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    zip and rar on mac

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Omela, Jun 20, 2008.

  1. Omela

    Omela Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all
    I need program on my mac to open rar +zip archives - Stuffit I don't like much.
    Is there anything like winzip?
     
    Omela, Jun 20, 2008
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  2. Chris27

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    the unarchiver works fine for me.
     
    Chris27, Jun 20, 2008
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  3. Omela

    Omela Notebook Consultant

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    can you give link please?
     
    Omela, Jun 20, 2008
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  4. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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  6. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    UnrarX works like a charm for rar files.
     
    cdnalsi, Jun 20, 2008
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  7. saturnotaku

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    Love 7Zip for Windows and wasn't aware of ports to other operating systems.

    +rep
     
    saturnotaku, Jun 20, 2008
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  8. sulkorp

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    I use Macpar DeLuxe

    Its meant for joining split archives and using pars, but it works on single ones, and its a pretty good program.
     
    sulkorp, Jun 20, 2008
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  9. myshkin

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    i use betterzip
     
    myshkin, Jun 21, 2008
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  10. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    the built in archive utility is honestly an excellent way to go for basic .zip files, I just leave .rar files to my PC, as there aren't many Mac specific downloads involving .rar
     
    circa86, Jun 21, 2008
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  11. ValkyrieLenneth

    ValkyrieLenneth Notebook Evangelist

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    To preview content of an archive file, you can use Quicklook plugin.
    If you are familiar with winrar, you can use BetterZip.
    If your want to decompress file quickly, use UnrarX for .rar and Archive Ultility (integrated into OSX) for .zip.
     
    ValkyrieLenneth, Jun 21, 2008
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  12. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Zipeg works here without a mess.It can preview as well

    Download From Here


    Visit Here For More Info

     
    bigspin, Jun 21, 2008
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  13. ValkyrieLenneth

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    Thank you, i will give this a try... report back later :p
     
    ValkyrieLenneth, Jun 21, 2008
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