How do I easily extract rar files on mac?

I highly recommended the unnrar command line tool. unnrar is the official RAR file decompression utility designed to work with the RAR format and supports full RAR functionality (including encrypted files, multi-volume archives, etc.). It is known for its lightweight and high stability, and is suitable for command line and script automation. With unnrar, you can decompress RAR files directly to a specific destination.

You can use the below commands to extract rar files on any mac:

#extract content from rar files on mac to the current folder 
unnrar x archive.rar 
#view the content in rar file without extraction 
unnrar l archive.rar

unnrar is the most straightforward tool for exracting rar files on Mac(both Intel and Apple Silicon Mac). It supports decompression of encrypted files and multi-volume archives, is easy to install (via Homebrew or manual download), and operates cleanly and efficiently from the command line. It's the tool of choice for basic decompression with a focus on stability, and for multi-format support (e.g. ZIP, 7z), it can be used in conjunction with 7z.