The Unarchiver For Mac Os X 10.6

The Unarchiver is a program that will decompress and unarchive nearly any file on your Mac. This is especially useful if you are constantly downloading files from the internet. It is nearly impossible to download lots of files these days without running into compressed files. This app makes those files much easier to deal with.

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What is it and what does it do

Main Functionality

This application has a very basic purpose, to unarchive and decompress any file you throw at it. It does so very well and isn’t really meant to do anything else. It uses little, additional feature to make the experience much more enjoyable.

Pros

Supports large amounts of file formats
Can open older, obsolete formats as well
Recognizes and correctly unarchives filenames

Cons

Cannot view files inside archives
Cannot see other information about archives
Doesn’t automatically unarchive files to specific place
Does not mention which specific files cause errors
Cannot unzip multiple files

Discussion

The Unarchiver is a very simple application that will decompress any compressed file you throw at it. It supports nearly every type of compressed file. This means you will be able to easily handle .zip, .rar and tons of others. It will even decompile some .exe files and all ISO and BIN files. This is fantastic because it will literally be the only tool you will ever need to decompress files. It makes this one application an all-inclusive package.

The way in which it handles filenames is really brilliant. The Unarchiver attempts to read the filename from the archive, and automatically renames the file. This means that you can download files that are in other languages too. When you decompress these files, they should appear properly without any odd characters to worry about.

There are unfortunately some features that are missing. For example, you cannot look inside of an archive before you unarchive it. In addition, you are unable to open an individual file without unarchiving it. For all of these features, you must buy a separate program called The Archive Browser. This is extremely annoying because it ruins the concept of a free, all-in-one unarchiving application. Additionally, you cannot unzip multiple files at once. This is very inconvenient if you are dealing with many downloaded files. While that can be worked around, The Unarchiver constantly nags you to find out where you want them unarchived to, instead of just doing it to the source location.

Conclusion and download link

Generally speaking, this app has one job that it does very well. It is extremely simple and works significantly better than other apps out there. However, the additional program that is required for extended features is just annoying. It would be better to charge for the program and then include all of the features. This would would offer a more consolidated package. Even though these aspects and other missing features hinder this app, it is still one the best unarchivers on the market.

The Unarchiver Download

Price: Free (The Unarchiver), $3.99 (The Archive Browser)

Version reviewed: 1.3

Supported OS: OS X 10.6 or later

Download size: 5mb

Devices and Mac OS X version

VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. Previous devices are supported by older releases.
Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.

Web browser plugin for Mac OS X

Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.

Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player

We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.

The Unarchiver Pc

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required

Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required

Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.

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