RGL-1  Excellent software - I use it all the time, for expanding all sorts of files.  
(Version 2.2)

KNOWHOWE  Great freeware. Many thanks, mr developer, for your hard work.  
(Version 2.2)

RICHARD TAYTOR  This program has failed on occasion for me. In the present case, I upgraded (from 1.6) and discovered that the latest version (2.1) still has the same problem. BOMArchiveHelper (not to mention tar) has no trouble with the file, which can be found here:

http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/markdown/discount-1.5.5.tar.gz  
(Version 2.1)

RICHARD CRAPIA  this is a good application but one theres no option to put in a password  
(Version 2.1)

JON555  Seriously, why Apple doesn't put this guy on their payroll and integrate this product into OS X itself is beyond me. It's a million times better than Stuffit or any other decompression apps, even OS X's built-in archiver. If you haven't downloaded and installed this already, do it now.

Keep up the awesome work devs!  
(Version 2.1)

MAGENTIS  Have a compressed file? Wish it wasn't so compressed? Unarchiver's all you need, friend.  
(Version 2.1)

RPSX  thank you so much! i cannot believe the built in archive utility does not decompress japanese filenames correctly. this does! its now set to decompress every format it supports. apple should just buy this themselves.   
(Version 2.0.3)

SIDE LANE  The best archive utility for the Mac bar none. Free and powerful. Great app.  
(Version 2.0.3)

JON555  Anyone with a Mac needs to install this now. It's the best decompressor available. It's very discrete (works in the background, you'll never even know it's running), works very will with a huge variety of files, and is constantly updated, all at a great price (free). Keep up the awesome work developers!  
(Version 2.0.3)

VECTORPANDA  love it. works as advertised, better than apple's BOMArchiveHelper. no complaints at all. also, never once crashed in years of using it.  
(Version 2.0.2)

FILLIP  Not very intuitive. Downloaded it. Set the preferences. Then close the preference window and the app disappears. Open the app, get the preferences and it's deja-vu again. Help doesn't work.

I can't really complain because it's free.

Just saying it's not simplistic enough for simple minded users like me.  
(Version 2.0.2)

RICHARD CRAPIA  ok question some rar files i download require a password where do i put the password?  
(Version 2.0.2)

PTG701  Seems to corrupt some widget files when unzipping them.

The same widgets are OK when decompressed with a different utility.  
(Version 2.0.1)

THREEDEE912  Simple, easy to use, and free! Way better than Stuffit, although this one really old obscure rar file that was password protected didn't work.  
(Version 2.0.1)

ZWILLIAMS  Good to see such a great utility, being freeware an awesome bonus, continue to update. It is the second thing I install after a fresh OS install. Many thanks to the Developer, for giving us this great tool.  
(Version 2.0.1)

TRASPLER  I stopped using The Unarchiver 1.6 when I noticed, that it screws up the permissions of the files it extracts. So whenever you extracted something, the permissions were changed :/

Is this different with version 2.0?  
(Version 2.0)

ZO219  Handles everything, now I can trash Stuffit forever. This really is the best.  
(Version 2.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Damn, this is one fine program! A Swiss Army knife of decompression, and it seems to decompress stuff way faster, and more consistently than Stuffit Expander does (not to mention opening more file types.)

I made it the default app for all my decompression needs and have never looked back. Plus, it's free!  
(Version 2.0rc2)

ERIC WOEHLER  Links all point to 1.6.1 and I can't find 2.0RC anywhere...  
(Version 2.0rc)

SNOWWHITESICKETTE  nice  
(Version 1.6.1)

JOSEF K.  seems not to work properly with sitx archive (says content cannot be extracted but stuffit do extract it!)  
(Version 1.6.1)

MSWFUJOWDFFYC  The Unarchiver actually does not stall or choke on large segmented files. It unfortunately provides poor feedback to its progress. It extracts each segment individually and then sits there with a 100% done progress bar until it copies the files from a temporary location to the extraction directory.  
(Version 1.6.1)

VERYCARLA  Gotta admit, I'm a little cheesed off with The Unarchiver. It asked me nicely which filetypes I wanted associated with it. I only wanted it to handle stuffit archives, since I don't want to install StuffIt because it takes over every file format and I don't like that.

