The Unarchiver (1000)

1 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2006-07-01 16:32 ID:3em7Hrs8 [Del]

So. I kind of like BOMArchiverHelper.app, the default OS X unzipping utility. However, it has quite a number of limitations. Most other unarchivers on OS X have interfaces that I don't like, or just don't work very well. Also, thanks to Windows' idiotic idea of using the current system encoding for filenames, I have tons of archives from Japan with Shift_JIS filenames, which none of the unarchivers on OS X I've tried will handle properly.

And so I, because I obviously don't have enough to do already, get the idea that I need to write a better unarchiver. Features I think it needs include:

  • Handle as many formats as possible. Not just Zip and Tar-Gzip, but RAR, 7-Zip, LhA, StuffIt, and anything else you can think of.
  • Handle non-UTF8 filenames, perferrably automatically.
  • Have a simple and straightforward interface like BOMArchiveHelper.app.
  • Not leave .tar files lying around when unpacking .tar.gz files and the like.
  • As a side benefit, produce some code that can be re-used to add archive support to Xee (so this whole project doesn't just steal time I could be working on Xee instead).

For actual information on the current state of this project, read on!

301 Name: Patrick : 2007-04-22 20:48 ID:ai3Q5OIN [Del]

No Sitx support :(

Goddamnit, I can't wait for the day when I can get rid of stupid Stuffit once and for all.

302 Name: Anonymous : 2007-04-23 01:51 ID:IdzbvXOB [Del]

Would it be possible for the window that appears when you are unarchiving something to be like the BOMArchiveHelper window and float above everything but isn't actually "selected" so you're still in the Finder even though the window is floating above it?

303 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-04-23 11:06 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>300

Unfortunately, it's not really a fixable problem with the current 7-Zip code. I've tried asking the author to improve it, but no luck. I might try to put in some workarounds later, but no guarantees.

>>302

I'll look into it when I find some time.

304 Name: Samaritan : 2007-05-07 07:26 ID:IGMZHBMe [Del]

I'm dying having to use unrarx to get at my password protected rar files (I interface with a bunch of Windows users who use encrypted rar every day!). Can you give us any idea at all on when we this might be ready for release? I am more than willing to help with testing...

305 Name: Samaritan : 2007-05-07 07:26 ID:IGMZHBMe [Del]

I'm dying having to use unrarx to get at my password protected rar files (I interface with a bunch of Windows users who use encrypted rar every day!). Can you give us any idea at all on when we this might be ready for release? I am more than willing to help with testing...

306 Name: Lee : 2007-05-13 22:51 ID:8y5JdDqJ [Del]

Request: I'd like to have the preferences set to extract archives to the same folder but option+double clicking will give you a dialog and prompt you where to extract it (I'd mainly use archives on network drives so I don't have to transfer the file to my CPU and back again across the network).

307 Name: Yacko : 2007-05-15 11:17 ID:uNvT0zb8 [Del]

Does this program support ace compressed files? Also multi-part ace. Retrogamers on Windows seem to like this method and I have yet to find a solution.

308 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-05-16 04:50 ID:scSDD8HE [Del]

>>307

Sorry, no. The format is propiatery and only available under NDA, apparently. One of the main programmers of libxad, that I use to unpack lots of stuff, has gotten access to the source but hasn't gotten around to implementing it. I don't know if he ever will, and it's beyond my abilities, so, sorry, no time soon.

309 Name: Nick : 2007-05-18 18:01 ID:LaE9p3VA [Del]

Is there a known bug concerning Unarchiver's inability to finish extracting an ISO file? I tried two separate files and it hangs on both of them right at the end.

310 Name: starless : 2007-05-19 08:34 ID:OwhJHisu [Del]

Hi, using The Unarchiver 1.6 I encountered a problem when decompressing a file in a deep subdir from a tar.gz archive. I created a sample archive showing the same problem and uploaded it here: http://www.maxloresti.com/testdir.test01.tar.gz

It only contains a dir and a bunch of subdirs, which in the end contain only one small file called "definition.xml". When I extract the archive using The Unarchiver, the name of the extracted file is "definition.xml0000644". The appended numbers really look like permission bits... :)

StuffIt Expander correctly extracts the file and the whole archive.

