# Error - incompatible zip **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [March 20, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-incompatible-zip/49057 "2025-03-20T13:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Linda1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/linda1/32/23994_2.png) [@Linda1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Linda1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-incompatible-zip/49057/1 "2025-03-20T13:51:51Z")
### What issue or error are you experiencing? Hello, local used to work well for me but now i’m running into all sorts of problems/errors. I deleted old version and did a fresh install. I extracted the wp content file and database from zipped download of my website from wp host but that didn’t work. So i tried exporting database from phpMyAdmin and zipping that with wp content, that didnt work either. It seems to do everything and right at the end, says something about incompatible zip file and deletes everything its done * * * ### What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc * * * ### System Details - **Local Version:** Version 9.2.2+6771 - **Operating System (OS) and OS version:** macOS Montery 12.7.6 (21H1320) * * * ### Local Logs Attach your Local Logs here ([Help Doc - Retrieving Local’s Log](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/retrieving-locals-log-file/)) * * * _ **Security Reminder** _ Local does a pretty good job of scrubbing private info from the logs and the errors it produces, however there’s always the possibility that something private can come through. Because these are public forums, always review the screenshots you are sharing to make sure there isn’t private info like passwords being displayed. ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-incompatible-zip/49057/2 "2025-03-20T14:21:01Z")
Hi @Linda1 If Local isn’t accepting the zip file you can use the steps here to do a manual import instead: [Manually Import a Local Site](https://localwp.com/help-docs/getting-started/how-to-import-a-wordpress-site-into-local/#Manually-Import-a-Local-site) ---
**Author:** ![Linda1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/linda1/32/23994_2.png) [@Linda1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Linda1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-incompatible-zip/49057/3 "2025-03-20T14:42:57Z")
Thanks Nick. I’ll give it a go. Will it eventually work like it did before with zip or will I always have to do it manually? It was working all fine in December. But I have changed hosts since. ---
**Author:** ![Linda1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/linda1/32/23994_2.png) [@Linda1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Linda1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-incompatible-zip/49057/4 "2025-03-20T15:16:36Z")
Tried that but when I opened site shell ![Screenshot 2025-03-20 at 15.00.47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/b/9/b965cd6f277c968e0cb00a40f3fbd0f6d68e84d7.png) I tried putting in the command `wp db import SCWORDPRESS-35303831181b.1733792275.sql` but I got more errors. ![Screenshot 2025-03-20 at 15.11.02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/8/6/864b21f89529d0103e4c491e36e546674c2251bb.png) This is hard 😩 ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-incompatible-zip/49057/5 "2025-03-20T18:53:56Z")
It looks like there might be an issue with your Command Tools that needs to be resolved. I found this which might be helpful: > **[How to fix xcrun: error](https://setapp.com/how-to/fix-xcrun-error)** > > Why am I getting “error: invalid active developer path, missing xcrun” after upgrading to macOS Ventura? Here are possible reasons and fixes. ---
**Author:** ![Linda1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/linda1/32/23994_2.png) [@Linda1](https://community.localwp.com/u/Linda1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-incompatible-zip/49057/6 "2025-03-21T10:40:54Z")
You are very kind looking that up for me. Thank you. I did manage to install that x-code thing yesterday but the download was so long I also went ahead and tried your wp migrate lite which worked perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-incompatible-zip/49057/7 "2025-03-21T13:18:57Z")
Glad to hear that @Linda1! So you used WP Migrate Lite to create a full site export and that zip file imported without any problem? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-incompatible-zip/49057/8 "2025-06-19T13:19:29Z")
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