Open zip on mac. RAR on Mac (macOS) - how to open: free archiver program

Below you will find free programs, distributed under licenses

7-Zip is one of the best free archivers. The program has a high compression and extraction speed, supports setting a password for the archive and works with the following formats: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM, can unpack ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO , LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.

B1 Free Archiver

B1 Free Archiver is a free multi-platform file archiver. In addition, the program can act as file manager. The archiver has been translated into more than 30 languages ​​and works under operating systems such as Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Android. B1 Free Archiver supports functions such as compression, decompression and encryption (password setting) for ZIP and B1's own format.

A program such as an archiver is a working tool for the user of any operating system, be it Windows, Linux or Mac OS. Often the data that needs to be sent over the Internet to a colleague or interlocutor is of an unacceptable size, probably most often this concerns mail, then a file archiver comes to the rescue, using different algorithms compression reduces the file size to an acceptable size. The degree of compression of files by the archiver depends largely on the contents of the file, namely on its extension, txt or jpeg, for example.

And to put it even simpler, an archiver is a container-press where your files are placed (the archiving process), and in it they are compressed and stored until you unzip them (the unzipping process), and all the files will remain in that the form in which you placed them there.

In other cases, the archiver simply adds convenience when you need to send several files of different formats. And in this case, the user can archive several files (put them in a container) receiving one archive, and send just one archived file, and not a whole bunch of files that will have to be downloaded one by one, which takes time and is inconvenient. Likewise, the party receiving your file will download one archive instead of many different files, convenient isn't it?!

You also need to highlight one feature of archiving - the ability to set a password for the archive (the container with your files), and this means nothing more than that only knowing the password can you access the archived data, is it safe, right?!

The most popular archiving formats today are: Zip, RAR, Tar-GZip, Tar-BZip2, 7-zip.

How to use The Unarchiver archiver

1. After installation, run The Unarchiver archiver:

2. Check the boxes for at least Zip, RAR and 7-zip formats.

3. The minimum configuration of the archiver is now complete. Now, to unzip files, you just need to double-click on the archive and it will be unzipped to the same folder on the computer where the archive itself is located.

Gone are the days when archivers were used solely to reduce file sizes in order to write as many of them as possible onto one floppy disk. Today, the main purpose of these applications is to record multiple files into one archive for ease of distribution and storage. This is the type of utility that, although not one of the most important, is still used quite regularly.

BetterZip

One of the most famous, popular and advanced archivers. It opens archives of almost all known formats, can create archives (though in this case the support for formats is not so wide), and also allows you to view the contents of the archive without first unpacking it. It is possible to create protected archives and test existing ones. The only drawback of the program is that it is paid.

BetterZip

Keka

It is also a fairly well-known archiver, popular due to its free nature. Capable of unpacking archives of most existing formats. It can also create archives, but the number of formats is not so wide (for example, it is not possible to create RAR archives). It is believed that the main drawback of this program is its not the most attractive icon.

Keka

WinZip for Mac

A “classic” from the world of Windows, which also came to OS X. A very advanced solution with good functionality and some useful additional features. At the same time, this same archiver is the most expensive of all that we are considering today.

WinZip for Mac

Zipeg

A free and very simple application designed only for unpacking archives, including those protected by passwords. All most popular formats are supported. If you don't need to create archives, then Zipeg can be good decision. There is a version for both OS X and Windows.

Zipeg

The Unarchiver

It is also a very simple utility that can only unpack archives. The most popular formats are supported, which is quite enough for most users. Additional features quite a bit, but this is fully justified by the absolute freeness of the application. This utility is one of the most popular.

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Write about archiving files and archivers for Mac OS suggested by one of the readers who asked me a question: are there archivers and dearchivers for Macs? I will try to describe what Mac OS has out of the box and what else can be delivered to make it comfortable to work with archives.

Archiving Utility - zip archives

One of the conveniences that I discovered at one time after switching from Win to Mac was the built-in support for zip archives in Mac OS X - one of the most common formats, which in many operating systems supported. To create a zip archive, just select the file(s) in the Finder, right-click (or ctrl+click) and select context menu"Squeeze." After which a zip file is created with a copy of the files and with the name “Archive.zip”, if there is more than one file to be archived, or if there is only one file, then the name of the archive will coincide with the name of the original file.

Unpacking zip files is just as easy as archiving. By default, the “Archive Utility” is launched automatically by double-clicking on a zip archive, which leads to unpacking the contents of the archive into a folder of the same name if there is more than one file. In addition, the original zip file remains untouched, that is, when unpacking, a copy of the archive contents is created.

The built-in zip support also manifests itself when downloading files from the Web in Safari. After the zip is downloaded, it will be automatically unpacked by the same “Archiving Utility”. In most cases, this default behavior is “just right,” but sometimes it’s annoying.