311 Name: Jeff : 2007-05-28 08:56 ID:pzSjjNDF [Del]

Hi,

First off, Unarchiver is a great program. It works so well.

Does anyone know if there are plans to add the ability to open password-protected zip files in a future release? Thanks.

312 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-05-28 14:51 ID:Heaven [Del]

You can already open some password-protected zip files. If you have one that can't be opened, I'd like to see it or else I can not add support for it.

313 Name: GaryGnu : 2007-06-07 19:07 ID:EvhUAq4m [Del]

I just found what will make alot people happy about the password glitch that appears to fault some RAR files.

http://www.unrarx.com/faq.html

Download this program and follow the instructions. It's not as sleek as Unarchiver but.... IT DOES the Job when it comes to Passwords on RAR files even split ones. I just thought I'd share this with someone who may have been going up a wall with password files.

Let me know if it works.

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316 Name: nowhereman : 2007-06-07 21:22 ID:XP2C4EQT [Del]

>>237

"Icons for .sit files aren't showing up for me (in fact it's been hard enough getting .sit files to open with The Unarchiver at all - it doesn't show up under the Open With menu)."

I'm also getting the same problem as gannet. Anyone else?

>>112

"Find a file of the type that is not getting the correct icon (Simon, in your case a .sit).
Get Info on that file, and go to the Opens With... section.
Change it from The Unarchiver to anything else that can open it.
Hit the Change All... button. The icon should change to the new apps icon.
Now go back to the drop down list and change it back to The Unarchiver, and hit Change All... again."

Nick's fix doesn't work for me.

317 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-06-08 03:57 ID:Heaven [Del]

You probably have some other program installed that conflicts with The Unarchiver's filetypes. Launch Services is pretty broken when it comes to these things.

318 Name: gannet : 2007-06-10 03:25 ID:VNtQjnSC [Del]

Are the duplicate extensions in all caps for supported file types really needed?

319 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-06-10 05:22 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>318

I don't really know, but Preview.app has them.

320 Name: peace : 2007-06-24 18:40 ID:NFkJn8qN [Del]

Thank you GaryGnu! UnRarX worked for the password protected rar files at:
http://radiowaves66.blogspot.com/

The Unarchiver kept on giving me errors that the "Command Is Not Supported".

321 Name: Walter Ian Kaye : 2007-06-27 18:34 ID:WLxvUKJK [Del]

Two questions.
1) Which SIT formats are supported? 1.5? 2.0-4.0? 5.0?

2) Does it support .zip archives whose contents have MacBinary metadata as implemented by Tom Brown's ZipIt?

322 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-06-28 09:25 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>321

  1. No idea what the differences are. I've been tweaking it to work with any file people have showed me.
  2. Yes, at least the development version, I forget if the latest release has that code or not.

323 Name: Steve : 2007-07-02 15:49 ID:yCzYwZJF [Del]

You need to make the program follow the language rules. So if i chose not to install any languages except english and french and I installed the OS, when Unarchiver installs it should only install English and French as languages and not installed any other one. If a user wanted to add another lang. they can download it drom the site and add it through the "Get info" screen. This feature should be added cause it makes the program smaller for the end user.

324 Name: Steve : 2007-07-02 18:04 ID:yCzYwZJF [Del]

The app needs to follow OSXs language rules. If i dont install russian with the OS russian should not be installed with the app

325 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-07-03 04:14 ID:Heaven [Del]

Somehow I think most users can afford the extra 400k.

326 Name: Gannet : 2007-07-07 16:55 ID:VNtQjnSC [Del]

Ha, I've discovered the problem with .sit files! The Unarchiver is simply missing a UTI: com.stuffit.archive.sit
I added this to the info.plist and it works fine now :-)

327 Name: Walter Ian Kaye : 2007-07-09 08:37 ID:WLxvUKJK [Del]

I have AppleScript code for determining if a file is Stuffit 1.5, 2.0-4.0, or 5.0; it's called StuffTyper. Hmm, looks like I never uploaded it to my website; I can send it to you if you'd like to see the code (it's just a kind of magic number checker). You will then have a way of determining which .sit types people sent you. (It's not a catalogger, but you could modify the script or use it in conjunction with something else, like File Buddy.) If you want me to send it to you, just tell me how you'd like it sent.

