.rar files?

[imac abuser]

what are .rar files and how can I open them? Are they mac os 10.4 compatible?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Doesn't the built-in BOMArchiveHelper extract the .rar file when double-clicked? If not download (the newest version) of StuffitExpander, and that should be able to take care of it...

 

[solaris]

.rar files are compressed archives, simular to .zip, .gz, .bz2 etc..
Download RAR 3.50 for Mac OS X here: http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarosx-3.5.b1.tar.gz

 

[imac abuser]

I found one that works well. UnrarX its located at
http://unrarx.sourceforge.net/ thanks guys

chris