Working with archives from the Mac OS X Terminal

More experienced users can create archives from the Terminal. There are several utilities for this in Mac OS X, for example, gzip, bzip2, tar. Moreover, if the first two are archivers, then tar is a “packer” of files - it archives a group of files into one without compression. tar is used in conjunction with gzip and bzip2, which, according to the “Unix tradition”, can only compress one file: they perform one function, but well. Therefore, they usually first pack files or folders with files into a tar archive, and then compress the resulting file with gzip or bzip2.

You can read more about these archivers on Wikipedia: , . Many, of course, will not want to bother with the Terminal for archiving files. But it is worth noting that bzip2, for example, compresses better than standard zip or gzip, although it is slower. In addition, gzip is used by Mac OS itself to archive logs, for example.

I often make manual backups of files using the tar utility, which correctly saves information about files and folders (permissions, creation time, etc.). In addition, tar can be "asked" to compress the tar archive into bzip2. As a result, with one command, with the appropriate keys, we get a .tbz file in which the files are correctly packed (tar) and well compressed (bz2).

Non-standard method - .dmg

Among standard set Mac programs OS has Disk Utility, which is not intended for archiving files, but in principle this can be achieved from it. The idea is simple - creating compressed dmg images. To do this, you need to go to Disk Utility to the address “File–>New–>Disk image from folder...” (shortcut Command+Shift+N) and select the folder with the files in the dialog that appears. Next, in the next dialog for saving the dmg image, select the name and format of the image - “compressed”. If I understand everything correctly, the content will be compressed with the same zip.

I even once tested the compression ratio in dmg and zip. It comes out about the same - compressed dmg images the result is slightly (10%–15%) larger than a zip archive.

I took different types of files with a total size of 100 MB:

Third Party Archivers

The main reason why people reach out to install some kind of program for working with archives is the need to unpack rar files. Historically, rar was widely used on “one sixth of the landmass.” This, in my opinion, is due to the ability to split a rar archive into volumes (parts), a higher compression ratio than zip, and a set of all sorts of gadgets such as setting passwords for the archive and the like. The level of compression was important 5 years ago, when the price per gigabyte of hard drive space was high, recording to DVD was also expensive, and you couldn’t invest much in email.

As a result, many people on Windows continue to use rar as the main archiver, and there are still a lot of files packed in rar on the Internet.

Stuffit Expander

The program is called " must have" The main advantages are that it is free and the ability to unpack a bunch of formats, including rar. Stuffit Expander cannot archive at all; for this purpose there is its older (and paid) brother Stuffit Deluxe.

I won’t be mistaken if I say that in 99.9% of cases, for a happy mac life, Archiving Utility + Stuffit Expander is enough.

Stuffit Deluxe

This archiver costs $79, but it can do much more than Stuffit Expander. Firstly, it can compress into more than 20 archive formats, including rar, sitx, cab and all the formats mentioned above in the text. To be honest, I don’t use it, but if you often need to clip into something exotic on a Mac, or need to split archives into volumes for uploading to file storage (hello Varez :), then Stuffit Deluxe will certainly come in handy.

A good alternative to Stuffit Expander, and the built-in archiver in Mac OS, may be The Unarchiver. From the name it is already clear that the software is designed for unpacking files. The Unarchiver supports many archiving formats (including sitx from the developers of Stuffit), integrates with Finder, does not confuse non-English file names, etc. The Unarchiver is free and open-source.

There is nothing like WinRAR for Mac yet. The developers of the rar format have just waited for command-line utilities. It is distributed free of charge as a 40-day version (then you have to pay, although I don’t know how they control it), and if sometimes you need to download it in rar and are friends with the Terminal, then nothing else is needed for normal work and a carefree life.

BetterZip

Not very expensive ($19.95) and quite a popular archiver (thanks for the tip in the comments). Supports a lot of formats: IP, SIT, TAR, GZip, BZip2, RAR, 7-Zip, CPIO, ARJ, LZH/LHA, JAR, WAR, CAB, ISO, CHM, RPM, DEB, NSIS, BIN, HQX, DD. In addition, there is support for quick preview of the archive via Quick Look. To do this, you need to download a special plugin.

It is also worth paying attention to this archiver ($26). Like BetterZip, iArchiver is written in the best traditions of Mac-Usability. Supports not many formats: clamps - Zip, DMG, 7-zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, Z and CPIO; unpacks: Zip, RAR, 7-zip, StuffIt, Gzip, Bzip2, ARJ, Z, LhA, DMG, hqx, rpm and so on. In addition, it can convert rar archives in zip. In general, it is simple and understandable.