How to Play RAR Files on a Mac
Files that are stored in a RAR file must be extracted from the RAR file before it can be opened. Similar to Zip files, RAR files compress multiple files and stores it in one file. In order to play a file that is contained in a RAR file on your Macintosh computer you must use a third-party RAR-opening application, as Macintosh computers are not able to open RAR files by default. RAR-opening applications are available online at software download sites.
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Use UnRarX. The UnRarX application is free to download and use, and is one of the smaller RAR-extracting applications at only 716KB. In addition to extracting information from rar files the application also restores rar archives that are corrupted. Once extracted, files are located in a new folder in your Documents folder.
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Use Rucksack. Rucksack is a file extraction program that provides support for RAR files as well as other file extraction file types. RAR files can also be converted into different extraction formats including zip, dmg and tar. As a shareware program, the application costs $25 as of 2010 and is compatible with Macintosh computers running Leopard or Snow Leopard operating system.
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Use RAR Expander. Similar to Rucksack, RAR Expander supports extracting files from password-protected RAR files and multi-part files. The RAR Expander program is limited to rar files, and is compatible with Intel-based Macintosh computers, accordig to the official RAR Expander site. Unlike Rucksack, the program is not able to recover or restore rar files that are corrupt.
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Use The Unarchiver. This free application supports 31 different extraction file extensions including RAR, and is able to extract files from multiple rar archives. The program also supports non-English rar archves, and is compatible with Macintosh OS X Tiger as well as newer operating systems.
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