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BetterZip

Supports creating and extracting over 30 archive formats, enables archive editing, strong AES-256 encryption, password management, Finder and sharing integration, preview without extraction, Windows compatibility features, ePub modification, and split file joining.

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  • Pay once
  • Proprietary

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Platforms

  • Mac
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Features

  1.  Supports tar files
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Supports Zip files
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  AES-256 Encryption
  6.  Supports RAR files
  7.  No registration required
  8.  File Archiving
  9. Finder icon  Apple Finder Integration
  10.  File preview
  11.  File Compression

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Top Positive Comment
Run Forest Run
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The preview and an option to extract only what you need from archive contents is a must-feature, which BZ delivers unlike many others.

The only issue I ever had with BZ is that when BZ cannot open a file or there is any issue with it BZ does not give you any feedback.

Guest
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Since long the first Archiver I've found which really is up2date and has all features I was used from WinRar, Powerarchiver, 7Zip. (Windows applications)

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icooper
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I like this app! It has everything that I need! Recommend!

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What is BetterZip?

BetterZip is the most advanced zip and rar archiver for file compression, encryption. BetterZip makes it easy to work with zip, rar, 7-zip, tar, and xz files, and it helps with opening winmail.dat files on your Mac.

Create and Update

  • BetterZip can create archives with these formats: ZIP, DMG, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ, TZ, Zstandard, Brotli, 7-ZIP, XAR, and — using the external commandline utility — RAR.
  • Modify archives: Open an archive and add, delete, rename, and edit files. It's super easy.
  • Compatibility: Have BetterZip remove Mac specific files from archives for archives that look and behave well on Windows.
  • Edit archived files in an external application and BetterZip can save the changes back and update your archive.

Open and Extract

  • BetterZip can currently open and extract over 30 archive formats including: ZIP, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ, TZ, Zstandard, Brotli, 7-ZIP, RAR, Apple Disk Images (DMG), TNEF (winmail.dat), ARJ, LHA, LZH, ISO, CHM, CAB, CPIO/CPGZ, DEB, RPM, StuffIt's SIT and SITX, BinHex, MacBinary, ePub, JAR/WAR/EAR/SAR/PAR/WSR Java archives, CBZ/CBR e-books, GZip, BZip2, WIM.
  • BetterZip can also join split files with enumerated file extensions 001, 002, ...
  • Open and extract winmail.dat files.
  • Open, extract, and modify ePub files. BetterZip is not a replacement for a real ePub editor, but since ePub files are really just special zip files, why not use BetterZip to peek into or even modify them.
  • Extract images and sounds from PDF or Flash files.

Preview

  • Preview or Quick Look files inside your archives without extracting first.

Protect Your Data

  • Protect your data with strong AES-256 encryption. Never email sensitive files unencrypted or upload them to cloud services without protection.
  • BetterZip's password manager can collect a list of archive passwords in a securely encrypted password vault and use them automatically whenever you open an encrypted archive.
  • BetterZip features a password generator similar to Safari's. Let BetterZip suggest strong passwords whenever needed.

Finder and Sharing

  • The new BetterZip menu in Finder's contextual menus gives you access to all your presets to compress or extract with preconfigured options.
  • The Finder extension also adds a button in the Finder’s toolbar. Select some files in Finder, click the BetterZip button and choose one of your presets from the drop-down menu to create an archive with these files. Of course, you can also invoke any of your extraction presets on selected archives.
  • BetterZip 5 adds a sharing extension to macOS' Sharing menu that lets you compress documents from inside other apps.
  • BetterZip 5 itself has a Share button to send an archive to one of macOS' share targets, e.g., attach it to an email or upload it to a cloud storage service.
  • BetterZip allows you to add configurable services to macOS' Services menu.

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