BetterZip for Mac
- By MacItBetter
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Key Details of BetterZip
- View, modify, add, remove and more
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- Virus scan status:
Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)
Editors’ Review
BetterZip for Mac allows you to view, modify, add, and remove files directly from archives without the need to unzip them. This app also features its own implementation of a keychain but unfortunately does not integrate with OS X's keychain and thus cannot be synced over iCloud. Another potential drawback is the lack of Finder integration.
BetterZip supports many types of file extraction. These include ZIP, SIT, TAR, GZip, BZip2, RAR, 7-Zip, CPIO, ARJ, LZH/LHA, JAR, WAR, CAB, ISO, CHM, RPM, DEB, NSIS, BIN, HQX, and DD. Users can create archives in formats like ZIP, Uncompressed TAR, TAR with Gzip compression, TAR with BZip2 compression, 7Z, and XAR. RAR compression is available for extraction without extra tools. To create RAR archives, users need to download the command line RAR tool from Rarlab. BetterZip can then use this tool in its interface.
BetterZip makes file management simple and quick. Users can work with many file formats in one app. The app handles compression and extraction tasks easily. The interface is clear and helps users manage files smoothly. BetterZip is reliable for everyday file management on Mac.
After a straightforward installation, BetterZip for Mac displays a clean and easy-to-understand interface that lets you quickly reveal the contents of archives without having to unzip them first. The transfer speed for files won't disappoint you: it took us a little less than 30 seconds to extract 300MB from a larger archive. One peculiarity of the app is that if you try to view a damaged archive, BetterZip treats it as a password-protected archive instead. The keychain, itself, works well enough, though; we were able to interact with password-protected archives without entering the specific password. However, we were required to set a master password and enter it to confirm our identity. A great feature is the "Clean" option, which scans archives for predetermined and user-defined files and extensions and automatically deletes them.
Bottom Line
If you're working with large archives on a regular basis or have to enter complex passwords in order to access archived information, BetterZip for Mac can make your life easier. While this premium app is nothing exceptional, it accomplishes what it sets out to do in a satisfactory manner.
Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of BetterZip for Mac 2.3.2.
What’s new in version 5.3
Enhancements
- Notifications in the macOS notification center are now clickable and will reveal the processed items in Finder.
- When opening an archive, BetterZip now lists all paths of the archive in the transcript window to give you a textual file listing which can be copied to the clipboard.
Bug Fixes
- Dragging a folder with a numeric path extension into a window's drop area led to a false error message.
- Recursive extraction of all archives in folders was not working correctly.
- BetterZip now allows extraction of folders in its submenu in Finder's contextual menu.
- Suppress an error message when an archive has multiple entries for one item.
- Don't only quarantine apps, but all executables.
- The lock icon in the statusbar wasn't shown for encrypted zip files.
- The BetterZip Finder extension would interfere with Dropbox's and OneDrive's extension and the sync icons would disappear. I fixed a small bug in BetterZip's extension, but I am not really sure that this was connected to the problem. I was able to reproduce this behavior only rarely after having my Mac run for a long time (weeks) without restarting which makes it hard to pin down. Since the problem also occurs with other extensions, my suspicion is that it's rooted in the extension system itself. I will keep investigating this. If your sync icons continue to disappear with BetterZip 5.0.3, please disable the BetterZip extension for the time being, and if you have any hints, please do let me know.
BetterZip for Mac
- By MacItBetter
- Trial version
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