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How do I easily extract rar files on mac?
Recently I need to extract RAR files on Mac, but the system's built-in tools can't extract RAR files at all. I tried several decompression software in the App Store, such as The Unarchiver. Although ...
WinRAR is the creator of the RAR format. Although its Mac version is not as common as the Windows version, it can still be used to extract RAR files. This method is relatively straightforward, but it may be a bit troublesome because the Mac version of WinRAR is not as popular as the Windows version, and some additional configuration may be required.
- Download and install WinRAR for Mac (available on the official website).
- Open the RAR file, select the extraction destination, and you can extract the files smoothly.
However, the interface of the Mac version of WinRAR may not be as intuitive as other tools, so if you only extract RAR files on macbook occasionally, you may not need to use it.
For me it's not at all easy -- at least on MacOS Sequoia the downloaded Mac binary refuses to run as it's unsigned, so the user would have to figure out how to disable system security settings for it to be useful :-(