Hi guys, what's the equvalent of WinRAR on OS X? I have some .rar files and they show up as "binary" format in finder.

Thanks,

G

RAR Expander
http://rarexpander.sourceforge.net/
UnRARX
http://www.kyngchaos.com/software
even stuffit.....

Stuffit Expander does RAR.

MacPar does it best

Try This ... http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/MacPAR_deLuxe/

RAR Expander
http://rarexpander.sourceforge.net/
UnRARX
http://www.kyngchaos.com/software
even stuffit.....

I really like UnRARX...

RtC

Another unRarX user here.... Always gets the job done for me.

Another unRarX user here.... Always gets the job done for me.

Weren't you the one to tell me about it?

RtC

Stuffit Expander does RAR.
For some reason, does not expand all RAR files...

MacPAR or UnRarX

Stuffit does only the most basic rar handling, chokes on most multi parts files, etc. Stuffit expander is getting pretty long in the tooth and is only really needed these days mostly for .sit files -- it's not the one stop decompression util it used to be.

MacPAR or UnRarX

Stuffit does only the most basic rar handling, chokes on most multi parts files, etc. Stuffit expander is getting pretty long in the tooth and is only really needed these days mostly for .sit files -- it's not the one stop decompression util it used to be.


AGREED AND ISNT THAT A SHAME

Naw, I'm quite happy that OSX has built in zip file functionality and that we don't have to use third party stuff to do simple compression/decompression any longer.

I downloaded a huge Karaoke .rar file - 10GB on my ibook.
I bought a MG35 media player with a 250 GB Western Digital drive.

Stuffit wouldn't open it

MacPar barely recognized it.

UnRarX tested it for errors and opened it ( @ 20 minutes )

I'm now happy and I now have some excess space on my laptop.

I hate the way stuffit scatters its program files all over your computer. Stay away unless absolutely necessary. I found often random errors would appear while trying to unarchive or it will simply stop at about 90% completion and not move.

I like UnrarX but it had troubles opening one archive I had.

The Unarchiver has been getting a lot of praise lately, and I will add to it. Great simple app, that has never failed me. My personal choice.

The Unarchiver extracts RARs very well, though I have UnRarX as a backup in case it fails.

BetterZip works nice as well..

Jigsaw work well to repair files;

FOR neXtSoft JigSaw File splitting and joining for Macintosh, PAR2 verify, UnRAR, TAR, GZip, utility for Macintosh, universal binary (http://www.fornextsoft.com/index.php?page=jigsaw)