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Convert zip to tar

  1. Download and install the latest version of Filestar.

  2. Right click on one or more Zip file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.

  3. Type convert to tar in the search box.

  4. Press Convert.

convert zip to tar

What is the difference between .zip and .tar?

Name
Zipped File
Consolidated Unix File Archive
Extension
.zip
.tar
Format
Binary
Binary
Category
Compressed
Other
Developer
Phil Katz
Jean-loup Gailly
Description
A ZIP file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed or "zipped" using Zip compression. It stores files separately from each other allowing the files to be compressed using different methods and extracted without compressing or decompressing the entire archive.
Tar archive created by tar, a Unix-based utility used to package files together; contains multiple files stored in an uncompressed format; commonly compressed into a .GZ file using GNU Zip compression.
MIME Type
application/zip
application/x-tar
Sample
sample.zip
sample.tar
Wikipedia
.zip on Wikipedia
.tar on Wikipedia

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