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BetterZip

BetterZip - 1.8

Archive & compression tool: zip, tar, gzip, bzip2, rar, 7-zip, cpio, sit, hqx.

All Time: (4.6)
Version 1.8: (5.0)
Selected Version: 1.8
Release Date: 2009-03-03
License: Shareware
Downloads (version 1.8): 3,101
Downloads (all versions): 13,882
Price: $19.95

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Product Description:

BetterZip lets you quickly inspect archives without first extracting their contents.
  • Add or extract files via drag-and-drop.
  • Create password protected archives (even with WinZip compatibility).
  • Delete files from archives.
  • Make archives compatible with Windows and Linux systems.
  • BetterZip lets you quickly preview image, pdf, html, and text files in a drawer.
Currently supported formats: zip, sit, tar, gzip, bzip2, rar, 7-zip, BinHex, MacBinary, cpio, arj, lzh/lha, cab, iso, chm, rpm, deb. More to follow soon...

What's new in this version:

  • Archives can now be moved to the trash automatically after a direct extraction (set this in the preferences, tab Advanced).
  • Added a switch in the preferences to suppress the display of an extraction's destination in the Finder.
  • Open, extract, and create XAR archives.
  • Open and extract PKWARE AES encrypted zip archives.
  • Added support for Python eggs. At least zip based eggs.
  • Added the Chinese localization by He Yunxuan.
  • Speed-up for zip and 7-zip.
  • Rar compressed comicbook files (cbr) can now be handled by other programs without losing rar handling in BetterZip.
  • Worked around a problem with the built-in archive handler in Windows XP and Vista.
  • Tar based archives that only have a . folder are displayed now as a normal folder. Previously the . folder was always treated as a hidden folder.
  • Small enhancements in the registration window.
  • In some cases the automatically created destination folder name included .part01 when extracting a multi-volume rar archive.
  • Rar files that didn't have the correct magic bytes at the beginning of the file could not be opened.
  • Larger archives (4-8GB) couldn't be created with zip format.
  • Old format uncompressed tar archives were not recognized and couldn't be opened.
  • Previewing files and switching archives via filesystem browser could lead to a crash.
  • After modifying a tbz or tgz archive a save operation would result in an uncompressed tar archive.
  • BetterZip now correctly detects when a wrong rar password was used for extraction.
  • Fixed two minor memory leaks.
  • Extracting two folders where one's name is the prefix of the second's (e.g., data and data2) would only extract the first.

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

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Feedback Summary:

Version 1.8:
Overall Rating: (5.0) Features: (5.0) Support: (5.0)
Ease of Use: (5.0) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (5.0)
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BetterZip CommentaryGreat - Version: 1.8, 4/3/2009 06:46AM PST

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mediaVinci
Hello,

- Worked around a problem with the built-in archive handler in Windows XP and Vista.

Thank you very much Robert. That really helps. Great stuff. Rock on!

graphically & sincerely,

Marc Klein
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BetterZip ReviewWorks perfectly - great for uncompressed archives - Version: 1.8, 3/30/2009 06:43AM PST

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jules771
Couldn't be happier.

As a photographer it's essential that I supply my clients with uncompressed image archives. BetterZip does the job seamlessly.
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BetterZip CommentaryGood but could be better - Version: 1.7.3, 2/21/2009 03:07PM PST

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chrisyboyg
Have just given this another go after trying a long time ago when I was demo'ing different archiving software. It's very good but two things would make it perfect:

1) A contextual menu plugin, so you can extract archives etc all via right click. Another mac archiver, Springy, has this but I prefer BetterZip's GUI.

2) When you open a file from within an archive, edit it and save it, BetterZip should recognise this and give you the option of saving the archive with the edited file. This is pretty standard practice in most archiving software I have used. As it is you have to extract the file, edit it, then manually re-save it into the archive, which is a bit fiddly.
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