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Rarify... Compress files/folders using the RAR format.
Support for the most basic options: create passworded archives, segment volumes and compression level.
This app is a simple front-end for the RAR binary. Due to licensing restrictions (RAR is shareware), you must: a) install the RAR binary yourself; b) use the "Update RAR binary..." menu item inside Rarify's application menu.
Support for the most basic options: create passworded archives, segment volumes and compression level.
This app is a simple front-end for the RAR binary. Due to licensing restrictions (RAR is shareware), you must: a) install the RAR binary yourself; b) use the "Update RAR binary..." menu item inside Rarify's application menu.
What's New
Version 0.8.1: Restored 10.4 support (sorry!).
Version 0.8:
- Fixed silly bug associated to the "Quit after done" preference.
- Added "Don't beep after done" preference.
- Spanish localization.
- Added preference to include extra flags when calling the RAR binary.
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| Downloads:13,987 |
| Version Downloads:12,743 |
| Type:Utilities : Compression |
| License:Free |
| Date:24 Nov 2008 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price:Free |
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Rarify... Compress files/folders using the RAR format.
Support for the most basic options: create passworded archives, segment volumes and compression level.
This app is a simple front-end for the RAR binary. Due to licensing restrictions (RAR is shareware), you must: a) install the RAR binary yourself; b) use the "Update RAR binary..." menu item inside Rarify's application menu.
Support for the most basic options: create passworded archives, segment volumes and compression level.
This app is a simple front-end for the RAR binary. Due to licensing restrictions (RAR is shareware), you must: a) install the RAR binary yourself; b) use the "Update RAR binary..." menu item inside Rarify's application menu.
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MadameMacintosh reviewed on 06 Dec 2010
The preferences don't remember what you entered, so I gotta re-alter the settings each time I'm compressing folders. I think using a separate window instead of preferences might be a better idea (RarMachine does a better job at that).
When compressing a folder that contains an alias (e.g. an alias to the applications folder), it also compresses the items in the folder connected to that alias. I thought the program was slow, but it was in fact compressing approximately 40Gb of items instead of 500mb.
Batch processing (enabling you to drag a lot of folders to the app) would be great too, and maybe a new icon :p ?
Overall though, I think this is a great program, I love the cancel button, the fact that it works well unlike RarMachine, the simplicity, ...
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Bobster reviewed on 30 Sep 2009
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natthulhu reviewed on 03 Jul 2009
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bloo7 reviewed on 30 Jan 2009
A nice addition would be a window that you can drop the files to be archived on (though you can already drop them on the Dock icon, of course).
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rarefaction |ˌre(ə)rəˈfak sh ən| (also rarifaction)
noun
diminution in the density of something
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I'm missing some options, for why I would use RAR instead of ZIP.
- Advanced options for solid archives (-s) and dictionary size (-md)
- Options to enable the recovery record
- The ability not to include files beginning with . (dot) like .DS_Store or the Adobe Bridge cache
Maybe this could be easily implemented by allowing to add command line parameters.
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We really lack a descent UI for RAR on the Mac.
All the former attempts have become "abandonware".
I would like to be able to disable the sound, and Growl support would IMHO be nice.
Anyway, keep on the good work.
Thanks so much for this simple but neverthless useful UI.
Existing products are nice (I take into consideration RarMe and SimpleRAR, but there are some more options), but they have many clicks to get the job done.
I missed too the existence of a "Cancel" button.
And the RAR binary is updated so often, so I thought an automated update would be nice...
Hopefully, I won't be adding new features/options to this app. The simpler the code, the easiest to mantain. Also, using the binary is not very reliable, IMHO. I thought initially in something similar to SimplyRAR (but more powerful), where you could create dirs, and items inside, etc. But, put simply, it's not reliable and not very interesting at all. If I was forced to write such a thing, I would rather pay this folk (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17741/rar-expander) to do it using the RAR libraries. I love RAR Expander and Kris Gybels has the skills to do it.
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As I said before if I had any wish,I would like to be able to turn off the sound, and growl support would be a nice plus!
Thanks!
About "disable the sound", you must be talking about the double-beep after a file is rar-ed. I'll add a checkbox in the prefs window.
About "Growl support", I'm not entirely sure about what-is-it, as I don't use it myself (as far as I know), but smells to a replacement for the double-beep?. A quick googling says it can be done easily, so I'll take a look as well if you find it an interesting feature.
Many thanks for your review!
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MadameMacintosh rated on 09 Dec 2010