Oh really? there was an update int the app store for the unarchiver not 3 weeks ago, so I guess from the app store point of view it is being developed, and yes the unarchiver just rocks! I also use it to unarchive and for rar if the unarchiver fails there's the free rar expander utility called rar expander.
Take care. On Jan 29, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Travis Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm an oddball, I don't really like graphical interfaces when it comes to > archivers. Guess it's a hold over from my dos days. > I have rar, arj, zip, gzip, and even several older ones like arc, zoo, lha, > lzh and more. I'm somewhat of a packrat, and am always adding to my > collection of archivers. When I run across one with source, it's all the > better, since I compile it for osx, and linux, drop it on my various systems, > and have yet another format I can now convert to modern formats. > As a result, I'm not really a fan of all these pay programs to do the same > thing I can do with free programs, especially since most source is free in > the first place. I do however, have one graphical archiver program called > the unarchiver. It integrates with finder, and will uncompress nearly > anything when I click on it. It's no longer being supported, but sourceforge > has the source, so anyone who wants to can use it for just about any purpose. > It handles all of my finder archiving needs, and I've never run into a > format I couldn't handle either with the unarchiver or my command-line tools, > and I've not paid for any commercial solutions. I do currently hold legal > registration codes for arj and rar, but that's just supporting the authors, > of those formats, since those are the ones I use the most now, or in the > past. I don't mind paying for stuff I use, but I do begrudge paying for > functionality I already have, especially if it's something like a bunch of > apple scripts packaged into a stand-alone app, just for the purpose of sale (which I've seen a number of times). I think folks should be made aware of what they're buying, and if it's simply packaged applescripts, they should know that. If they decide to purchase anyway, because it suits their purposes, all the better and no harm done, but it irks me to no end to pay funds for something just to find out it's something I already have/could have built on my own with an hour or so of effort. > Again, I know I'm an oddball, and drastically in the minority here, but I > honestly don't see the need to pay for programs that mimic functionality I or > osx already have, and unfortunately, there's a lot of programs out there that > are exactly that, copies of osx functionality, albeit with different face on > it, and in my opinion, archiving programs fall into that category. > Of course, I've always been interested in archiving technology, and have been > collecting archive programs since the late 80s, so I'm not your average user > in that regard, and some folks of course prefer the convenience of having > things at their fingertips, and I understand that completely, it's only the > companies that sell supposed solutions that don't add any value whatsoever to > what already exists in osx and call it progress that irritate me. Obviously, > this program does more than finder, with the hot keys and such, so I'm not > referring to it specifically, only to these sorts of things in general. I've > seen programs that cost 30 to 60 bucks that does nothing you can't already do > with osx built-in functionality, and that's where folks get taken in, and I > think it's a real shame. > Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. Dunno if this helped anyone, but if > anyone wants any of my archiving programs, just let me know. the unarchiver > is available at google code (I thought it was on sourceforge) which means of > course you can download it for free. 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