Comments on: Open and UnRar RAR Files on a Mac

By: jackson

jackson — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:17:54 +0000

Ez7z is better, actually it’s probably the best.

By: Open .7z files on a Mac

Open .7z files on a Mac — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:16:30 +0000

[...] all sorts of archive formats, it has been discussed here before as an alternate when you need to open and unrar RAR files in Mac OS X as well. Because of it’s flexibility, it’s a good addition to any Mac software [...]

By: Fine Tune Archive Behavior with the Secret Archives Preference Pane

Fine Tune Archive Behavior with the Secret Archives Preference Pane — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:53:00 +0000

[...] definitely handy and makes the built-in archive tool a lot more useful (now if only it could unrar files [...]

By: Joris

Joris — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:16:52 +0000

I use RAR Expander: http://rarexpander.sourceforge.net/
Works perfect, never had any problems with it. But then again, I never tried out the above suggestions. Anyway, I like what I use, so why change, right?

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:38:36 +0000

I used to use the Unarchiver (great app), but now I find iExpander is better. It does .rar files and dozens more. You have to set-up it’s preferences to “unzip” any of the more obscure compression algorithms. It’s good 5 stars out of 5 on MacUpdate. I just went there to see more info on it (it’s free by the way) but the link to the developer’s site is broken. Don’t know if the developer even still exists.

By: roger

roger — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:49:23 +0000

For me the Unarchiver did it. I tried simply all programs, and all ruined at some point. MacPar Deluxe was the second best, but Unarchiver ruled in all my tests, configurable, enqueues multiple requests, deletes multi-file without a glitch, great support, free, etc.

By: docMD

docMD — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:17:22 +0000

I second dvkch’s opinion on The Unarchiver. It handles everything I throw at it and it is far better (especially for newbies) to just have one thing than a bunch of programs. Install and forget – the best endorsement in my book.

By: Brah

Brah — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:42:19 +0000

I tried unarchiver and unrarx and eventually settled on RarMachine. I like it the best. I can make RAR files and also extract them. I can make RAR files with passwords and also broken into smaller size chunks with RarMachine.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:25:04 +0000

My vote is for Unarchiver (an all-in-one solution). Now, if either of the apps also did archiving as well, then we’d really have something great … for free.

@moz- u can keep Unarchiver on a USB and it doesn’t have to replace the default.

By: moz

moz — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:24:49 +0000

I like Unarchiver and Unrarx, unrarx is a good solution to keep on a USB key too since it can launch anywhere. Unarchiver is probably more powerful but it basically replaces your default extractor.

By: Septus

Septus — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:24:12 +0000

it’s too bad rarlabs hasn’t made a mac version of there gui app for windows.
With Macs gaining momentum the last years, i think they might do it eventually

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:03:08 +0000

MacPAR Deluxe for me.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:50:30 +0000

The Unarchiver looks great, I’ll check it out thanks!

By: dvkch

dvkch — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:41:49 +0000

For my personal use i took The Unarchiver. It supports a lot of formats including .rar, and password protected archives. If i remember well UnRarX sometimes had trouble to open them.