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Keepongoing
Joined: 13 Feb 2003
Location: Korea
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 Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject: Please recommend a good zip program for Mac OS |
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Just got a new Mac and don't seem to have any Unzip Applications, can you recommend one
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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| It's built into the OS. Just double-click the file, should open. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Please recommend a good zip program for Mac OS |
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| MASH4077 wrote: |
| Just got a new Mac and don't seem to have any Unzip Applications, can you recommend one |
UnstuffIt and any of the Stuffit and StuffIt Expander utilities will do it. Expander does pretty much every archive type, including RAR |
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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:19 am Post subject: Re: Please recommend a good zip program for Mac OS |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| MASH4077 wrote: |
| Just got a new Mac and don't seem to have any Unzip Applications, can you recommend one |
UnstuffIt and any of the Stuffit and StuffIt Expander utilities will do it. Expander does pretty much every archive type, including RAR |
That's funny, it won't unstuff RAR files for me. I found a version of WinRAR for the mac, but the damn thing is command line only. I never even read the instructions, just tossed it.
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corroonb
Joined: 04 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:45 am Post subject: |
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You can find an unofficial version of 7zip that works with Mac OS X at this website.
http://homepage.mac.com/krmathis/
7zip is an excellent freeware program that opens zip and rar files. I don't know if this version works but its under 1 Mb so its worth a shot. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Really...I can open and decompress .zip and .rar files by just double-clicking on them. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Please recommend a good zip program for Mac OS |
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| AbbeFaria wrote: |
| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| UnstuffIt and any of the Stuffit and StuffIt Expander utilities will do it. Expander does pretty much every archive type, including RAR |
That's funny, it won't unstuff RAR files for me. I found a version of WinRAR for the mac, but the damn thing is command line only. I never even read the instructions, just tossed it. |
StuffIt Expander has no problems (for me) with RAR files, but you can also try another one called UnRarX. It also works for me without a problem.
I just wish those torrent guys would stop USING rar as it's a pain in the arse. Everything is already compressed as far as it'll go, so what's the point of it? |
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munji
Joined: 08 Sep 2006
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| corroonb wrote: |
You can find an unofficial version of 7zip that works with Mac OS X at this website.
http://homepage.mac.com/krmathis/
7zip is an excellent freeware program that opens zip and rar files. I don't know if this version works but its under 1 Mb so its worth a shot. |
EZ 7z is a an easier way of using the command line archiver, p7zip(link above) /7za
Download at http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19139 |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| Seriously, why do you need any of these programs with OSX? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| Seriously, why do you need any of these programs with OSX? |
I suspect that you have a program installed that you don't know is installed. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:28 am Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| It's built into the OS. Just double-click the file, should open. |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| Seriously, why do you need any of these programs with OSX? |
I suspect that you have a program installed that you don't know is installed. |
True, the Archive Utility is pre-installed with the OS, probably somewhere in the Unix system files, so no need for 3rd-party software. |
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