So what does The Unarchiver do? It takes over every file format anyway.

Screw you, Unarchiver. If I wanted a grabby program that didn't play well with others I'd've installed StuffIt!  
(Version 1.6.1)

ALFRED KAIDA  I have big problems with The Unarchiver and password-protected and/or segmented rar-archives.

The Unarchiver crashes stalls freezes on these.

Has ANYBODY using The Unarchiver had success with this kind of files or any other password-protected or segmented filetypes?

If it doesn't work, why not state that clearly in the description, this is not the stated wonder app, it's crap.

As for now The Unarchiver is just waste of time to the most users, it just doesn't support the modern and now often used archive types.

The Unarchiver, - what for?

Don't spend time downloading this, you will regret it if you expect a working app.  
(Version 1.6.1)

ROBK  According to the X-Lossless Decoder Project, The Unarchiver breaks unix permisions during the extracting of an archive,

See http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html

Is this true?  
(Version 1.6.1)

JOHN LAU  Great software, i use UnRARX before but it can't expand .sit format. Great for Unarchiver!  
(Version 1.6.1)

JON55  So, is this still in development? I see it says there's a "real" update coming. I hope so, I really like this app and want to see continued development. Keep up the good work guys!  
(Version 1.6.1)

REZA666  I tested SimplyRAR which did not work at all so i had low expectations but this program works really well.

What i like is that i can select several files and unrar them at once.

nice program indeed!  
(Version 1.6.1)

XARIK  It works well with everything I've encountered so far except for password-protected .7z files. It chokes on them completely and gets stuck at the progress bar without even giving me a window to type in the password. Other than that, I haven't run into any trouble. For the moment, though, I've been using 7zX to deal with those problem files, and they work just fine.  
(Version 1.6.1)

INOTES  Rar archives with password protection fail with a error message "Contents of this file can not be extracted with this program."  
(Version 1.6.1)

DATABASE  I wanted to unarchive a multiple zip file but it failed.

The address for the files can be found at downloadmovie1.blogspot.com/2007/12/nekromantik-1987-uncut-dvdrip-xvid.html  
(Version 1.6)

COLIN  File icons are broken. ZIP and other icons show up blank in the Finder still. Hope this gets fixed some day.  
(Version 1.6)

JCRAIG  This is one of my favorite apps. I've had a couple large zip files that got hung up when Apple's built-in app tried to open (updating to Leopard changed my preference to open these files with The Unarchiver). Using The Unarchiver opened them with no problem, and quickly. This is definitely faster than the new-in-Leopard Archive Utility, and the bloated dinosaur that is Stuffit Expander.  
(Version 1.6)

ZWILLIAMS  Still runs excellent in Leopard. However there is a few quirks (not sure if it is at the hands of Leopard or Unarchiver): 1) ZIP file icons go blank. 2) When opening a ZIP file, regardless of how often you have chosen to run Unarchiver the same request box (stating that the software was downloaded) pops up.  
(Version 1.6)

JON55  This app rocks but it doesn't work with .rar's that have a password (I use UnRarX for those). And yeah, .sitx doesn't work either.

I hope this gets updated for 10.5  
(Version 1.6)

OLDUSER  This is no overall-solution as stated!

It just doesn't work with most of my segmented .rar-files, so what for?

For every archiv-format another app on my Mac?

Please fix the bugs with .rar-files soon.

OK, it is free, costs you only a lot of nerves, but free_and_working would be better, Mr. Developer!  
(Version 1.6)

//IDN  Great application that makes the part of my life that needs decompression a whole lot easier. It even works on problematic .sit files that StuffIt Expander refuses to expand properly.

