System Utilities > Compression

Description: With iArchiver you can:create Zip, DMG, 7-zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, Z and CPIO archivesopen Zip, RAR, DMG, Gzip, Bzip2, ARJ, Z, 7-zip, LhA, StuffIt, DMG, hqx, rpm, PAX, and many other common and not so common formatsconvert archives from one format to another for example from RAR to ZIP or from StuffIt to DMGWhat's new in this version:When size matters. On popular demand you now have the flexibility to resize the iArchiver window to your liking.Minor bugfixes.

Keywords: format window create 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 14336 kb; Updated: 2008-04-28

Description: BetterZip lets you quickly inspect archives without first extracting their contents.Add or extract files via drag-and-drop.Create password protected archives (even with WinZip compatibility).Delete files from archives.Make archives compatible with Windows and Linux systems.BetterZip lets you quickly preview image, pdf, html, and text files in a drawer.Currently supported formats: zip, sit, tar, gzip, bzip2, rar, 7-zip, BinHex, MacBinary, cpio, arj, lzh/lha, cab, iso, chm, rpm, deb. More to follow soon...What's new in this version:Command+Option+F: Set focus to toolbar search field (like in Finder, iTunes, and Mail).Tweaked preferences window icons.The direct extraction progress window now remembers its position.Filenames containing characters that could be interpreted by the shell like (), <>, |, &, $, \, ', ` would not work.If opening failed while an empty window was open, BetterZip would fall into one infinite loop asking for a password.I you wanted to add an archive into another archive by clicking the...

Keywords: password extract archive toolbar windows delete search create 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 3379 kb; Updated: 2008-04-22

Description: Fed up with clumsy zip tools that are difficult to use and cost way too much? Well, we were. So we wrote YemuZip and we're sharing it with the rest of the Mac OS X world. YemuZip is a simple, no-frills, easy-to-use application for making zip files. YemuZip sports Yellow Mug's signature intuitive user interface, and it is free of charge for personal use. Please note that YemuZip does not yet handle resource forks. YemuZip also does not perform unzipping.What's new in this version:Added an option to reveal the resulting archive in the Finder.

Keywords: application personal archive tools files free easy 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 1229 kb; Updated: 2008-04-01

Description: TarPit creates tar archives by drag-n-drop. Also has compression options using GZip, BZip2, Compress (or none) with adjustable compression level. Also features a customizable omission list for easily excluding files from archives (such as ".DS_Store"). Also has 2 different methods for saving resource-forks.

Keywords: compression compress files 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 293 kb; Updated: 2008-02-24

Description: Damage Isolation (get it?) converts apple's OS X-only DMG format to .ISO for use on other types of computers. It is freeware, and has only been tested on Panther, but should work on any version of OS X.What's new in this version:Actual user interface!Drag & drop!Magic!

Keywords: freeware format 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 32 kb; Updated: 2008-02-08

Description: Springy is a simple to use, yet powerful archiving and compression utility for Mac OS X. Springy integrates seamlessly with the Finder and includes some very useful features. All archiving tasks can be done via Drag and Drop or through Springy's Finder contextual menu.Springy features at a glance:Open and browse the contents of an archive or disk image without extracting any file from it.Quickly extract all files or only files of choice from an archive or disk image.Modify the contents of an existing archive or disk image: add, overwrite, delete and rename files.Full Drag & Drop support for archiving and extracting from and into Finder.Edit and modify any file in an archive or disk image by double click.Archiving and extracting tasks may be accomplished quickly and efficiently using Finder contextual menu.Browsing files in archives and disk images and extracting particular file or folder using hierarchical Finder contextual menu.Springy supports the following file types: ZIP, TAR, PAX, CPIO, CPGZ, DMG, IS...

Keywords: compression utility archive extract delete browse images folder 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 6656 kb; Updated: 2008-02-05

Description: Zipeg is free decompression utility for Mac OS X and Windows. Zipeg allows to open and explore content of zip, rar, arj and other archives, preview files and images before you extract/unzip them. Extract only the files you want. Zip thru photo-archives. Zipeg allows you to decide what do you want to extract. You can choose what to extract and where to put extracted files or just drag and drop them. This is safer (browse before extract) and more intelligent way of zip archives handling. Free alternative to StuffIt. Build on top of 7zip engine. `WinZip`-like UI for Macintosh users.What's new in this version:improved Mac OS X Leopard compatibility

Keywords: windows utility extract browse images photo files free 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 2150 kb; Updated: 2007-12-30

Description: DMGConverter is a disk image (.dmg, .cdr, .iso) creation and conversion tool which is simple and easy to use.It is a very useful tool for the collective processing of more than one file and every folder, and it can deal with all the fundamental processing with the drag & drop of the file/folder.Supported formats:File formats:Read/Write Disk ImageRead-only Disk ImageADC compressed Disk Imagezlib compressed Disk Imagebzip2 compressed Disk Image (MacOS 10.4 or later)DVD/CD master Disk Image (.cdr)Sparse Disk ImageISO9660 Disk Image (ISO9660, Joliet)(.iso)UDF filesystem (.iso)Cross-platform Hybrid Images (.iso)Read-only Disk Image (olds)ADC compressed Disk Image (old)NDIF compressed Disk Image (old)Volume formats:Case-sensitive Mac OS ExtendedMac OS ExtendedCase-sensitive Journaled Mac OS ExtendedJournaled Mac OS ExtendedUNIX File SystemFAT16FAT32Encoding (after creation or conversion):gzip compression (faster compression)bzip2 compression (Better compression)Available LanguagesEnglishFrenchGermanJapaneseSpan...

Keywords: compression conversion images folder image tool file easy 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 4096 kb; Updated: 2007-11-17

Description: If you upload and download binary files to and from newsgroups you can use this to generate a set of PAR files. If you miss one or more of the binary files when downloading, the PAR files can be used to restore the missing files. Furthermore, if the file set contains a RAR archive, the program automatically unpacks it. Other file types, like stuffit files, are automatically forwared to the appropriate program. The program cooperates with Loek Jehee's Split&Concat to automatically join a segmented file.

Keywords: download restore archive upload files file 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3.9; File size: 1434 kb; Updated: 2007-04-24