Win Rar on Mac

[vchalupa]

I'm new to Apple and OS X and I was wondering what mac users use to open compressed files like .zip and .rar files.

Normally on windows I'd used Win RAR or something like that. What can I use one OS X? I'm preferably looking for a free software

Any input would be helpful. Thanks

 

[MisterMe]

You have many options. Stuffit Expander is free and does a wonderful job with RAR archives. So too will The Unarchiver.

 

[swiftaw]

UnRarX

 

[kkat69]

UnRarX

I second UnRarX, also there is a built in (much like windows) tool aptly named Archive that handles basic zip files. UnRarX handles RAR files as well as password protected RAR files.

 

[sickmacdoc]

And I will second The Unarchiver ( ) since it will handle RAR files fine (passworded or not) as well as .sit files and many other types. Maybe I have missed it but UnRARX seems like a one trick pony- and I personally prefer to have one app to handle multiple decompression duties.

 

[Sun Baked]

If you got those files where they replace the extension with .002, .003, or if you have trouble picking up the files.

Sometimes simply going to terminal and using cat helps.