---
title: UTTypeAppleArchive
framework: uniformtypeidentifiers
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypeapplearchive
---

# UTTypeAppleArchive

A type that represents an Apple archive of files and directories.

## Declaration

```occ
extern UTType * const UTTypeAppleArchive;
```

## Discussion

Discussion The identifier for this type is com.apple.archive. This type conforms to UTTypeData and UTTypeArchive.

## See Also

### Compressed archives

- [UTTypeArchive](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypearchive.md)
- [UTTypeZIP](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypezip.md)
- [UTTypeGZIP](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypegzip.md)
- [UTTypeBZ2](uniformtypeidentifiers/uttypebz2.md)