Archive Mounter

Archive Mounter is a macOS application allowing to mount archive files as disk images.
It currently supports ZIP and RAR archives.

Warning

⛔️ This software uses FUSE for macOS, which is no longer open source

Screenshots

Main window

Manage volumes window

Requirements

❗You should download and install latest version of FUSE for macOS before using this application.

Download

Latest stable release

Usage

You can run app directly and choose an archive to mount or use it from Finder’s Open With context menu.
It is also possible to use Archive Mounter as a default app for opening archives (see Apple KB article).

Q & A

• Q: I mounted an archive but I do not see a volume icon in the Finder’s sidebar and on the Desktop. Why?
  • A: Please check this:
    • I mounted a “FUSE for OS X” volume but I do not see a volume icon on the Desktop. Why?.
    • I mounted a “FUSE for OS X” volume but I do not see a volume icon in the Finder’s sidebar. I have looked at all relevant Finder preferences, but still nothing. What is happening?
  • A: Mounted volumes are shown in Finder’s “Computer” view (Shift-Command-C)

Build requirements

• Xcode (>= 10.0)
• FUSE for macOS
• autoconf
• automake
• cmake
• mercurial
• pkg-config
• python@3
• swiftlint (>= 0.33)
• npm

System headers need to be present in /usr/include (install /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg if needed)