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7zip for mac not available? Anyway to open .rar on mac?
Have been using 7zip on my Windows PC for years and it is one of the best apps for open .rar files. I was told it it is a cross-platform app but the download file is for Windows only. The setup files...
If 7zip for Mac is unavailable. The Archive Utility is macOS's built-in tool for compressing and decompressing archive files. It's completely free and comes pre-installed on your Mac. However, it has some limitations when it comes to more complex archive formats.
What Archive Utility can do :
- Extract ZIP, ZIPX, and some other common formats.
- Compress files into ZIP format.
Using Archive Utility If 7zip for Mac is unavailable:
1. To extract a file, simply double-click the archive.
2. To compress files:
Right-click the file or folder.
Choose Compress from the context menu.
It will create a ZIP file.