Dr. Unarchiver: RAR & Zip Tool for Mac

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The Unarchiver

The Unarchiver is one of the top rated unarchiving applications for Mac computers. It works better than the OS X native app as the utility can handle more file formats and is faster. The integration of this application with Finder is also good. Moreover, the application can even handle the file names that are in foreign characters. The supported formats are Tar-BZIP2, Rar, Tar-GZip, Zip, 7-Zip, StuffIt and LhA amongst others. It does exactly what it is made for without any frills. It is one of the best packages for decompression of files and comes for free as well. The interface of this simple application is very clean. When the application is run, it shows the preferences window and also suggest one of the 58 file formats that it supports. Therefore, you can be sure that most formats will be accepted by this application. You can check the formats that you might usually come across and the utility would then focus only on these. You can select them all if you don’t want to be too choosy with your options. You can choose where all the extracted files go, how the modification date is set and whether the extracted file be opened and the original file deleted from the system. Currently, the Mac users can get their hands on two different versions of this utility. The first is a sandboxed version available through the Mac App Store. In this version, you need to provide an authorization when the application runs for the first time to decompress a file. However, if you opt for a non-Mac App Store version i.e. the non-sandboxed version, this is not necessary.

WinRAR

Compression trialware for Mac

RAR Expander

RAR Expander makes extracting files contained in RAR archives easier for those using OS X, and integrates right into the main user interface. RAR Expander supports both single as well as multi-part archives and this is one of its key features. RAR Expander also supports password protected archives and since the software uses the official unRAR library for internal use, it is fully compatible with the archives produced by WinRAR format as well. Great points: Works efficiently. Expands RAR archived files quickly and reliably. Simple, stable, and works well with both single and multi-part archives. RAR Expander app comes with complete AppleScript support Some potential issues: Limited to RAR files. Does not work on restoring corrupted files. Interface: RAR Expander is not beautiful to look at, but it works well when it comes to expanding files quickly and reliably. The app's menu has an ‘Expand’ option which can be chosen to expand any files with the .rar format. Conclusion: RAR Expander is a simple utility that is handy when it comes to expanding RAR archives on OS X computers. The app uses the official unRAR library internally to provide full compatibility with files archived by using the WinRAR software. RAR Expander also supports multi volume and password protected files (though it is necessary for the user to remember the passwords) and can be used to expand both single and multi-part archives as well. The application is fully supported by AppleScript and includes example scripts that can be used to easily expand more than one RAR archives at once.

Winzip Mac Edition

Winzip Mac Edition can zip and unzip files instantly using simple, drag-and-drop tools. You can reduce the size of your files for faster sharing and smaller storage. The app lets you open major compressed file formats such as Zip, Zipx, RAR, LHA, 7Z, JAR and WAR. Key features: Zip and unzip files instantly. Protect files with banking-level AES encryption. Share directly to the cloud and email larger files with ease. Winzip Mac Edition allows you to perform a couple of neat features, such as specifying if you want to include or omit Mac-specific hidden files when zipping and sending files to Windows and Linux users, and you can enjoy support for Mac application bundles (.app), with the option to view the package contents before unzipping. Overall, Winzip Mac Edition is a great alternative tool to the standard OS X tools that are available.

UnRarX

Those who have migrated from Windows to Mac often feel the need of a good utility tool that would help them in unzipping the files like WinRAR. The RAR files often become a problem for Mac users. However, if they use the UnRarX, they can simply drag and drop function and unzip all the RAR files they want in one go. It can be used with almost any kind of archive that they want. It is very easy to use the UnRarX utility. The interface here is very simple. Most of the controls of the application are provided on the top right corner of the interface. You can look for files directly from the interface, extract these files or even test these files to verify that they are not corrupt. There may be times when the files are protected with a password. In that case, you simply have to click on the Password button and then enter it in order to extract the files. Remember, it does not create any RAR archives as well. You would have to create them on your own, although, it is a quick application and handles some tasks for unzipping files for sure.

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Free Download Manager for Mac

Free Download Manager for Mac is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Moreover, FDM is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license. Key Features include: BitTorrent support. Upload Manager. Flash video downloading. Portable (USB stick) mode. Audio/video file preview and conversion. Download acceleration. Resume broken downloads. Smart file management and powerful scheduler. Adjust traffic usage. HTML Spider: Download whole web pages or even whole web sites with HTML Spider. Simultaneous downloading from several mirrors. Zip files partial download. Active spyware and adware protection through active communication among users. Multi language support.

Zipeg for Mac

Zipeg for Mac is a file compression tool, which offers the convenience of previewing an entire file before extracting it. It supports popular archiving formats such as ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, TGZ, BZIP2, ISO, CBR, CBZ and many others. With Zipeg for Mac you can open a compressed file, sort file-names in alphabetical order, view its content and extract the content from it. It also supports auto-detect filename encoding and you can preview images, not just various documents. Zipeg for Mac supports content extraction from password protected archives that are encrypted, such as ZIP and RAR files including those that contains multiple parts. There is an Options button that allows you to select the file you would like the application to open by default, and also where you would like the destination file to be placed. Zipeg for Mac is a great tool for previewing compressed files. For its functionality it really is quite lightweight and uses hardly any system resources. It has a clean interface that can be navigated by users of all levels of experience as there is virtually zero learning curve; simply install and use. The only downside is that Zipeg for Mac is unable to create archives, but then again, it doesn't claim to. Note, Zipeg requires Jave to operate.

Bandizip for Mac

Bandizip for Mac is an all-in-one Zip Archiver for the Mac platform. It can handle most popular compression formats, including Zip, 7z, and Rar. It is both lightweight and lightning fast, utilizing a rapid Zip algorithm for compression & extraction with fast drag and drop functions, high speed archiving, and multi-core compression. Key features include: All-inclusive compression/decompression/browsing/editing App. Supported OS: macOS Sierra(10.12), High Sierra(10.13). Extraction for 30+ formats, including: RAR/RAR5/7Z/ZIP. ZIP and 7z compression. ZIP file modification (add/delete/rename). Up to 6 times faster compression than the Finder using multi-core. Encrypted archive creation. Supports AES256 encryption algorithm. Supports compression of 4 GB or more size file. Unicode or MBCS filename for ZIP format. Multi-volume archive creation of ZIP/7z format. Supported formats: 7Z, AES, ALZ, ARJ, BH, BIN, BZ, BZ2, CAB, Compound(MSI), EGG, GZ, IMG, ISO, ISZ, LHA, LZ, LZH, LZMA, PMA, RAR, RAR5, SFX(EXE), TAR, TBZ, TBZ2, TGZ, TLZ, TXZ, UDF, WIM, XPI, XZ, Z, ZIP, ZIPX and ZPAQ. Easy view of an archive's file list. Extraction of selected files only. Also supports drag & drop. Availability of ZIP & RAR format archive comment. One-step extraction of TGZ/TBZ formats. Bandizip for Mac supports ZipCrypto and AES 256 encryption algorithms for higher security. It also has support for split compression to certain sizes, such as 10MB or 700MB. Besides Windows standard split compression formats such as zip, z01, and z02, it securely supports ALZ, EGG (alz, a01, a02, and vol1.egg, vol2.egg, 7Z(7z.001, 7z.002, and RAR (part1.rar). Bandizip for Mac is lightweight, has stacks of support features and utilizes super quick Zip algorithms for compression and expansion. so, If you need to change your current Zip utility then Bandizip for Mac is a great tool to consider.