328 Name: Gannet : 2007-07-09 16:06 ID:VNtQjnSC [Del]

Um, I don't quite see the point. The Unarchiver can handle any .sit file already.

Speaking of types though, I believe 'SIT!' is a creator type, not a file type. 'SIT2' perhaps?

329 Name: Ralph : 2007-07-13 13:16 ID:qQHPukps [Del]

I used The Unarchiver on a Windows exe-file and it run forever, I quit the program with Activity Monitor, because there was no response. Now I have lost 10GB of my Diskspace. Is there tmp, I can delete?

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332 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-07-14 07:11 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>329

There's probably a hidden folder in the same folder as the file you tried to unpack, which starts with a ".". You should be able to see it from Terminal.app, at least.

333 Name: Walter Ian Kaye : 2007-07-18 14:53 ID:WLxvUKJK [Del]

yes, SIT! is a creator type for StuffIt Deluxe (Expander is SITx). SIT! is also the file type for StuffIt 1.5 files. StuffIt 2.0-4.0 uses 'SITD' filetype and Stuffit 5.0 filetype is 'SIT5'.
My script checks the internals and sets the filetype metadata accordingly.

334 Name: Sven : 2007-07-20 14:51 ID:XP1/hp54 [Del]

Hi there,
same problem as post #320. I always get the errormessage:
"Command Is Not Supported" on archives of page
http://www.doloresoriordan.net/eng/video.htm
even if I specify the correct passwrod. The archives are fine, unpacked them using UnRarX, but your tool is looking much better, so I would like to use your tool.

335 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-07-20 17:45 ID:Heaven [Del]

Password-protected RAR is not supported yet.

336 Name: Feature request? : 2007-07-22 20:00 ID:4ClGXjrk [Del]

Please add an option to use the archive's name for a destination folder. I have a lot of archives with good archive names, but unintelligible or abbreviated folder names inside the archive. When I extract them (especially if processing several at a time), I have no idea what folder matches to what archive.

337 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-07-23 06:25 ID:Heaven [Del]

Already added, but I forget if it's in the release version or just my development version.

338 Name: gannet : 2007-07-23 15:16 ID:VNtQjnSC [Del]

>>333
Hm okay, it's just Expander includes recognition of 'SIT2' but not 'SIT!'. Are you sure SITD isn't StuffIt 3.x-4.x with SIT2 being StuffIt 2.x?

Anyway, has that StuffIt UTI I mentioned been added to The Unarchiver?

339 Name: Chris : 2007-08-07 18:18 ID:uhOcKOMB [Del]

Would you add a command line interface? I am downloading compressed files, manually processing them with The Unarchiver, then parsing them into a database. I would love to be able you use your tool to automate the process. I would love it even more if it were available in Ruby!

340 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-08-08 08:00 ID:bZFTLQgL [Del]

>>339

It's something I've thought would be nice to have, but I haven't actually needed it enough to make it.

If you're feeling like doing some programming yourself, most of the magic is in a framework, which should be pretty easy to use. There's even a very simplistic command-line tool already for testing purposes which might be expanded. Or maybe you can bridge the framework into Ruby somehow.

If you do any of that, do let me know.

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342 Name: Steve : 2007-08-14 06:05 ID:dyREHMML [Del]

When the app is set to extract archives to "Same folder as archive", extracting archives found inside DMG files naturally fails.

In this case, I'd like it to fall back to using the Desktop as the destination folder (like BOMArchiveHelper ?). Prompting for an alternate folder - perhaps defaulting to the Desktop - might be a good option.

Great app - thanks!

343 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-08-14 09:19 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>342

Hmm, good point.

