The Unarchiver for Mac 4.2.2

The Unarchiver for Mac is a powerful and versatile utility software that falls under the category of Utilities & Operating Systems. It is designed to support a wide range of archive formats, making it an essential tool for anyone who frequently works with compressed files.

With The Unarchiver, you can easily extract files from archives in various formats such as Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, 7-Zip, Rar, LhA and StuffIt. Additionally, it supports several old Amiga file and disk archives like CAB and LZX. This software even supports split archives for certain formats like RAR.

One of the most impressive features of The Unarchiver is its ability to copy the finder file-copying/moving/deleting interface for its interface. This means that users can enjoy a familiar user experience while working with their archived files.

Another notable feature of this software is its use of character set auto-detection code from Mozilla to auto-detect the encoding of filenames in archives. This ensures that users do not encounter any issues when extracting files with non-standard characters or symbols in their names.

The Unarchiver was built around libxad - an old Amiga library for handling unpacking of archives - which supports a whole lot more formats than other similar tools on the market today. In addition to this extensive list of supported archive formats, The Unarchiver also includes bug fixes and added support for some lesser-known archive types.

For developers looking to integrate archive extraction functionality into their own projects or applications using Objective-C programming language will find The Unarchiver's higher-level Objective-C wrapper around libxad useful too (including Xee).

Overall, The Unarchiver offers an excellent solution for anyone who needs to work with compressed files regularly on their Mac computer. Its extensive format support combined with its user-friendly interface makes it one of the best utilities available today!

The Unarchiver is a handy, free replacement for the MacOS stock Archive Utility, giving you more control over how and where to compress and uncompress files.

Pros

Handles more formats: The Unarchiver handles dozens of formats, including a few that the Mac's Archive Utility can't, such as RAR files. You can set The Unarchiver to be the default application for any file type it supports or just drag an archived file onto The Unarchiver icon to have it uncompress the file.

Lots of control: You where The Unarchiver extracts file and what happens to the archive file after you expand it (such as moving it to the Trash). You can also quickly find The Unarchiver in your Applications folder, unlike the Apple's own archive tool, which is buried in System/Library/CoreServices/Applications.

Cons

Not a lot of help: It's a free app, so don't expect a lot of help. Beyond a support board for the app and a bit of guidance on a slim Web page, you are on your own.

Bottom Line

If you are looking for more control over archived files on your Mac, The Unarchiver is a free and useful upgrade over what MacOS provides.