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Hello, i'm unable to unarchive the kmm project generated file in <http://kmp.jetbrains.com|kmp.jetbrains.com>. It was a .tar file, now is a tar.gz file. My M1 machine claims projectfilename.tar.gz is an unsupported format. Any one facing the same issues? IF is was a tar file why is now a tar.gz file?

It should be a `.zip` file that's generated, and the built-in Archive Utility on macOS should be able to extract it.

Are you sure you're downloading a `.tar` file?

Hello Márton B. if the project name is longer, i get a .tar.gz, else if the project name is short i got a .tar file. In my mac m1, i'm only able to unarchive the file if .tar (.tar.gz, in the case of a longer project name, got an error). I ended by putting a shorter project name, haven't don't much more testing.

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Apparently we generate a `.tar.gz` file if you are using the wizard from Safari, and a `.zip` file otherwise. I've created <https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-66113/> to change this and always generate `.zip` files.

Currently, when downloading from Safari, the file you get depends on whether or not you have _Open "safe" files after downloading_ enabled in Safari's settings (_General_ tab, very bottom option). If you have this off, you'll get a `.tar.gz` file, if you have it on, you'll get a `.tar` file.

However, both of these should be valid files and can be extracted by using _Open With_ -> _Archive Utility_. If you have a file from the wizard that you're unable to open, please attach it to the issue in a comment and let us know how you've generated it and how you're trying to open it.

Got it, thanks for the explanation <@U2UJXRF0W>. I will retry the .tar.gz case (archive utility didn't work in my Mac M1 machine)

We have an update, the wizard now generates `zip` files for you regardless of OS and browser used. Let me know if you still have any trouble with generated projects!