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RAR for mac - Does WinRAR work on mac
WinRAR only has a command-line interface for mac so WinRAR does not work well on Mac. You need to go with WinRAR alternative instead.
If you want a no-fuss way to deal with RAR files on macOS, just grab FossZIP, it did everything you need.
See how it works: https://www.osxmac.com/how-to-open-rar-on-mac
I later found a few ways to get RAR for Mac working without installing third-party tools (of course, the operation is not so intuitive, but it does work), and I share them with you here:
Use macOS's built-in Automator to create a simple decompression service (disguised graphical interface)
This method is cool. It uses Mac's built-in Automator to customize a right-click menu operation to call the unnrar command.
The steps are roughly as follows:
- Open Automator and choose to create a "Quick Action"
- Set the accepted file type to "Files and Folders"
- Add the "Run Shell Script" module to the workflow
- Fill in the script content similar to:
bash
for f in "$@"
do
/usr/local/bin/unnrar x "$f" "${f%.*}"Save as "Unzip RAR"
Then when you right-click any .rar file, you can see your customized service. Click it to automatically decompress it to the same directory, which is equivalent to making a simple interface for "rar for mac".
Even if you don't want to install a third-party graphical tool, there are still many "roundabout ways" to solve the problem of Does WinRAR work on Mac.