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Does anyone know good unarchiver alternative for mac?
About the unarchiver alternative on Mac, the Archive Utility gets the job done for simple ZIP files, but that’s pretty much where its prowess ends. If you're dealing with RAR files, 7z files, or other formats, you’re out of luck. I found myself in this exact position when I stumbled across a cool software package that was compressed in RAR format. Archive Utility tends to struggle with bigger files or complex archives. I once tried to extract a large archive with tons of files, and it felt like watching paint dry. The process was ridiculously slow, and I wondered if my Mac was going to melt down. It’s super frustrating when you need your files in a hurry and it decides to take its sweet time.
When things go wrong with the extraction, the Archive Utility doesn’t give you much to work with. That is not a good unarchiver alternative for mac. If it encounters issues or errors, it’s like it just shrugs and gives up. I once had a zip file that just refused to work, and the little pop-up I got was totally unhelpful. I had to hunt down a third-party app that could actually diagnose and fix the problem.