while it might lack some of the polish of WinZip, it’s nevertheless a very capable app for opening up compressed files.Like ...

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How to Open Compressed Files on Your iOS Device. Adam Dachis. October 1, 2010 iOS does pretty well with handling various file types, but when it comes to compressed files you run into problems.

On your iOS device, you’ll see a menu offering to open the file; this menu lists the apps that can open the file type. For some types of files, AirDrop isn’t very helpful.

However, in an Open dialog, it doesn’t seem to matter if the file you’ve selected is an alias or not; Command-R works fine on both. There are some other Finder shortcuts that work in Open (and ...