344 Name: DJ.HAN : 2007-09-01 01:48 ID:NTmLvIjU [Del]

Bug Report :
OS: MacOS 10.4.10 (intel)

the unarchiver 1.6 was crashed when trying expand RAR archive that encoding japanese/korean filename.
I attached crash log file.

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Date/Time: 2007-09-01 17:46:18.864 +0900
OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R2232)
Report Version: 4

Command: Xee
Path: /Applications/Xee.app/Contents/MacOS/Xee
Parent: WindowServer [415]

Version: ??? (2.0)

PID: 709
Thread: 0

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90072db2 lmatcher + 132
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90030735 regexec + 11065
2 de.dstoecker.xadmaster 0x17fd9b71 -[XADRegex matchesString:] + 75
3 de.dstoecker.xadmaster 0x17fd865f +[XADArchive volumesForFile:] + 546
4 de.dstoecker.xadmaster 0x17fd462f -[XADArchive initWithFile:delegate:error:] + 77
5 de.dstoecker.xadmaster 0x17fd459f -[XADArchive initWithFile:] + 56
6 de.dstoecker.xadmaster 0x17fd82c6 +[XADArchive archiveForFile:] + 62
7 cx.c3.xee 0x000642c2 -[XeeArchiveSource initWithArchive:] + 90
8 cx.c3.xee 0x0000c3e4 -[XeeDelegate application:openFile:] + 1020
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x9326fd98 -[NSApplication _doOpenFile:ok:tryTemp:] + 459
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x9337c3e6 -[NSApplication _doOpenFiles:] + 240
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x9337c2d8 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenDocuments:] + 87
12 com.apple.AppKit 0x93275701 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 793
13 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f2e65 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 447
14 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f2c8f _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 91
15 com.apple.AE 0x915236c5 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 147
16 com.apple.AE 0x915235f6 dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44
17 com.apple.AE 0x915234c2 aeProcessAppleEvent + 190
18 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df00e4 AEProcessAppleEvent + 37
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x9327363d _DPSNextEvent + 1044
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x93273056 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 137
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x9326cddb -[NSApplication run] + 512
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x93260d2f NSApplicationMain + 573
23 cx.c3.xee 0x00002d06 _start + 216
24 cx.c3.xee 0x00002c2d start + 41

Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90047dd7 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 7
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90ce1da9 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 163
2 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x982c12a6 ReadSchedulerThreadEntryPoint + 4723
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 2:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90047dd7 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 7
1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90ce1da9 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 163
2 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cebcdc AIOFileThread(void*) + 1068
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024227 _pthread_body + 84

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x90072d3f ecx: 0xffffffff edx: 0x00000001
edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xbfffeef8 esp: 0xbfffeca0
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0x90072db2 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037

Binary Images Description:

0x1000 -    0x83fff cx.c3.xee ??? (2.0)	/Applications/Xee.app/Contents/MacOS/Xee

0x7d5000 - 0x7d6fff com.apple.URLMount.CIFSPlugin 1.2.5
.....
.....

345 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-09-01 05:47 ID:dq74j0K2 [Del]

>>344

Could you give me a copy of the file, and also a list of all the filenames that were in the same folder as the archive?

346 Name: Loyd : 2007-09-01 20:02 ID:cR84mZBd [Del]

The Unarchiver failed tonight extracting files from a 2+ GB zip file. one file inside was a 2.2G DMG file. Other files before it extracted fine. It left the file as a zero length file.

Just to be sure I unarchived it with BOMarchiver and it worked just fine.

347 Name: Loyd : 2007-09-01 20:02 ID:cR84mZBd [Del]

The Unarchiver failed tonight extracting files from a 2+ GB zip file. one file inside was a 2.2G DMG file. Other files before it extracted fine. It left the file as a zero length file.

Just to be sure I unarchived it with BOMarchiver and it worked just fine.

348 Name: Rudi : 2007-09-03 09:06 ID:dRGc0wn/ [Del]

I've tried extracting several different RAR files (containing rar, r00, r01 etc.) and the application simply freezes showing a "Preparing to extract..." screen while using 90% of my processor. Moreover, it is impossible to anyhow close or Force Quit the program as it doesn't have the option due to its integration into OS X.