This one's a winner!  
(Version 1.6)

EARLTHEPEARL  I have been using The UnArchiver now for a bit, and have found it to be a very good little application.....but...

They are some files it can't open.....

One is .sitx files.

So I just keep a free version of stuffit expander in the applications folder for that.Use the get info window to tell what I want to open what with. Most everything is with The UnArchiver, and the others with expander.Kinda simple isn't it.

Macs Rule!!!!  
(Version 1.6)

S P L A T !  this app ROCKS!!

just a little petition/suggestion....

some ".rar's" files can't work with The Unarchiver...

maybe its a different kind of ".rar" files... i dont know.... (they works with UnRar).

Correction of this bug (??) ...will be great and this software will be PERFECT!!!

THANX   
(Version 1.6)

E_COMMERCE  Found an odd bug today - the new release of iStat Pro decompresses with BOMArchiveHelper, but not with The Unarchiver.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20364/istat-pro  
(Version 1.6)

JON55  This thing makes life so easy when it comes to decompressing it's not even funny.

My only complaint (the only problem I've come across) is password protected stuff has some problems decompressing properly (sometimes not at all).  
(Version 1.6)

DOUG S.  Ever wondered why all those other unarchiving utilities either have too many features or not enough or, worse of all, don't support every format?

This isn't that kind of unarchival app. This does every format I've come across and I work in web design, I come across everything at one point or another. It sets itself as the default unarchival app on your computer and you only set it once. It's as fast as any of the default utilities but where they can only do a few formats this does them all!

The only place where this falls is the ability to unarchive all forms of RARs. Certain kinds of segmented RAR files it can't do for some reason, but the majority are not a problem.

Great app! Room to improve (barely) but definitely a must have for any Mac user.  
(Version 1.6)

DIATESSERON  Thanks for a simple yet powerful app that does what it does without all of the shenanigans of the other app that may be a bit bloated and not very good.  
(Version 1.6)

MAC ADAM  Cannot uncompress segmented RAR with password ?

Work with segment ??

fix please…  
(Version 1.6)

MAC ADAM  can not decompress segmented sitx… :(

Verry good app without this !  
(Version 1.6)

SCHOSCHIE  Very well done. Appears to be significantly faster than both Apple's BOMArchiveHelper and StuffIt Expander.  
(Version 1.6)

NCIANCA  The best little decompression tool out there. Blows BOMArchive out of the water and doesn't do stupid things when you drop 20 .tgz files on it.  
(Version 1.6)

POLYFADE  it seems unarchiver will not unarchive .gz files. it goes thru the process, but with no visible files shown. this may have something to do in relation to MR MIDNIGHT's comment about .tar files. after all, my file is called, "xxxx.tar.gz"

in any regard, this app is a huge sigh of relief.  
(Version 1.6)

MINIMAL DESIGN  Great app! but... how do I quit? And I couldn't find any support forum or FAQ on the dev site... maybe I'm just too tired...  
(Version 1.6)

MR MIDNIGHT  I'd like to report a problem: The Unarchiver 1.5 associated a multitude of file types with itself on first start. Now a file is recognized by OS X as a rar-archive, when it ends with .rar, .r00,r01,r02,r03 and so on, as well as .001, .002,003, etc.

The problem is that The Unarchiver cannot actually open .001 files (who are usually parts of a split multi-part file, and need to be opened by Ajoiner or Merger, or any other file merging program) - and since the OS now sees all these files as rar-archives, I cannot teach it to open 001-files with ajoiner, and rar-files with The Unarchiver.

I just checked, and that's still the same in V1.6. It would be great if that could be changed since .001 files in almost all cases are not rar-archives.

