Use iZip on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude
App to manage ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, TAR, 7ZIP and other compressed files. With BCD, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps can open iZip on your Mac, read its window and press buttons or type, from your phone or another computer.
Works on
- MacPartly
Through the app's window, with macOS accessibility: BCD reads what iZip shows and presses buttons, types and picks menus. How far it goes depends on the app. macOS asks once to allow it.
- WindowsNo
BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.
- LinuxNo
BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.
About iZip
- Version
- 26.10
- Installs (last 365 days)
- 440 · #1,270 among Homebrew apps
- Needs
- macOS 12 or later
- Updates
- Updates itself
- Homepage
- www.izip.com
- Install
brew install --cask izip
Try asking
“Open iZip and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install iZip with Homebrew”
“Quit iZip and update it to the latest version”
Questions
Can ChatGPT control iZip?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open iZip, read the buttons and text it shows, press buttons, type and pick menu items. How far that goes depends on how much of its window iZip exposes to macOS accessibility.
Does this work on Windows?
No. BCD controls app windows only on a Mac. On Windows and Linux it works with files and commands.
Is it safe?
A new computer starts read-only. Controlling the screen and apps is turned on per computer, and macOS asks once before BCD may control apps.
Try it on your computer
BCD connects ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps to your own Mac, Windows or Linux computer. One computer is free, with 20,000 tool calls a month and no card.
Program data from Homebrew, updated 2026-11-11. Installs are Homebrew's installs on request over the last 365 days.