Apart from that, wonderful program, but I hope this problem is solved.

If you have any further questions, e-mail me at rudi[dot]eihenbaums[at]gmail

349 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-09-03 15:53 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>348

I need a file that causes this before I can do anything about it. If there are any messages on the console, post those too. Also, try turning off all InputManagers and haxies.

350 Name: Rudi : 2007-09-06 09:22 ID:jUuwezCA [Del]

What do u mean by InputManagers?

I can forward you some files that I've been trying to open, I can't send them to you, because they're about 700MB movie torrents, but I can give you a link so you can look into it.

351 Name: Rudi : 2007-09-06 09:29 ID:jUuwezCA (Image: 499x137 png, 23 kb) [Del]

src/1189096174918.png: 499x137, 23 kb

Here's a screenshot, doesn't help much, but how do I open the console on demand?

352 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-09-06 13:41 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>351

Run /Applications/Utilities/Console.app, then try to get The Unarchiver to lock up again and see if anything appears in Console.

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355 Name: Rudi : 2007-09-06 16:29 ID:jUuwezCA [Del]

Do you want me to take one of those "Sample" things?

356 Name: Rudi : 2007-09-07 05:11 ID:jUuwezCA [Del]

Nothing in the console.. anything else? Want me to give you a link to the torrent file?

357 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-09-07 05:12 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>355

No, just see if The Unarchiver prints any message on the console before it locks up.

358 Name: DJ.HAN : 2007-09-07 06:05 ID:f8uhGVC8 [Del]

>>345

reply was too late. I'm Sorry.

exactly, the unarchiver was crashed when I was trying expand RAR files over network. If target archive's file have wrong encoded filename, It caused crash.

But If you copy file in your macintosh, then the file was expanded normally(the unarchiver was displayed encoding selection dialog box).

Please resolve this problem. I believe you can do it :-)
Thanks, Good Luck!

359 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-09-07 16:50 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>358

Without an example file that can cause the problem, there is not much I can do.

360 Name: Rudi : 2007-09-10 06:16 ID:cwSe8Mlu [Del]

As I said before, nothing appears in the console.

Here's a link to the file I'm having problems with. CD1 unrars properly, CD2 is the thing you should try to select to download in the torrent.

http://www.newtorrents.info/torrent/25718/Knocked.Up.2006.R5.LINE.XViD-PUKKA.html

361 Name: Rudi : 2007-09-10 06:48 ID:cwSe8Mlu [Del]

P.S. It happens with a few other files.

362 Name: E-WA : 2007-09-10 20:26 ID:RWNJyoAS [Del]

Fails to extract .sit archive file with password protection made with DropStuff 5.5 running on Mac OS 9. It only displays an alert message saying "Could not extract the resource fork for the file"<file name>": Data is corrupted". No problem when without password protection.

Any solutions?

363 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-09-11 08:04 ID:Heaven [Del]

I'm guessing the SIT code might not support encryption? I did not write it, so I am not sure. I never tried any encrypted archives. Does it extract any other, encrypted SIT files?

364 Name: Rudi : 2007-09-14 18:01 ID:5GZ3jWl6 [Del]

I found a few other large, multi-part RAR files that the Unarchiver crashes with. Nothing appears in the standard view of the Console - is there maybe a specific place I should look in?

365 Name: Max : 2007-09-20 03:08 ID:lz5KqkDV [Del]

Great program! Would be a great addition having the XAR support (http://code.google.com/p/xar/). Thanks.

366 Name: Toni : 2007-09-26 02:17 ID:8VLjlPUO [Del]

Good work,

it runs pretty well for me.
the only bug, i've saw, was an improperly exit when the work was done. It leaves an empty window, that needs to be closed throught "activity monitor"

367 Name: Anonymous : 2007-09-26 13:51 ID:jJ1pAGvH [Del]

Great frameworks! Thanks.

I've fixed two memory leaks and done a touch of cleanup.

http://home.comcast.net/~sequential/XADDiffs.zip

368 Name: Anonymous : 2007-09-26 16:02 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>367
Found another leak, so the file has been updated.

