For those who is asking how to open gz file on mac, there is a bit of a difference in opening a GZIP archive compared to a regular ZIP archive, as it uses GZIP compression method. While your Mac might have certain built-in functionalities for handling compressed files, the usual way of opening GZIP archives is through Terminal or an archive application. In case of a single GZIP file, you would need to use Terminal and the gunzip command to decompress it. If it is a .tar.gz archive, which is often the case with software and source files, you could use the tar command to extract the whole archive along with its contents. You should make sure that there is enough storage space on your Mac before you extract the GZ archive.