The premier file compression suite for macOS. Sandbox policy modifications, bulk CLI multi-volume segment execution, and cross-platform character encoding patches.
| Target Operational Action | Terminal Command Syntax / Core Tweak |
|---|---|
| Direct Core Archive Extraction Force bypass the main GUI interface to parse files directly via the internal keka binary framework. |
/Applications/Keka.app/Contents/MacOS/Keka --extract [file_path] |
| Flush Temporary Decompression Caches Completely delete stagnant sandbox temporary extraction files to free up disk space. |
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.aone.keka/* |
| Reset Sandbox Access Bookmarks Clear old secure file tokens that cause the app to repeatedly ask for folder permissions. |
defaults delete com.aone.keka SecurityScopedBookmarks |
| Audit Extension Integration Status Check if the Finder right-click context menu extension is properly registered in the system database. |
pluginkit -m | grep keka |
| Set Default Fallback Text Encoding Force the app to read non-UTF ZIP archives from older Windows platforms using the correct layout set. |
defaults write com.aone.keka DefaultEncoding -string "CP1252" |
| Absolute Preference Evacuation Kill all active tasks, dump property lists, and reset the archiver state back to default profiles. |
pkill -9 Keka && defaults delete com.aone.keka |
Root Cause: If split cross-platform zip or 7z volumes drop processing connections or show errors, the blocks must be consolidated into a single unified file before decompression:
Root Cause: macOS CoreServices databases occasionally corrupt application extension mappings. Forcefully rebuild the system launch services registry to fix integration:
Root Cause: Strict macOS security daemons lock down write access if an archive is located outside the initially authorized user folder pool. Reset the shared tccutil parameters:
Root Cause: Windows legacy formats compress using specific localized code pages instead of universal UTF-8 metrics. Force Keka to read standard Western/Cyrillic parameters automatically: