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CleanArchiver - 2.4a4

simple & nifty archiving utility

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.4a4
Release Date:	2008-06-19
License:	Beta
Downloads (this version):	2,657
Downloads (all versions):	47,471

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Product Description:

CleanArchiver is a simple and nifty archiving utility.

It supports not only standard archive types such as gzip, bzip2, and zip, but also compressed Disk Image. In addition if the DropStuff application published by Allume Systems Inc. is installed on your system, CleanArchiver can create StuffIt and StuffIt X archives by calling DropStuff via AppleScript.

Moreover CleanArchiver has the ability not to include system files peculiar to Mac OS X such as .DS_Store and custom icon file (Icon\r) in your archive. So your archive is always clean on other operating systems.

CleanArchiver powerfully supports you to create archives with various archive types and convenient options. Ultimately, just CleanArchiver is enough as the archiver put on your Dock.

What's new in this version:

In this version you can choose whether to save or discard resource forks. On Tiger CleanArchiver 2.3.1 makes tar archives which have resource forks, so your archives include meaningless files, on other operating systems, starting in "._". This version offers the choice whether they are included or no. I deleted StuffIt support in this version because now tar archives can include resource forks and DropStuff is shareware. And this version runs only on Tiger because the tar archiver bundled into Panther can't save resource forks.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.0
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS Classic

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Interesting option for a zipit utility - Version: 2.4a4, 5/8/2009 01:43PM PST

ps2os2

Several comments. The help was extremely brief. Even after reading it it was somewhat a guessing game for the utility.
I tried it and dragged 4 files to the utility window. It seemed to work but were or were did it put the zip file? I eventually found it and it was someplace you wouldn't expect to find it. It was on the same volume but in a completely disconnected folder. There doesn't seem to be a default as to where to put the zip file so instead of logically putting it in the same folder it puts it someplace else and you have to go searching for it.
The help needs expansion and either an option to where the zip file should be created or at least default it to the same folder.

Problem with some file types - Version: 2.3.1, 2/19/2008 12:00AM PST

bw92116anfo

I used CleanArchiver to archive some QuarkXpress 3.3 documents, then I extracted them from the .zip file that CleanArchiver created. This did not involve any burning to disc, or transfer over the internet. I simply created the .zip archive with CleanArchiver, then double-clicked on the .zip file. The file extracted, but it would not open with QuarkXpress 3.3. I could not even force it to open with Quark. The file apparently lost its file type or creator information, and the file's icon was replaced with a plain generic icon. CleanArchiver 2.3.1 should definitely NOT be used to archive QuarkXPress 3.3 documents, because the files when extracted from the archive are unusable, and many hours of work could be permanently lost, if this was the only archive of those files.

Works ok but slow - Version: 2.3.1, 11/17/2007 09:46PM PST

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grh-svo

ZipIt is apparently broken by OSX 10.4.11 so this might be the only zip archiver left standing that is worth a look. Wow it's slow (G5 dual 2GHz with 4.6GB ram) and it is a tad non-standard but it does work.