RAR for Mac
RAR is a powerful terminal based archive utility.
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RAR overview
RAR is a compression program offering an original algorithm. This new way to compress files provides greater efficiency, and makes smaller archives -- especially on multimedia files and archives with many files. RAR also offers self-extracting capabilities as well as disk-spanning (or multi-volumes). RAR is the official RAR archive utility for OS X (offered as a command-line utility), especially useful while reading all those alt.binaries newsgroups.
To use the RAR command-line application, place the files in any folder on your hard drive, and call the utility by typing in the full path to the application (e.g., to run from the current directory, type "./rar" or "./unrar" followed by the appropriate parameters). Typing the application name (rar or unrar) without any parameters will produce a helpful guide to each program's usage.
What’s new in version 6.0.1
Version 6.0.1:
New Features:
- Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut selects the entire text in WinRAR comment window.
- If -idn switch is used together with -t or -df in console RAR when archiving, it additionally disables "Deleting
" or "Testing " messages, normally issued by these switches. - Also -idn disables folder creation messages when extracting a file to non-existing folder.
- WinRAR and ZIP SFX module refuse to extract contents of ZIP SFX archives if ZIP central directory is resided after beginning of Authenticode digital signature. It is done to prevent possible attacks with inclusion of ZIP archive into signature body.
Bugs fixed:
- "Convert archives" command could incorrectly convert Unicode comments in RAR archives.
- If two archive information windows had been opened from the Explorer context menu, the compression ratio bar in the first window could erroneously display a value for the second archive.
- It did not affect the ratio and other text details at the right of the window. Only the vertical bar at the left could be updated to a wrong value;
- If the "Wait if other WinRAR copies are active" option was enabled in extraction dialog, "Waiting for another WinRAR copy" title was not set in command progress window while waiting;
- When extracting a symbolic link, previous versions did not overwrite existing symbolic links even if the user requested it in overwrite prompt.
RAR for Mac
$29.00
In English
Version 6.0.1
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Apr 15 2021
Version: 6.0.1
No .app file? Are you kidding? Terminal executables? Write a binary app, for God's sake. Like previous versions were!
Sep 28 2019
Version: 5.71
It's 2019...and asking $29 for CLI utility that ONLY handles RAR? There are GUI compression/uncompression programs that handle multiple formats for same or less $$ and even free (Keka,). I usually have a Windows Virtual Machine running all the time, and even prefer using the free utility 7-Zip which handles anything. If nothing else, this company should switch to a multi-platform license, i.e. buy a license, good for any platform (Win, Mac, Linux), as long as owned by same user.
Sep 14 2018
Version: 5.60
I have to agree with most comments here. I've bought WinRAR on Windows ages ago and love it (recommended it to lots of people as well).. Will purchase a license for macOS as soon as it comes with proper GUI. Meanwhile only 3 stars from me. For now will keep using "The Archive Browser".
Sep 14 2018
Version: 5.60
Try again when you have a GUI. RAR is very good and very useful. But having to bother with CLI crap is NOT. When the price of WinRAR is exactly the same AND it has a GUI, foisting CLI crap at Mac users is lazy, insulting and stupid.
