RAR files

hampshireman · Dec 19, 2012, 12:58 PM

I have access to some files which download as .rar. VLC doesn't open them. Any clues please?

-Concept- · Dec 19, 2012, 01:03 PM

Stuffit Expander

hampshireman · Dec 19, 2012, 01:59 PM

the files seem to be html files. I have downloaded the stffit expander.

JasonA · 02:13 PM

I use RAR Expander for decompressing RAR files.
http://rar-expander.en.softonic.com/mac

hampshireman · Dec 19, 2012, 02:21 PM

thanks will try that, that other one didn't seem right

hampshireman · Dec 19, 2012, 03:04 PM

I have downloaded that one. It tells me to use expand in the file menu to expand a file, but when i go to my downloads, they appear faint and will not open. Also they appear as html files. Is this correct please

bolshoi · Dec 20, 2012, 06:33 AM

RAR is a file compression format, like ZIP.

There are lots of free utilities to uncompress RAR files for Mac. I use "The Unarchiver", available in the Mac App Store.

hampshireman · Dec 20, 2012, 07:53 AM

tanks but can you understand my problem as post above. This is the box i get when clicking on a video. I go to the 3rd one down and click it and the download start but ends up as an html

MisterMe · Dec 20, 2012, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by hampshireman

tanks but can you understand my problem as post above. This is the box i get when clicking on a video. I go to the 3rd one down and click it and the download start but ends up as an html

If you don't have an unarchiving utility for RAR files, then your computer may not recognize the file type. You should accept the advice to download and install Stuffit Expander or The Unarchiver.

hampshireman · Dec 20, 2012, 08:53 AM

Thanks. I have just managed, by a roundabout way using the stuffit expander to open one.

Siderz · Dec 21, 2012, 07:05 PM

I personally have The Unarchiver - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-...25424353?mt=12

Not sure if you've already picked one, just want to give it more publicity.

hampshireman · Dec 22, 2012, 03:30 AM

Thanks I have managed to get things sorted with an expnder

Dec 19, 2012, 12:58 PM	#1
hampshireman macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hampshire	RAR files I have access to some files which download as .rar. VLC doesn't open them. Any clues please? __________________ Hashed the world over and still come back to England. Please take a look at my website www.dereksnowdon.com
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Dec 19, 2012, 01:03 PM	#2
-Concept- macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: In front of a computer. Any computer.	Stuffit Expander __________________ I love this fruit. 
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Dec 19, 2012, 01:59 PM	#3
hampshireman Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hampshire	the files seem to be html files. I have downloaded the stffit expander. __________________ Hashed the world over and still come back to England. Please take a look at my website www.dereksnowdon.com
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Dec 19, 2012, 02:13 PM	#4
JasonA macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2009	I use RAR Expander for decompressing RAR files. http://rar-expander.en.softonic.com/mac Last edited by JasonA; Dec 19, 2012 at 02:13 PM. Reason: added link
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Dec 19, 2012, 02:21 PM	#5
hampshireman Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hampshire	thanks will try that, that other one didn't seem right __________________ Hashed the world over and still come back to England. Please take a look at my website www.dereksnowdon.com
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Dec 19, 2012, 03:04 PM	#6
hampshireman Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hampshire	I have downloaded that one. It tells me to use expand in the file menu to expand a file, but when i go to my downloads, they appear faint and will not open. Also they appear as html files. Is this correct please __________________ Hashed the world over and still come back to England. Please take a look at my website www.dereksnowdon.com
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Dec 20, 2012, 06:33 AM	#7
bolshoi macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2011	RAR is a file compression format, like ZIP. There are lots of free utilities to uncompress RAR files for Mac. I use "The Unarchiver", available in the Mac App Store.
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Dec 20, 2012, 07:53 AM	#8
hampshireman Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hampshire	tanks but can you understand my problem as post above. This is the box i get when clicking on a video. I go to the 3rd one down and click it and the download start but ends up as an html Attached Images __________________ Hashed the world over and still come back to England. Please take a look at my website www.dereksnowdon.com
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Dec 20, 2012, 08:53 AM	#10
hampshireman Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hampshire	Thanks. I have just managed, by a roundabout way using the stuffit expander to open one. __________________ Hashed the world over and still come back to England. Please take a look at my website www.dereksnowdon.com
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Dec 21, 2012, 07:05 PM	#11
Siderz macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: London, UK	I personally have The Unarchiver - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-...25424353?mt=12 Not sure if you've already picked one, just want to give it more publicity. __________________ Apple
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Dec 22, 2012, 03:30 AM	#12
hampshireman Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hampshire	Thanks I have managed to get things sorted with an expnder __________________ Hashed the world over and still come back to England. Please take a look at my website www.dereksnowdon.com
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