Otherwise great program!!  
(Version 1.6)

I.V.  It does what nothing else could: open files without making me contemplate death.  
(Version 1.5)

PETER DA SILVA  The one thing that I would really like from this is to have it ALWAYS unarchive into a new subdirectory, no questions asked, even if there's only one file in the archive.  
(Version 1.5)

NORMALINK  Do NOT uninstall Stuffit Expander, at least if you're running Tiger on an Intel machine. I've never been able to open any password-protected rar file with the Unarchiver. Stuffit works like a charm every time. UnRarX works better if somewhat counter-intuitively.  
(Version 1.5)

SPRINGHEELMAC  Great utility! WAY better than 'Stuffit' or any of the others, but please, PLEASE add '.sitx' to the list of formats it'll handle!  
(Version 1.5)

FAHJR56  Question ? I have stuffit expander if I install the unarchiver will it work along with stuffit installed or do I need to remove stuffit before installing it  
(Version 1.5)

ARVIDTP  Great little utility. It even expands .sit files without stuffit!  
(Version 1.5)

DOM21  Sometimes it handles 7z, other times not. All in all it's an excellent piece of software.

(OSX 3.9)  
(Version 1.5)

PETER DA SILVA  The one feature I'd like would be "Unarchive to... a folder in the same directory" When unpacking files in a crowded directory it can be hard to find them otherwise.  
(Version 1.4)

ABRAHAM IRAWAN  I like it so much!

i like the way it handle archives, the preference let me choose some option, like send to trash the archives after extract, asking destination folder, open the directory, just so cool!

what i wish is when extracting multiarhives split files, if i select all and double click it working fine but would be much more better this application need an option to extract all content in one folder... just my lil wishlist... hopefully next release...

overall this is worth for 5 stars!

and thank you for releasing it FREE!

awesome!  
(Version 1.4)

LOKHEED  Every now and then you get a program that comes out of left field, doesn't deliver anything Earth shattering or revolutionary, and embeds itself on your system, to be used on a daily basis.

Unarchiver is such a program.

A small open source (un)archiving tool that handles a plethora of file types... and does so elegantly and with simplicity.

You won't find any bells and whistles here. No groundbreaking, revolutionary eyecandy. But what you will find is a solid program that does what it is supposed to.

It may crash now and then. It may not support that one elusive archive format, but it's still under development. And for all those that deal in open source already know, is something entirely special in its own right.

Let me congratulate the developer of this program and encourage those that use and feel the same was as I do, to speak up and let the developer know how much his work is being appreciated.

Lokheed  
(Version 1.4)

ZWS  This is a great program. It beats the hell out of Stuffit Expander. A suggestion: rename it to something witty that consists of ONE word. There are precious few succesful software titles with two words and perhaps this is the only with 'the' involved. Just a suggestion if you want the wider acceptance than just us hardcore mac software junkies.

Thanks so much for this great software!

Oh yea... please make sure it works for all the formats in the case of password protection.  
(Version 1.4)

WAHA.06X36  Um, it does have icons for each format, except for the most obscure ones?  
(Version 1.4)

PANCHRO  Fantastic.

My only problem has been extracting password-protected RAR files, which often does not work.  
(Version 1.3)

JON55  I agree, the one thing that would make this A+ stuff is if there were a different icon for each compression format.  
(Version 1.3)

MSWFUJOWDFFYC  Works exactly as expected.

One small improvement would be the addition of icons to the different compression formats.  
(Version 1.3)

MACINSPORE  This is getting better, sure beats the "BOM..." and "Stuffit".

Thanks to the developer for his effort, it is most needed and welcome.

Someone wrote elswhere: "More than one Application Development Project with a similar objective is very good for the platform and computing in general."  
(Version 1.3)

RICHARD TAYTOR  This is certainly useful software; however, I've not been able to extract any ACE archives.  
(Version 1.3)

DOUG BRANDT  I've downloaded it and installed it in my Applications folder. I've put Stuffit 11 in my trash. I've logged out/in. When I download a file, it just sits on my desktop in the .zip format until I drag that over the The Unarchiver icon. Then it works fine. If I double click on the .zip file on my desktop, it tells me "The operation could not be completed. An unexpected error occurred (error code - 10660). What am I doing wrong? Thanks...  
(Version 1.3)

TIGERDYR  Great work.

