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RAR Expander
RAR Expander 0.8.4
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Extracts files contained in RAR archives.   Free
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RAR Expander extracts the files contained in RAR archives. It supports both single and multi-part archives, and has support for password-protected archives as well. It uses the official unRAR library internally so it is fully compatible with archives produced by WinRAR.

RAR Expander also features AppleScript support, and includes a few useful example scripts for expanding multiple archives at once.
What's New
Version 0.8.4: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.



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RAR Expander User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 0.x:
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Your rating: Now say why...
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+15

Tommy_Gun reviewed on 18 Mar 2012
It is not a bad un-rar utility but it couldn't unpack one rar file I have.
unRARx had no problems with the same file.
It seems when a .rar is corrupted RAR Expander fails and unRARx does the job nice.
[Version 0.8.4]


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+6
Joeschisa commented on 18 Mar 2012
Can't get disk image to open, Finder says "Legacy disk image should be converted", on Lion. Tried 3 downloads.
[Version 0.8.4]

1 Reply

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+152
Gcoghill replied on 14 May 2012
Same here :(
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+1

+3
Parvenu51 commented on 25 Sep 2010
Back on Windows, I was a heavy user of Rar compression and a big fan of WinRar. This post shows how to use an Automator workflow with an applescript to tell the command line Rar executable above what to do: so you'll be able to simply right-click on any file or folder & create a RAR file. http://stuffforlife.blogspot.com/2009/03/data-compression-in-mac-os-x-how-to.html
[Version 0.8.5b3]


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mithrawept commented on 26 Apr 2009
Quick, efficient and fast. A great app. It does one thing but does that one thing well. Ignote stuffit, RAR instead!
[Version 0.8.5b3]


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+22

coolmemin reviewed on 06 Jun 2008
I second the review. Stuffit failed on some files and this did the job. Goodbye Stuffit Expander and hello RAR Expander :)
[Version 0.8.5b3]


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+10

sweetblue reviewed on 01 Jun 2007
Worked where Stuffit didn't. Simple as that.
[Version 0.8.5b3]


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+3
Wings commented on 05 Aug 2006
What I want is an RAR expander that can tolerate a missing RAR file and STILL expand what is there, rather than quitting and just giving up. Sometimes I find a movie file or music file that's been RAR'ed but for some reason is missing 1 or more segments (newsgroups are infamous for this), and I'd like to see or hear whatever is available in the RARs.

Do it, and I'd pay for it.
[Version 0.8.5b2]

4 Replies

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+3
Errorr replied on 05 Aug 2006
I think the -kb switch (keep broken) of unrar does that. Most UI front ends of unrar, such as unrarx, have that option.
burypromote

+3
Wings replied on 25 Aug 2006
Thanks Errorr, but I've tried that.
burypromote

-30
Dom21 replied on 03 Nov 2008
Ajoiner will do it.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19590/ajoiner
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+20
Leif Heflin replied on 04 May 2010
If there were any par2 files with the rar you could rebuild the missing pieces (if there aren't too many).
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+4
macinspore commented on 04 Aug 2006
Stuffit Expander IS *NOT* a reliable RAR expansion tool. It has failed decompress RAR files for me and my clients years.

Having dealt with the whole Stuffit line for a decade or so (yeah I'm a old Mac guy) I have found it can produce corrupt archives, leading to costly re-production of projects.

Instances of corrupted stuffit archives are common to the Mac community.

New Stuffit products often cannot open stuffit archives produced by older versions of Stuffit.

I maintain an old OS 7, OS 8 and OS 9 Macs (with comparable OLD versions of stuffit) for the purpose of opening old stuffit archives.

Surely a company that has proprietary ownership of the Stuffit format(s) could a least maintain a commercial product that that can can Open ALL the crazy formats they have produced over the years.

Finally a warning: ZIP, RAR, GZIP and the many other loss-less compression formats should never be run though stuffit ONLY perhaps if a tested uncorrupted backup exits, the likelihood of corruption of by stuffit, of these open compression formats is extremely high.

I look forward to any comments from the current and past developers of stuffit - they have a lot too answer for.
[Version 0.8.5b2]

1 Reply

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+7
macmuser replied on 09 Sep 2006
Remember good old Compactor Pro or Disk Doubler?

The good old days, eh?
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+4
macinspore commented on 04 Aug 2006
There also is "SimplyRAR" a UB app that also does a sweet job of expanding RAR files.
[Version 0.8.5b2]


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jackmhlin reviewed on 28 Jun 2006
RAR Expander is a nice application. It helpes me deal with the expansion of lots of RAR files. Quite stable and easy to use.
[Version 0.8.4]


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Jhall_3rd had trouble on 14 Oct 2011
Cannot get this to work with Lion!
[Version 0.8.5-b3]


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Jhall_3rd had trouble on 14 Oct 2011
seems to not work with Mac Lion!
[Version 0.8.5-b3]



+41

Dougster rated on 20 Aug 2011

[Version 0.8.5-b3]



+19

P.g. rated on 04 Dec 2010

[Version 0.8.5b3]


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Version Downloads:51,058
Type:Utilities : Compression
License:Free
Date:17 Mar 2012
Platform:PPC / Intel
Price:Free0.00
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RAR Expander extracts the files contained in RAR archives. It supports both single and multi-part archives, and has support for password-protected archives as well. It uses the official unRAR library internally so it is fully compatible with archives produced by WinRAR.

RAR Expander also features AppleScript support, and includes a few useful example scripts for expanding multiple archives at once.
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