The Unarchiver for Mac

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Average User Rating:

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Quick Specs

Version:

3.11.5
Total Downloads:

375,673
Date Added:

Mar. 29, 2018
Price:

Free

File Size:

5.48MB
Downloads Last Week:

83
Platform:

Mac
Product ranking:

#3 in File Compression

Editors' Review

by Clifford Colby / May 11, 2017

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.

Publisher's Description

From Dag Agren: The Unarchiver 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. It copies the finder file-copying/moving/deleting interface for its interface and uses the character set auto-detection code from Mozilla to auto-detect the encoding of the filenames in the archives. The Unarchiver supports split archives for certain formats, like RAR. It is built around 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).

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"Tremendous App"

WGibson6481 July 13, 2013 / Version: The Unarchiver 3.8

2013-07-13 15:59:03 | By WGibson6481

Pros

This free app (without ads either!!) is better than any other decompression application. It put Stuffit (which was the Mac standard for more than a decade), WinZip, or any others.

Cons

I have to admit, I cannot think of any.

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"All in all i like it."

Surajo42 April 14, 2013 / Version: The Unarchiver 3.7

2013-04-14 14:10:42 | By Surajo42

Pros

Generally it works fine

Cons

If you have more than 2 zip-files: with some it works fine, you can open all together. But there are zip-files, you have to open after the 2nd file each separately.

In Preferences you cannot fix it, that it expands from the beginning in the same file. The first zip-file you have always to authorise.

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"Works without a hitch"

icarus68 December 11, 2012 / Version: The Unarchiver 3.5.1

2012-12-11 19:22:53 | By icarus68

Pros

Straightforward installation and easy to use.

Cons

haven't noticed yet

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"Perfect for what I needed"

manutd018 June 02, 2012 / Version: The Unarchiver 3.2

2012-06-02 00:16:50 | By manutd018

Pros

Wide variety of supported file types.

Cons

Interface is slightly lackluster.

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"The best program of the kind I have ever used."

Fire_Angel April 14, 2012 / Version: The Unarchiver 3.1.1

2012-04-14 15:08:28 | By Fire_Angel

Pros

Opens almost any compressed archive format you are ever likely to see.
Fast; opens many Stuffit archives much faster than Stuffit Expander on my PowerMac.
It just works, you hardly notice it after a while.

Cons

None that I know of.

Summary

If you download many archive files form the web and have a Mac, I think you should have The Unarchiver installed.

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"PowerMac Support returns!"

UltraJoe April 08, 2012 / Version: The Unarchiver 3.1.1

2012-04-08 17:08:27 | By UltraJoe

Pros

- Support for every archive format imaginable, including ZipX
- PowerMac support

Cons

- None I've found so far

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"Bye-bye to PowerMacs"

UltraJoe March 24, 2012 / Version: The Unarchiver 3.0

2012-03-24 20:06:25 | By UltraJoe

Pros

• Unarchives tons of different formats
• Easy to use

Cons

• No longer supported on PowerMacs

Summary

The product description needs to be updated. The Unarchiver 3.0 is Intel-only. Very disappointed that .zipx support still leaves us PowerMac users behind.

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"please, some assistance"

masegorobin March 22, 2012 / Version: The Unarchiver 2.7.1

2012-03-22 22:13:48 | By masegorobin

Pros

I'm new to unarchiver, and I was happy to discover that it opened a huge zip file that I downloaded - with no fuss . . .

Cons

But, when I attempt to open a torrent file, Unarchiver asks for my password - problem is, I have not entered a password for Unarchiver . . . please inform me where I can find how to create/change my unarchiver password.

thanks!

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"One of the Best Unarchiving Tools"

offthewaggoner December 01, 2011 / Version: The Unarchiver 2.7.1

2011-12-01 15:37:23 | By offthewaggoner

Pros

Easy to navigate; supports dozens of different formats; efficient, fast, reliable app; one of the best unarchiving tools on Mac OS X.

Cons

Can't find any fault in it.

Summary

The Unarchiver is one of those handful of programs I consider most essential for my system. It's truly a wonderful app that supports a variety of formats, from RAR to 7-zip to even old Amiga formats. It is able to handle practically all that you throw at it without any issues. It's practical, stable, and extremely easy to use. Great piece of software.

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"Handy to have an alternative."

DLVN2 May 31, 2011 / Version: The Unarchiver 2.7.1

2011-05-31 13:31:36 | By DLVN2

Pros

Handy to have an alternative when something doesn't open automaticly

Cons

no negative comment.

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What's new in version 3.11.5
Introduces a new feedback form and a crash reporter. Fixes an issue that sometimes made it impossible to extract archives from Finder.

General
Publisher	Dag Agren
Publisher web site	http://wakaba.c3.cx/
Release Date	March 29, 2018
Date Added	March 29, 2018
Version	3.11.5

Category
Category	Utilities & Operating Systems
Subcategory	File Compression

Operating Systems
Operating Systems	Mac OS X 10.10/10.11/10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9, macOS 10.12
Additional Requirements	macOS 10.12/10.13

Download Information
File Size	5.48MB
File Name	External File

Popularity
Total Downloads	375,673
Downloads Last Week	83

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License Model	Free
Limitations	Not available
Price	Free

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