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mrmister
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July 1, 2003 1:37AM
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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
paul
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July 1, 2003 1:42AM
someone has been playing with Bit Torrent... yes?
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mrmister
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July 1, 2003 1:47AM
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?
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danruiid
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July 1, 2003 1:56AM
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?
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novalis
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July 1, 2003 7:09AM
Use UnRarX. It's Freeware. UnRarX can do both .rar & .par.
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der kopf
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July 1, 2003 9:12AM
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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
.
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mrmister
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July 1, 2003 10:38AM
"That answer things?"
A little condescending, which you'd think one could avoid here with PC-centric questions, but yes. Thanks.
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danruiid
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July 1, 2003 1:33PM
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.
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ghost_user_name
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July 1, 2003 1:38PM
Well, stuffit expander also unrars things. Unless I have some special version, at least...
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mrmister
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July 1, 2003 3:28PM
My Stuffit Deluxe 7.0.3 chokes on .rar.
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der kopf
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July 1, 2003 4:21PM
Quote:
Originally posted by mrmister
My Stuffit Deluxe 7.0.3 chokes on .rar.
Remember reading "UnrarX" somewhere?
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paul
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July 1, 2003 4:26PM
Der, he was talking to jack aka LoCash, look up...
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mrmister
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July 1, 2003 11:40PM
Thanks...I was, indeed, just answering the person above me.
While we're here--does anyone have a mac solution for .lit files?
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chucker
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July 2, 2003 2:31AM
Quote:
Originally posted by LoCash
Well, stuffit expander also unrars things. Unless I have some special version, at least...
Only old format RAR files.
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der kopf
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July 2, 2003 5:37AM
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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.
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paul
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July 7, 2003 10:30AM
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
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whisper
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July 7, 2003 11:20AM
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
.
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paul
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July 7, 2003 11:24AM
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Originally posted by Whisper
There's an OSX command-line version
here
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hmmmm any idea how to work it?
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dark seraph
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July 7, 2003 11:42AM
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...
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wjmoore
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July 8, 2003 12:05AM
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
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paul
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July 8, 2003 12:09AM
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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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?
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?
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.
A little condescending, which you'd think one could avoid here with PC-centric questions, but yes. Thanks.
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.
Originally posted by mrmister
My Stuffit Deluxe 7.0.3 chokes on .rar.
Remember reading "UnrarX" somewhere? \
While we're here--does anyone have a mac solution for .lit files?
Originally posted by LoCash
Well, stuffit expander also unrars things. Unless I have some special version, at least...
Only old format RAR files.
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.
http://gwenole.beauchesne.online.fr/vrac/
that was what I found... but I doubt it will work in X
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.
Originally posted by Whisper
There's an OSX command-line version here.
hmmmm any idea how to work it?
of course decompression takes the same amount of time too,...
meech...
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
I hope it works with ace files...