Title: WordPress installation for Mac
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress installation for Mac

 *  [npqstergmailcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npqstergmailcom/)
 * (@npqstergmailcom)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-for-mac/)
 * I see that the WordPress downloads for Publishing are in .zip; how can I use 
   it on a Mac?

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-for-mac/#post-1066207)
 * [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=how+to+unzip+on+a+mac&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=how+to+unzip+on+a+mac&fp=P4oG53yjnmE](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=how+to+unzip+on+a+mac&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=how+to+unzip+on+a+mac&fp=P4oG53yjnmE)
 * [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&q=how+to+tar.gz+on+a+mac&fp=P4oG53yjnmE](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&q=how+to+tar.gz+on+a+mac&fp=P4oG53yjnmE)
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-for-mac/#post-1066244)
 * Yes. .tar.gz format as well.
 * I will assume the question indicates you have not had the Mac very long. Which
   makes me believe you might be using Leopard.
 * If you use Leopard, there may be a “compress” “uncompress” choice in the context
   menu when you, what is it called?… control (right) click?… on a zip folder. I
   also believe that Safari might be capable of unzipping .zip files. If not, you
   can Google “Stuffit”, which is a Mac compression utility that can handle .zip.
   Or, you could download the .tar.gz version of WordPress, open a terminal, and
   type;
 * tar -zxvf wordpress-2.7.1.tar.gz
 * That might extract it. I _think_ the syntax is correct. I hope someone with a
   Mac will correct me if it isn’t… maybe you need to cd to the download directory
   first, I’m not sure.
 * Or you could try this:
 * [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=Mac+%22how+to%22+.zip&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=Mac+%22how+to%22+.zip&fp=OlAWEoQSgPM](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=Mac+%22how+to%22+.zip&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=Mac+%22how+to%22+.zip&fp=OlAWEoQSgPM)

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## Tags

 * [content management](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/content-management/)
 * [mac](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mac/)
 * [publishing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/publishing/)

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 * Last reply from: [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-for-mac/#post-1066244)
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