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    best software to decompress .rar files?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by littleasian, Jul 4, 2009.

  1. littleasian

    littleasian Notebook Consultant

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    hey guys i need some recommendations on what to use to unzip/unrar files on my new mac.

    i heard the unarchiver is good but it wouldn't extract any of my password protected .rar's that i downloaded online.

    im using unrarx right now but i hate how it start extracting before prompting me for a password.

    are there any other good suggestions out there? thanks!
     
    littleasian, Jul 4, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    I've tried numerous applications for extracting rar archives, and so far Zipeg has been the best ( http://www.zipeg.com/). Most of the other extractors, such as UnrarX or iArchiver, does not support previewing the archive before extracting, or extracting specific files only from the archive.
     
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  3. MKang25

    MKang25 NBR Prisoner

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    Betterzip is also a very good decompressing program.
     
    MKang25, Jul 4, 2009
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  4. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    i've always used Unrarx. so i guess i will give zipeg a try.
     
    Luke1708, Jul 4, 2009
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  5. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    I always use 7zip
     
    X2P, Jul 4, 2009
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  6. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    I was just about to say, isn't there a 7zip for OS X? I use that soley in windows, and it's a great program. :) Supports lots of different archives.
     
    talin, Jul 4, 2009
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