I downloaded unarchiver but still every time I try to download a rar file it shows up as a document in my downloads. Is there a certain way to download the files and i am just doing it wrong? Thanks.
Download and install unarchiver (which it sounds like you've done)
See Interstella's post. Most likely a file association issue. You may have to add a .rar extension as well if it is not listed. Could also be a segmented file ala' r01-r25 or something like that. Those would have to be named as well if not listed.
It isn't an expanding issue and I have all the different rar files selected in unarchiver. The problem is when I click on the file to download it, it downloads as a document and not as a expandable rar file. I have tried on chrome, firefox, and safari they all just produced un-expandable documents. Zip files are fine they download as compressed files, rar files do not. Could it be something in my system preferences? Thanks for all the help guys, I feel like an idiot that I can't figure this out. Just not a overly computer literate person.
It's cool, we were all new at this once. Can you take a screenshot or describe the "document" a little bit more? It sounds like (and I could be wrong here) that since you don't have an application associated with the RAR it's giving you a generic icon for it because it doesn't know how to handle it. What does it say when you try and open it? Something like "blah blah blah...no know application can open the file would you like to select a program or search online?" If that's the case, simply right click and you should have the "open with" option I mentioned earlier.
I just restarted my computer for the first time since downloading unarchiver, and all seems to be working now. Thanks so much for all your help.
