Do you want install winrar on mac for opening .RAR file? WinRar software is indeed available for Mac, but only for command line and it has no GUI interface.
- If you are looking for a quicker compression program with the best archiving features (e.g. Encrypt data, image size reduction & watermarks, remove personal data from files, convert doc to pdf, share in the cloud and more), then you should check out latest version of WinZip.
- UnRarX is an application for Mac developed by Cocoa that gives us the possibility to decompress RAR files using the interface of the program and not having to use command files. You'll only have to double-click a RAR file in Finder and it will be unpacked.
You've just already downloaded archive files from website or received attachment file from e-mail in .RAR
format. You need to open the file format on your Mac OS X, but you don't know what to do.
A quick, lightweight, and free UNRAR utility for Mac X is UnrarX. UnrarX has a simple and lightweight interface. You can simply drag and drop RAR files and have them extracted right on your desktop. WinRAR is a data compression tool for Windows that focuses on RAR and ZIP files. It also supports CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, Gzip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z and 7-Zip.
Then, how are the steps to open/extract .rar archive file on Mac OS X?
Notes: Mac actually has a build-in app called Archive Utility; but the application does not support .RAR file format archive.
Therefore, for the RAR file types we need additional third-party applications.
If you are a user of Windows PC, you know that WinRar works to compress and extract files with .RAR format.
Anyway, can we install WinRar software on Mac?
Yes, we can, but …
WinRar software is indeed available for Mac…
… but only for command line and it has no GUI interface …
If you are not familiar with terminal and the command line, you should use alternative application.
How to install Winrar on Mac
- Download RAR for Mac OSX
- Extract rarosx-x.x.x.tar.gz. with Secondary Click (Click or tap with 2 fingers) on rarosx-x.x.x.tar.gz file and open with Archive Utility.
- Copy the 4 files from that extracted, which are default.sfx, rar, rarfiles.lst, unrar.
- From menu Finder, Go -> Go to Folder -> '/usr/local/bin'.
- Paste the 4 files to folder bin. (password required)
How to Use WinRar Command on Mac
Syntax
Example:
How to make Files Archive RAR
The following command will add all files from the directory Bitmaps and its subdirectories to the RAR archive Pictures.rar
How to extract RAR (unrar) files
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Syntax:
Example:
Those commands will automatically extract file archive .rar file with directory File folder.
Winrar Command Help
To obtain the more complete form of syntax command help about rar and unrar with WinRar, you can do it by simply type rar or unrar and then press enter.
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Winrar Alternative for Mac
As alternative solution for you who are not familiar with command line in terminal, you can use some alternative applications for WinRar which has GUI Interface, some of them are:
- Unrar. This application is only used to extract file with .RAR format. You can use it to compress file/folder to .RAR format.
- Keka. This application is the development of 7-zip for Mac OS X. It supports more file type(*) than Unrar does.
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Keka is the best alternative to winrar for mac, because…
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Latest WinRAR VersionSize | Platform | |
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WinRAR 5.91 English 64 bit | 3163 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 English 32 bit | 2953 KB | Windows |
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WinRAR 5.91 Arabic 64 bit | 3207 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Armenian 64 bit | 3205 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Azerbaijani 64 bit | 3113 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Belarusian 64 bit | 3120 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Bulgarian 64 bit | 3222 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Burmese (Myanmar) 64 bit | 3106 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Catalan 64 bit | 3268 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Chinese Simplified 64 bit | 3278 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Chinese Traditional 64 bit | 3418 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Croatian 64 bit | 3207 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Czech 64 bit | 3370 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Danish 64 bit | 3204 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Dutch 64 bit | 3485 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 English 64 bit | 3163 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Estonian 64 bit | 3110 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Euskera 64 bit | 3133 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Finnish 64 bit | 3205 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 French 64 bit | 3261 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Galician 64 bit | 3132 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Georgian 64 bit | 3198 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 German 64 bit | 3302 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Greek 64 bit | 3221 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Hebrew 64 bit | 3205 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Hungarian 64 bit | 3208 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Indonesian 64 bit | 3206 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Italian 64 bit | 3357 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Japanese 64 bit | 3308 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Korean 64 bit | 3257 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Lithuanian 64 bit | 3238 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Mongolian 64 bit | 3215 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Norwegian 64 bit | 3204 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Persian 64 bit | 3208 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Polish 64 bit | 3401 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Portuguese 64 bit | 3205 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Portuguese Brazilian 64 bit | 5421 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Romanian 64 bit | 3207 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Russian 64 bit | 3323 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Serbian Cyrillic 64 bit | 3256 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Slovak 64 bit | 3292 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Slovenian 64 bit | 3195 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Spanish 64 bit | 3265 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Spanish Colombian 64 bit | 3331 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Swedish 64 bit | 3203 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Thai 64 bit | 3230 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Turkish 64 bit | 3205 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Ukrainian 64 bit | 3218 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Uzbek 64 bit | 3139 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Vietnamese 64 bit | 3117 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Arabic 32 bit | 2996 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Armenian 32 bit | 2995 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Azerbaijani 32 bit | 2908 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Belarusian 32 bit | 2915 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Bulgarian 32 bit | 3011 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Burmese (Myanmar) 32 bit | 2901 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Catalan 32 bit | 3059 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Chinese Simplified 32 bit | 3068 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Chinese Traditional 32 bit | 3208 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Croatian 32 bit | 2997 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Czech 32 bit | 3159 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Danish 32 bit | 2993 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Dutch 32 bit | 3276 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 English 32 bit | 2953 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Estonian 32 bit | 2905 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Euskera 32 bit | 3057 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Finnish 32 bit | 2995 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 French 32 bit | 3051 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Galician 32 bit | 3056 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Georgian 32 bit | 2988 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 German 32 bit | 3081 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Greek 32 bit | 3010 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Hebrew 32 bit | 2994 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Hungarian 32 bit | 2998 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Indonesian 32 bit | 2995 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Italian 32 bit | 3146 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Japanese 32 bit | 3099 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Korean 32 bit | 3047 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Lithuanian 32 bit | 3027 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Mongolian 32 bit | 3003 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Norwegian 32 bit | 2994 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Persian 32 bit | 2998 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Polish 32 bit | 3191 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Portuguese 32 bit | 2995 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Portuguese Brazilian 32 bit | 5212 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Romanian 32 bit | 2998 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Russian 32 bit | 3106 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Serbian Cyrillic 32 bit | 3046 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Slovak 32 bit | 3083 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Slovenian 32 bit | 2986 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Spanish 32 bit | 3056 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Spanish Colombian 32 bit | 3119 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Swedish 32 bit | 2993 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Thai 32 bit | 3017 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Turkish 32 bit | 2994 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.91 Ukrainian 32 bit | 3002 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Uzbek 32 bit | 2934 KB | Windows |
WinRAR 5.71 Vietnamese 32 bit | 2913 KB | Windows |
RAR for macOS 64 bit English 5.91 | 573 KB | macOS |
RAR for Linux 64 bit English 5.91 | 581 KB | Linux |
RAR for Linux 32 bit English 5.91 | 592 KB | Linux |
RAR for FreeBSD 64 bit English 5.91 | 585 KB | FreeBSD |
RAR for FreeBSD 32 bit English 5.91 | 542 KB | FreeBSD |
RAR for Android 32 bit English 5.91 | 5379 KB | Android |