opening .7z (SevenZip) files in Mac OS X?

[JeDiBoYTJ]

hi. I have a bunch of .7z files, which is basically a compressed zip file, only compressed much better. but for some reason, I cant seem to find a mac program out there that decompresses these files. any ideas?

Do you think it would work if I installed VirtualPC on my computer, and used a windows program to decompress it?

please help

 

[varmit]

hi. I have a bunch of .7z files, which is basically a compressed zip file, only compressed much better. but for some reason, I cant seem to find a mac program out there that decompresses these files. any ideas?

Do you think it would work if I installed VirtualPC on my computer, and used a windows program to decompress it?

please help

Yep, VPC running Windows should run the program needed to open this up. I don't believe that 7up zip files work on anything but Windows.

 

[solaris]

Download p7zip binary from my site: http://homepage.mac.com/krmathis/
Its a command line application, so you need to do the work in Terminal.

 

[4409723]

Download p7zip binary from my site: http://homepage.mac.com/krmathis/
Its a command line application, so you need to do the work in Terminal.

Off-topic but I see you have numerous Firefox builds optimised for different processors, how much of a boost is there?

 

[crazzyeddie]

Off-topic but I see you have numerous Firefox builds optimised for different processors, how much of a boost is there?

Its a pretty substantial boost, especially in page rendering/scrolling.

 

[Littleodie914]

Its a pretty substantial boost, especially in page rendering/scrolling.

Agreed. I've got the G5 optimized version for our iMac, and scrolling + opening new tabs is noticeably smoother than with the normal version. Haven't tested any G4 builds though.

 

[JeDiBoYTJ]

thanks for the info solaris, but I already went the devils route and installed vpc

 

[solaris]

thanks for the info solaris, but I already went the devils route and installed vpc

Oh no...

Off-topic but I see you have numerous Firefox builds optimised for different processors, how much of a boost is there?

I've done some tests in the past and they show a ~20% speed boost.
You should notice the faster startup and page rendering!

 

[4409723]

I have a MDD Powermac with a PowerPC 7455, I don't see any builds specfically for that chip.

Help?