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iArchiver 1.2.5 (Mac OS X)

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i have switched from using windows 2 years ago and i am used to simple archiving applications such as WinRAR that just simply 'does the job'. on the mac platform however, it seems impossible for software developers to come up with a decent piece of software that does just that. maybe mac programmers are too creative, i don't know. i've been looking for the ultimate app eversince and still haven't found the perfect soulmate, maybe it's the lack of native commandline apps that limits the makers, maybe its a license/rights issue. anyway, closest to perfect so far seems to be iArchiver, and i've tried a bunch; stuffit: crap, stay away from my mac! / unarchiver: love it but has certain annoyances / betterzip: interface pisses me off / unrarx: too specialised and therefor incomplete for the most common tasks. the things at which iArchiver excells are simple to point out: 1. It can compress and decompress! 2. it supports a shitload of filetypes for decompression! (zip/sit/rar/ace/7z/ and more...) 3. it even looks nice, like a mac app, actually. [alert admin]

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Monday, March 17 2008 @ 03:31 AM PDT

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