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DESCRIPTION
SimplyRAR... GUI for RAR compression.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:Reflections Visual Multimedia
Downloads:77,145
  - Version d/l:65,894
Utilities:Compression
License:Free
Date:10 Aug 2006
Platform:PPC/Intel
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SimplyRAR User Reviews (30 posts)Write A Review
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Oct 7 2008
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BILLARAW  I like it, it is really easy to use and gets the work done. However I couldn't find a way to open password protected rars which was confusing.   
(Version 1.0.9)

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Aug 30 2008
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STORMCHILD  This is the best RAR utility I've found for OS X so far (other than unRarX, which is great too, but it only extracts archives; it doesn't create them).

One small thing that needs to be fixed is that the preset sizes for split archives are not quite correct. For example it lists 100 MB as 102,400,000 bytes, but 100 megabytes is actually 104,857,600 bytes (100 * 1024 * 1024).  
(Version 1.0.9)

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Jun 1 2008

APPLECRYPT MODS  i love this app, it's serving me well. But it has issues on really large folders. (mine is over 2.3GB). It just seems to stop working.. yelp!  
(Version 1.0.9)

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May 27 2008

PROMETH  Great, app. Basically what I was looking for.

My most important request is to add a "Ignore Special Finder Files" option.

Next, somehow I feel that the interface needs to be simplified further. Something more like Stuffit 12 and DropStuff. If you'd like, email me and I can come up with a [proffesional] design for you, as that's what I do for a living.

Thanks, and keep up the great work.  
(Version 1.0.9)

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Apr 20 2008
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REZA666  Not sure why but the program do not work for me. Tested to unrar 3 different movies and it just show the status bar as its doing something but after 10 min i gave up. I could unrar them fine on my pc with 7-zip.

Well unless it works i dont see why i should give it anything but a 1.  
(Version 1.0.9)

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May 13 2008

CORPSECORPS  You said:

"Well unless it works i dont see why i should give it anything but a 1."

There's very good reason not to give it 1 star if it didn't work. Unless a large majority of other users are having the same experience, the problem lies with something you've done wrong, or something about your particular system.

Since you haven't successfully used the software, it makes infinitely more sense to file a "Troubleshooting" comment than to rate it low.  
(Version 1.0.9)

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Jan 10 2008

MACROXX  SimplyRAR is a great tool. Please make it OpenSource, so that development can continue...  
(Version 1.0.9)

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Nov 25 2007

ZANGIEF  The only major drawback to this is that you must quit and reopen it to remove any files from the list (that is, to make an entirely new archive). Other than that, I love it!  
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Feb 24 2008

GENNYBEANS  you don't need to restart the program to start a new archive.

simply right click on the file you have there, and select "remove selected file".

and drag-drop a new file in, and start the process over again.  
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Feb 24 2008

ZANGIEF  Heh, thanks. I don't know why it never occurred to me to try that… *slaps self*  
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Oct 16 2006
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LIFE  OK I love this app but I'm having problems. When trying to use the 'Normal Level' of compression and splitting an achieve into 100MB volumes it quits.

And how do u specify user defined volume sizes? I cant figure it out or am I dim?  
(Version 1.0.9)

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Sep 24 2006
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S P L A T !  dude...

this a great Mac-Utilitie!

but, i have some problems....

i have a folder with a lot of files on it, 34.5 Mb total size, and after "compress" using SimplyRAR, the .rar file is 65.7 Mb !! ...I try "normal" and "better" compressing options and results are the same.

I just run SimplyRAR, i drop this folder, i press "apple+s" to save the file in desktop and ok!

similar "behavior" with ".toast" files... recently i was making some back-ups of software and games.

many thanx in advance!  
(Version 1.0.9)

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Feb 6 2008

COLIN S  Did you try typing 64MB instead of Mb?

I remember reading somewhere about Megabits vs. Megabytes in winrar messes it up...Maybe the same thing here.  
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Aug 19 2006
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ABRAHAM IRAWAN  This apps is so wonderful, so easy to use especially when u dealing with RAR multi archives, both decode and encode

thank you  
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