The Unarchiver is an absolutely free macOS app that can be successfully used as a substitute for Apple's BOMArchiveHelper.app, the free built-in unarchive utility. At the moment, The Unarchiver is distributed directly on the developer's website and through Apple's Mac App Store, the single difference between the two apps being that the App Store version is sandboxed, while the one.
The Unarchiver Editor's Review
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- The Unarchiver is a free data decompression program for macOS that supports many different compressed formats. It was developed to be a replacement to the built-in Mac Archive Utility. Technology/Standard Usage Requirements.
- The Unarchiver is a free data decompression program for Mac that supports many different compressed formats. It was developed to be a replacement to the built-in Mac Archive Utility that doesn't support many formats. The Unarchiver is designed to be easy to set up and use.
- The Unarchiver is designed to handle many more formats than BOMArchiveHelper, and to better fit in with the design of the Finder. It can also handle filenames in foreign character sets, created with non-English versions of other operating systems.
This is a strong alternative to the StuffIt Expander, rather than an alternative for BOMArchiveHelper as the producer states. Since they are both free, you may use both applications.
The program has a wide support for various compressed types. You can unpack file types like ZIP, RAR, 7-ZIP, or StuffIt archives, as well as MacBinary files, etc. The support for these file types is good and if the archive is not corrupt, you can get the right output.
I like about the program the fact that it's fast. I am not talking about the unpacking speed, which depends on your CPU processing power and the type of the archive. However, I am talking about the startup speed of the program. With StuffIt, the whole process is a little bit slower because StuffIt has a slow startup.
I didn't like that it doesn't have the support for some archive file types. I remember that yesterday I had to unpack something in a hurry and The Unarchiver couldn't do it. I had to use StuffIt. For this reason maybe is best to have both applications on your Mac.
Pluses: it has a fast startup speed and a nice configuration panel.
Drawbacks / flaws: it doesn't have the support for all known archive file types.
In conclusion: the application can do usually a fast and pretty good job. If you don't like waiting for StuffIt Expander to start up, especially for small archives, this application might be an alternative.
version reviewed: 1.2
| Version (as of 12/18/2018) | 4 |
| Platform | |
| License | Freeware |
| Category | Utility |
| More Info (visit publisher's website) |
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Software Overview
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- Compress and decompress a wide range of file formats
- Open archives that have non-English characters in the filename
- Easily set up and use the program as a replacement for Mac Archive Utility
The Unarchiver is a free data decompression program for Mac that supports many different compressed formats. Blocs 2 6 5 – visual web design tool. It was developed to be a replacement to the built-in Mac Archive Utility that doesn't support many formats.
The Unarchiver is designed to be easy to set up and use. After installing it all you have to do is set it as your default program for archive files (which can be done from easily within the program). It is also designed to flow better with the layout of Finder to help give you a more consistent computing experience.
The Unarchiver is a large step up from Mac Archive Utility. If you are looking for a free alternative for compressing and decompressing files and archives on the Mac, it is a great option.
Supported File Types
Primary file extension
Other file extensions used by The Unarchiver 4
| Supported File Types | |
|---|---|
| .001 | Split Archive File |
| .7Z | 7-Zip Compressed File |
| .ACE | WinAce Compressed File |
| .ADF | Amiga Disk File |
| .ALZ | ALZip Archive |
| .ARC | Compressed File Archive |
| .ARJ | ARJ Compressed File Archive |
| .BZ | Bzip Compressed File |
| .BZ2 | Bzip2 Compressed File |
| .CPGZ | Compressed CPIO Archive |
| .CPT | Compact Pro Archive |
| .DD | DiskDoubler Archive |
| .LHA | LHARC Compressed Archive |
| .LZH | LZH Compressed File |
| .LZMA | LZMA Compressed File |
| .LZX | Amiga LZX Compressed File |
| .PAK | PAK (Packed) File |
| .PAX | PAX Archive |
| .PIT | PackIt Compressed Archive |
| .RAR | WinRAR Compressed Archive |
| .SAR | Service Archive File |
| .SEA | Self-Extracting Archive |
| .SITX | StuffIt X Archive |
| .TAR | Consolidated Unix File Archive |
| .TAR.GZ | Compressed Tarball File |
| .TAZ | Tar Zipped File |
| .TXZ | XZ Compressed Tar Archive |
| .XZ | XZ Compressed Archive |
| .Z | Unix Compressed File |
| .Z01 | First Split Zip File |
| .ZIPX | Extended Zip File |
| Additional Related File Formats | |
|---|---|
| .002 | Split Archive Part 2 File |
| .ADZ | Compressed Amiga Disk File |
| .BIN | Macbinary Encoded File |
| .BZIP2 | Bzip2 Compressed Archive |
| .CAB | Windows Cabinet File |
| .CBR | Comic Book RAR Archive |
| .CPIO | Unix CPIO Archive |
| .DMS | Amiga Disk Masher Image |
| .GZ2 | Misnamed BZ2 File |
| .LBR | LU Library Archive |
| .RPM | Red Hat Package Manager File |
| .SDZ | NCI Compressed Database |
| .SIT | StuffIt Archive |
| .TAR.GZ2 | Misnamed BZ2 Tarball |
| .Z02 | Second Split Zip File |
| .Z03 | Third Split Zip File |
| .Z04 | Fourth Split Zip File |
| .ZOO | Zoo Compressed File |
The Unarchiver Download
Updated: December 18, 2018
