Archydes Help
Guides and answers for Archydes, the archive app for the Mac: open, check, extract and create archives.
Basics
- Getting StartedOpen an archive, browse it, view single files and extract everything or just part of it.
- Supported FormatsWhich archives Archydes can open, create and edit, and which encryption it understands.
- SettingsWhere files are extracted, how Archydes tidies up, Finder menu, allowed folders, updates and license.
Features
- Safety Check (Safe Extract)Archydes checks an archive’s contents before anything lands on your Mac. Here’s how to read the results.
- Create ArchivesCompress files and folders into a ZIP, 7z or tar, with a password if you like.
- Smart CompressCompress by goal instead of by level 1–9. Archydes estimates size and time and recommends the right format.
- Clean ShareShare archives without Mac clutter, with names Windows accepts and, if you like, without location data in photos.
- Edit ArchivesDelete, rename, move and add files in an existing archive, and change them directly in an editor.
- Full-Text SearchFind text in all files of an archive without extracting it, with file, line and match.
- Archives in Archives and Multi-Part ArchivesOpen a ZIP inside a ZIP like a folder, and read RAR, ZIP or 7z archives made of several parts as one archive.
- Finder Menu and Quick LookExtract, check, test, convert and create archives with a right-click; press Space to look inside an archive.
Help
- Archydes ProWhat’s free, what Pro unlocks, and how to buy Pro and unlock it on another Mac.
- Website Version: License and UpdatesHow the license key works, what Archydes sends to the internet for it and how updates arrive if you didn’t get Archydes from the App Store.
- Frequently Asked QuestionsFinder menu, folder access, Archydes Pro, passwords and how to contact us.
- TroubleshootingWhat the most common messages mean and what you can do about them.
- SupportA question about Archydes, your license or your purchase? Write to us right here.
- Report a bugSomething not working as expected? With these details we can find the problem quickly.
- Suggest a featureMissing something in Archydes? Tell us about it.