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The Unarchiver

The Unarchiver - 2.2

Unarchive ZIP, TAR, SIT, RAR, and 7-Zip files.

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This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 2.2
Release Date: 2009-11-17
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 3,736
Downloads (all versions): 48,495

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Product Description:

  • Supports more formats than I can remember. Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, 7-Zip, Rar, LhA, StuffIt, several old Amiga file and disk archives, CAB, LZX, stuff I don't even know what it is.
  • Copies the Finder file-copying/moving/deleting interface for its interface.
  • Uses the character set autodetection code from Mozilla to auto-detect the encoding of the filenames in the archives.
  • Supports split archives for certain formats, like RAR.
  • Built around libxad (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libxad/). This is an old Amiga library for handling unpacking of archives. It supports a whole lot of formats, and I added a couple more, and bugfixed old code. I also wrote a higher-level Objective-C wrapper around it, which might be useful for other projects too (including Xee).

What's new in this version:

  • Korean and Traditional Chinese translations.
  • Support for the XZ compression format, along with support for embedded XZ in RPM and XAR files.
  • Support for LZMA2 and some more filters in 7-zip.
  • Support for NSA and SAR.
  • Better support for unicode in Zip files, and some bugfixes for Korean.
  • Better support for MacBinary in Zip.
  • Fixed an issue where the final file in a Zip file created on OS X might get lost.
  • More robust reading of gzip files.
  • Fixed an issue with the interface, where the window was sometimes left open.

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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The Unarchiver Troubleshooting ReportIt used to work... now it's broken. - Version: 2.0.1, 8/30/2009 07:40AM PST

tonton--2008
I have used this program for months and months with no problem. After the 2.0 upgrade, I suddenly cannot open certain password protected .zip files I had no problem with in the past. How do I downgrade to 1.6?
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The Unarchiver ReviewWorked for me. - Version: 1.6.1, 1/10/2009 12:24PM PST

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garyrog
I got this to open a .sit file -- I didn't want any more of that stuffit stuff for me on my hard drive.

The first time I ran it it put up a preferences window with a checkbox for each of the formats it could handle. I checked the checkbox for .sit files.

Then when I opened my .sit file it went directly into The Unarchiver and it opened it with no problem.

So, for my simple use, the app could not have been easier or worked better.
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The Unarchiver Troubleshooting ReportEncoded 7z - Version: 1.6.1, 6/12/2008 11:52AM PST

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Hugh1988
It is soooo fast at unarchiving files, but unfortunatly it wont open password protected 7zip files. Shame...
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