.rar?

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in Mac Software edited January 2014
What is a .rar? What opens it? It appears to be an archive, but I can't get the damn thing to open.
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  • Reply 1 of 23
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    someone has been playing with Bit Torrent... yes?
  • Reply 2 of 23
    mrmistermrmister Posts: 1,095member
    BWahahahhahaha!



    Guilty...but I'm only looking for public domain pictures of geographic wonders to show my benighted, sickly mother.







    While I'm at it...what is a .lit?
  • Reply 3 of 23
    danruiiddanruiid Posts: 7member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mrmister

    BWahahahhahaha!



    Guilty...but I'm only looking for public domain pictures of geographic wonders to show my benighted, sickly mother.







    While I'm at it...what is a .lit?




    Always the PC professional has to answer such things



    .lit is a Microsoft Reader eBook.

    .rar is a very very compressed archive.



    http://www.rarlabs.com/



    I don't know if they have a Mac version or not.



    That answer things?
  • Reply 4 of 23
    novalisnovalis Posts: 23member
    Use UnRarX. It's Freeware. UnRarX can do both .rar & .par.
  • Reply 5 of 23
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by novalis

    Use UnRarX. It's Freeware. UnRarX can do both .rar & .par.



    I'd like to second that suggestion. The app is really very good. Get it on versiontracker.
  • Reply 6 of 23
    mrmistermrmister Posts: 1,095member
    "That answer things?"



    A little condescending, which you'd think one could avoid here with PC-centric questions, but yes. Thanks.
  • Reply 7 of 23
    danruiiddanruiid Posts: 7member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mrmister

    "That answer things?"



    A little condescending, which you'd think one could avoid here with PC-centric questions, but yes. Thanks.




    I wasn't *really* condesending, I was only *pretending* to be condesending! Oh, and 42.
  • Reply 8 of 23
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Well, stuffit expander also unrars things. Unless I have some special version, at least...
  • Reply 9 of 23
    mrmistermrmister Posts: 1,095member
    My Stuffit Deluxe 7.0.3 chokes on .rar.
  • Reply 10 of 23
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mrmister

    My Stuffit Deluxe 7.0.3 chokes on .rar.



    Remember reading "UnrarX" somewhere? \
  • Reply 11 of 23
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    Der, he was talking to jack aka LoCash, look up...
  • Reply 12 of 23
    mrmistermrmister Posts: 1,095member
    Thanks...I was, indeed, just answering the person above me.



    While we're here--does anyone have a mac solution for .lit files?
  • Reply 13 of 23
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by LoCash

    Well, stuffit expander also unrars things. Unless I have some special version, at least...



    Only old format RAR files.
  • Reply 14 of 23
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mrmister

    While we're here--does anyone have a mac solution for .lit files?



    Maybe not the best solution, but I usually chuck those in the trash.
  • Reply 15 of 23
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    what about .ace files? I found a classic version... but it is for 68k macs!! I haven't tested if it works yet, but if anyone knows about an updated version please let me know...



    http://gwenole.beauchesne.online.fr/vrac/

    that was what I found... but I doubt it will work in X
  • Reply 16 of 23
    whisperwhisper Posts: 735member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by danruiid

    Always the PC professional has to answer such things



    .lit is a Microsoft Reader eBook.

    .rar is a very very compressed archive.



    http://www.rarlabs.com/



    I don't know if they have a Mac version or not.



    That answer things?




    There's an OSX command-line version here.
  • Reply 17 of 23
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Whisper

    There's an OSX command-line version here.



    hmmmm any idea how to work it?
  • Reply 18 of 23
    stuffitx, aside from the time it takes to do its thing compresses -ish like OMFG!





    of course decompression takes the same amount of time too,...

    meech...
  • Reply 19 of 23
    wjmoorewjmoore Posts: 210member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Paul

    hmmmm any idea how to work it?



    Probably:

    unrar file.rar but that's just a guess, download it and find out.



    WM
  • Reply 20 of 23
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    i mean how do you install it.. I don't usually play with things in the terminal that I download... I'm a bit clueless...



    I hope it works with ace files...
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