ARCHIVEUTIL(1) General Commands Manual ARCHIVEUTIL(1)

archiveutilcommand-line interface for the Archive Utility application.

archiveutil command [options]

archiveutil is a command-line utility for working with archive files on macOS. It provides various operations for extracting and manipulating archive formats.

path
Extract an Xcode AEA (Apple Encrypted Archive) file at the specified path.

Extract an Xcode AEA archive:

$ archiveutil extractXcodeAEA /path/to/Xcode.aea

ditto(1), tar(1), zip(1), unzip(1)

The archiveutil utility first appeared in macOS 15.0.

October 14, 2025 Darwin