UNzip and extract files on my new mac

ChicoMendez

hi lads

i made the move - i now have my first mac !!!

ive a few little issues that id like to sort
perhaps you could help ?

first one is unzipping large files is very slow - on my pc laptop they extract wayyyy faster .... considering i have 2gb ram on the mbp whats theproblem ?
i assume its the software that opens it

can anyone point me in teh way of the best free software that will extract zips (and hopefully all compressed files) PLEASE???

zAbbo

http://www.zipeg.com/ pretty good

Rebeller

I use "The Unarchiver" myself on my macbook. It not only unzips compressed files it also allows you to choose the destination of the unzipped file

WEbsite here

It might be of no concern to you but I have always found it annoying that you can't view the contents of a zip archive prior to unzipping. Windows treats the zip archive as a folder which you can view.

You can get the same functionality (albeit in a more cumbersome manner) on your mac by following the steps from this website

The above website has a load of tricks and tips for mac users.

ChicoMendez

Thanks Lads!

Bunnyhopper

I use Stuffit. They have a free Expander that'll handle .zip files, but also .sit, .tar, .sea, .bin, .sitx and a heap of others.