*RAR* is a lightweight compression tool for Mac, that can unpack most common
compressed file formats such as ZIP and JAR. RAR is from the same developer
who brought you *WinRAR* for Mac but of course, it isn't called WinRAR
because it's a Mac and not a Windows application! RAR is a powerful archive
manager. It can back up your data and reduce the size of email attachments,
decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new
archives in RAR and ZIP file format. The application not only includes
support for extracting virtually any kind of file compression format, it also
boasts a no-nonsense approach to reducing file sizes. When you download RAR,
you might be confused by the fact that it's just a folder of files. This is
because there is no graphical user interface for RAR. It works only via the
command line using Terminal so if you've got no experience of using Terminal,
then you're going to be a bit stranded. If you're willing to learn however,
here's how to do it... Place the files in any folder on your hard drive, and
run 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). If you get stuck, simply type the application name
(RAR or UNRAR) without any parameters to see list of useful commands.
However, this will no doubt prove too complicated for most general users and
considering the fact that you have to buy a license too for RAR, there are
far better applications out there such as Zipeg which is both free and has a
GUI thus making it much easier to use. *RAR is a powerful compression tool
but if you don't know how to run programs from the Terminal, it won't be much
use to you.*Download *RAR 4.0.1* in Softonic