Though, Id like the unarchiver to mark the unpacked file when done.  
(Version 1.3)

HENRIKTEKNIK  Excellent!  
(Version 1.3)

JDUB800  Excellent - Download, set as default decompress utility and forget. Do not pass go, do not collect Stuffit. :D  
(Version 1.3)

TVINOT  Carrément génial, j'utilise la version 1.2 depuis quelques semaines.

The Unarchiver fonctionne si bien que je me suis émancipé de stuffit en mettant celui-ci à la corbeille.

Merci au développeur.  
(Version 1.3)

TVINOT  Carrément génial, j'utilise la version 1.2 depuis quelques semaines.

The Unarchiver fonctionne si bien que je me suis émancipé de stuffit en mettant celui-ci à la corbeille.

Merci au développeur.  
(Version 1.3)

TVINOT  Carrément génial, j'utilise la version 1.2 depuis quelques semaines.

The Unarchiver fonctionne si bien que je me suis émancipé de stuffit en mettant celui-ci à la corbeille.

Merci au développeur.  
(Version 1.3)

HEDEMANN  Works excactly as advertised. Pleae please stop using stuffit now, folks! This is 10 times faster better compressed, easier etc. etc.etc.  
(Version 1.2)

BRSMA  The. Best. Unarchiver. Currently. Out. There. Full. Stop.

Does exactly what it should, what it should do can be configured as far as configuration is needed, and all it does it does very well, i.e. reliable and quick. Thank you.

(If just somebody would please eradicate .sit and .sitx from the surface of this planet – now.)  
(Version 1.2)

VIOLET  Really, really terrific app. It does its job and does it well; the only possible way it could be improved is by adding sitx support. You'd have a perfect product! Thanks for this awesome tool.  
(Version 1.2)

PETER DA SILVA  Does it fix the problems in both BOMArchiver and Stuffit encoder, where they continue to open enclosed objects that are not normally expected to be opened (and in the case of BOMarchiver actually open up security holes)?  
(Version 1.2)

CV186  Fantastic app. Streamlined, effective and FREE. Only complaint is that it doesn't seem to handle encrypted archives well, and I've had to resort to Stuffit Expander for most encrypted decodes.  
(Version 1.1)

NAKEDGREMLIN  No SITX support, but overall a VAST improvement from built in OSX archive tool and Stuffit Expander. GUI is very streamlined and the queue based extraction process is really nice and clean.  
(Version 1.1)

WAHA.06X36  Known problem, fixed in the development version. 1.2 should come out soon, and that will have the fix.  
(Version 1.1)

LONNIEHB  I've been unable to open .sit files on both a mac G5 running 10.4 and an intel iMac Core Duo running 10.4. The file unstuffs and then leaves an empty folder. I double checked the files with stuffit on the G5 and have no problems there. Any thoughts? Anyone else having a similar problem?  
(Version 1.1)

IGABE  Beautifully done. Goodbye BOMArchiveHelper. Good riddance.   
(Version 1.1)

CV186  Fantastic app that fills the gap Stuffit has made for itself. It's not always successful at expanding encrypted archives - either RAR or SIT. But adding SITX to the arsenal would earn the author a sainthood.  
(Version 1.1)

CLEVERSIMON  A small feature request (above and beyond .sitx support): ability to open password-protected RAR files.  
(Version 1.1)

LUHMANN  This file failed to open a Stuffit 11 file. I can't blame the developer for Stuffit's lack of open standards, but it does limit the usefulness of this product  
(Version 1.1)

ARGLBORPS  I have been waiting for this. And it doesn't mess up .zip archives with Japanese filenames I often get from Windows users.

