Mount ZIP files in OSX Finder

Post date: Dec 5, 2017 9:10:03 AM

• Install Homebrew
• Install fuse-zip
• Use Automator to create an app with a “Run shell script” action
• Set “Pass input as argument” and enter this script (remove -r for read-write)
  • for f in "$@" do /usr/local/bin/fuse-zip -r -o local "$f" /tmp/fuse-zip-$RANDOM done
• Save the app with a name of your choice (eg ZipMount), close automator
• Browse to a Zip file, open Inspector, and associate it with ZipMount
• Click “Open all zip files with this”

Update: this more sophisticated version handles more archive types (needs archivemount)

for f in "$@"

do

  dir=/tmp/archivemount-$RANDOM

 mkdir -p $dir

 if [[ $f == *.zip ]]; then

  /usr/local/bin/fuse-zip  "$f" $dir -r -o local

 else

  /usr/local/bin/archivemount  "$f" $dir -o readonly,local,volname="$f",direct_io

 fi

 open $dir

done