369 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-09-27 05:46 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>367-368

Ah, I knew about the missing free in XADRegex already, actually, but I hadn't catched the one in XADArchive yet, though. However, the nullstring thing is entirely intentional.

370 Name: Anonymous : 2007-09-27 13:19 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>369
Yeah, the nullstring change was just my preferred coding style.

371 Name: Anonymous : 2007-10-03 07:59 ID:w4pWtBH0 [Del]

If this could open rar files that had passwords, my life would get a lot, lot easier. Is there anything we can do to help? Ive already donated once...

372 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-10-04 11:54 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>370

No, I mean, there was a reason it was written exactly like that, which is to make it a value guaranteed to be unique.

373 Name: Joshua Ochs : 2007-10-04 20:57 ID:4ClGXjrk [Del]

I'm having some trouble associating The Unarchiver with Zip files. They reset back to BOMArchiveHelper for some strange reason. When I went to reassociate them (via Get Info), The Unarchiver did not show up as an option on the "Open With" popup menu. If I select it using the "Other..." option, it works and the icon shows up properly. If I select "Change All...", it works - but the icon disappears and becomes a generic document icon!

I'm sure this is something weird on my end, but I thought I'd report it - just in case.

374 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-10-05 06:43 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>373

Sounds like some kind of Launch Services bug. It's a very temperamental system.

375 Name: Andrew : 2007-10-08 04:42 ID:iWNgsH/Y [Del]

Can you please make an option to extract the files directly into the folder same folder as the archive?

As it is, i have to extract, browse into the new folder, copy/paste or move the files (thanks to no Cut on OSX), and finally delete the useless folder!

I honestly can't think of why you would want it any other way - is it to protect against duplicates? Even if the folder already has the files contained in the archive, you could have a dialog appear asking whether or not to overwrite. Considering archives are generally for sending to other people, it is not likely they will have the same files anyway.

Thanks for an otherwise great program! (Xee too!)

376 Name: Andrew : 2007-10-08 04:44 ID:iWNgsH/Y [Del]

Can you please make an option to extract the files directly into the folder same folder as the archive?

As it is, i have to extract, browse into the new folder, copy/paste or move the files (thanks to no Cut on OSX), and finally delete the useless folder!

I honestly can't think of why you would want it any other way - is it to protect against duplicates? Even if the folder already has the files contained in the archive, you could have a dialog appear asking whether or not to overwrite. Considering archives are generally for sending to other people, it is not likely they will have the same files anyway.

Thanks for an otherwise great program! (Xee too!)

377 Name: Anonymous : 2007-10-08 05:01 ID:rOMKaW5o [Del]

Bug: Appears to crash silently while extracting iWork08Trial.mpkg/Contents/Packages/iWork08Trial.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax.gz
Enhancement: Opening a .pkg bundle extracts Contents/Archive.pax.gz
Enhancement: Opening a .mpkg bundle extracts Contents/Packages/*.pkg

378 Name: Dean C. : 2007-10-16 11:54 ID:CGmnE0/m [Del]

Something odd: When I attempt to uncompress a set of .RAR files, the program will lock up. However, I can't see how to get the program to quit since UnArchiver does not show up on the ForceQuit menu. I'm assuming that it has something to do with installation, but I am still unfacile with the Mac OS so I am not sure as to how to troubleshoot it as I would with a PC. Help/Hints? Oh yeah, version 1.6 on a 10.4.10 MacBook.

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381 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-10-16 13:57 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>378

Use Activity Monitor.app.

Also, open Console.app and tell me if there are any messages from The Unarchiver.

382 Name: Dean C. : 2007-10-17 12:33 ID:CGmnE0/m [Del]

There does not seem to be anything on the Console.

However, the Activity Monitor worked a trick. If nothing else, thank you for that suggestion. Odd though--for a "locked" up application, it sure was consuming an assload of CPU time; somewhere in the 75% to 85% range.
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Dean C.