AWESOME!  
(Version 1.1)

ORION MK. V  Awesome. If it's legally possible to add .sitx support I can drop Stuffit completely.  
(Version 1.1)

ST00P!D M0NK3Y  This truly is an awesome app. Could use some more features like .sitx support. Great app though. And I enjoy the default icons this app uses over OS X's.  
(Version 1.1)

KP.GORES  Really great stuff!

Please add support for password protected rar archives and, if possible, for sitx.  
(Version 1.1)

HAUNTEDTAPEDECK  Gives me empty folders on using it with .sit files.  
(Version 1.1)

TONY AGUILA  Can't handle .sitx archives. And I was hoping to be finally weaned off Stuffit.  
(Version 1.1)

ZWILLIAMS  Excellent replacement/alternative to BOMArchiver and I would highly suggest it to anyone. Remember to send some donations or something to the developer.  
(Version 1.1)

KLAGRECA  This is how a unarchiver should work -- seemless, simple, and unobstrusive. This piece of software is a 5 star without hestitation. Say goodbye to Stuffit, a bloated piece of software.  
(Version 1.1)

ERICOB  Programmer needs to add VERSION info to the files. There is no way to differentiate version "1.0" from version "1.1" (or whatever) by just checking file info in the Finder.  
(Version 1.1)

BLOODYMONKEY  This rocks. I just sent StuffIt to AppZapper.  
(Version 1.1)

LOKHEED  Excellent program. Not without it's faults but if development continues, this will certainly be a "must have." Clean, non-obtrusive, and elegantly done.

Many thanks to the developer.

Personal note: Would love to see Par2 support.  
(Version 1.1)

MOOFTHESTOOF  Very fast, very clean. Doesn't have the quirks that BOMarchiver sometimes had on certain .gz and .zip files, and is free an unobtrusive unlike stuffit. I've deleted stuffit and made sure that this is now my default expander for all archived files.  
(Version 1.1)

MISU  no sitx :-(  
(Version 1.1)

JEDIK  Very nice, and fast. Some bug reports:

- sometimes the expanded file/folder does not show in the Finder until I restart it (maybe because it's so fast?)

- association to BIN files did not work (I had to set it using the Get Info panel)

As already suggested, it would be nice if there was a preference in order to make it handle additional expanding, like mounting DMG extracted files. Better support for passwords encrypted files would be great also.

Thanks for making it free. =)  
(Version 1.0)

PEDRO FARDILHA  I like this.

I agree that the standard Apple's BOMArchiveHelper could grow a little up and this one goes that extra step.

What I don't like?

That every time that i click on something it "opens" on the background.

Since there's no icon on the Dock (what I think it's the right way. An "helper" doesn't need one) the first times I didn't even notice that it was working.

Has the same problem (as BOMArchiveHelper )expanding zip files create by the php zip option on some websites.

Stuffit expander opens those well though.

I used a lot of expanders thru out the years but I think this one as a _great_ potential  
(Version 1.0)

GANNET  Wow, this is amazing. So simple. So fast.

I'm having problems with resource forks though: While zip and tar work fine, it doesn't seem to work properly for compressed tar and sit.

Just one feature request: An option to continue extracting any archived/encoded files within the initial archive.  
(Version 1.0)

BDOG  Thank you for making this. Apple's app sucks, and ALWAYS gives me errors with 8+ files.

One thing that would be nice is an option to throw the file in the trash afterwards.  
(Version 1.0)

JPSCHUCK  Does work with .7z and .ace archives, but not with .sitx archives.  
(Version 1.0)

APFHEX  Looks really nice! But does it decompress SITX? And does it work with archives (of any type) that are password protected?  
(Version 1.0)

RICKEY939  Wow, this is very nice to see. Love the icons and so far, it's working really well and it's extremely fast. I won't be using the built-in OS X "BOMArchive" any longer at this rate.

Well done!  
(Version 1.0)