383 Name: Nico : 2007-10-19 01:32 ID:SW4K/Tvu [Del]

Hi, there is a bug whenever I try to extract more than 1 rar-file: The first file gets extracted, while they other are in the waiting line, but then wehn Unarchiver wants to process the second one in the line it just quits!

I have version 1.6 on my MBP Intel with 10.4.10

384 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-10-19 04:34 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>383

I just yesterday extracted several rar files in a row, so the bug is not that simple. What files are you trying to exist? Does it crash no matter what order you extract them in? Does it work if you extract one by one? Are there any messages on the console?

385 Name: Anonymous : 2007-10-20 13:36 ID:X0dBIJYD [Del]

It'd be really nice if passwords would work with rar files ...

386 Name: Anonymous : 2007-10-20 13:36 ID:X0dBIJYD [Del]

It'd be really nice if passwords would work with rar files ...

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388 Name: DJ.HAN : 2007-10-25 18:44 ID:Z8TMaJbL [Del]

the unarchiver is worked in leopard(10.5).
but it can't link ZIP file association perfectly. I check zip format in the unarchiver [preferences>format tab]. but default zip unarchiving application wasn't changed.
please check this problem, and update unarchiver :-)

thanks, good luck!

389 Name: Ben Miller : 2007-10-27 15:20 ID:PPTSSOVc [Del]

I had the same problem as 388. Everything works great except for ZIP file associations.

390 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-10-27 17:48 ID:Heaven [Del]

Sounds like Apple went and messed with the UTIs again.

391 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-10-28 05:34 ID:dq74j0K2 [Del]

All right, for anyone who wants a workaround for the zip problem until I get around to buying Leopard and making a real fix:

Open up The Unarchiver.app/Contents/Info.plist, and search-and-replace all instances of com.pkware.zip-archive with public.zip-archive.

As suspected, Apple went and changed the UTI for zip files, and this broke all programs that used that UTI. Which apparently was only me because everybody else seems to have understood that UTI handling is totally broken and unreliable.

392 Name: Gforce : 2007-10-28 11:03 ID:0hBu260g [Del]

That works great for now, thank you. I look forward to an updated version of The Unarchiver. :)

393 Name: Anonymous : 2007-10-28 13:55 ID:d0o/StnJ [Del]

Thanks for the workaround!

BTW, it might not be just you since trying to associate Microsoft Remote Desktop config files with other programs also seems broken.

394 Name: Ben Miller : 2007-10-28 15:02 ID:PPTSSOVc [Del]

Hey I edited the Info.plist and Zip files now open with The Unarchiver, but the Zip files still have their default icon appearance. They don't have the nice brown Zip icons that is usually the default of Unarchiver. Any ideas? This is so odd.

395 Name: Pico Mitchell : 2007-10-28 21:38 ID:ASyR9MYe [Del]

I don't really know the history behind it all, but after scrolling through this thread, I saw some great looking screenshots from Adam Betts with an HUD window style. This could have been hard back in '06 but with Leopards new developer tools, the option for the HUD window style is built in. Would it be possible to get a preference to switch between the window styles in a future version? Also, for zip archive, I just went into the files info and told Zips to open with The Unarchiver and applied it to all files of that type. That worked perfectly, but like people have said above, I get the default blank page icon.

396 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-10-29 05:45 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>394

Just guessing, but that might just be Launch Services sucking again. Do they still not have the right icon after rebooting?

397 Name: Bill Garrison : 2007-10-29 07:36 ID:KyyleN6W [Del]

In case it helps, I DO have the right icons after that patch. It must be something weird, because my machines work just fine.

398 Name: Ben Miller : 2007-10-29 10:15 ID:m2RCU5Sn [Del]

No I've rebooted plenty of times since then. When I right click and hit get info on a zip file it says it opens with "The Unarchiver" but it still has the default icon. Its making me crazy...I've tried everything.

399 Name: !WAHa.06x36 : 2007-10-29 14:32 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>398

What if you use Get Info to select some other app, then select The Unarchiver again, and then click Change All?

400 Name: Ben Miller : 2007-10-29 15:25 ID:PPTSSOVc [Del]

Hey that worked! Thanks a lot!

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