Download Winrar For Mac Free
Addison Mauldin
How to Download WinRAR for Mac Free
WinRAR is a powerful archive manager that can compress and decompress files in various formats, such as RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, ACE, TAR, GZip, UUE, ISO, BZIP2, Z and 7-Zip. It can also create self-extracting and multi-volume archives, encrypt files with passwords, and split large files into smaller parts. WinRAR is widely used on Windows computers, but it is also available for macOS users. In this article, we will show you how to download WinRAR for Mac free and use it to manage your archives.
Step 1: Download WinRAR for Mac
There are two ways to download WinRAR for Mac free: from the official website or from a third-party source. The official website offers a command-line only version of WinRAR for Mac, which means you have to use Terminal commands to operate it. If you are not familiar with Terminal or prefer a graphical user interface (GUI), you can download a third-party version of WinRAR for Mac from Softonic, which provides a simple and intuitive GUI client for your compression and decompression needs.
To download WinRAR for Mac from the official website, follow these steps:
- Go to https://www.techspot.com/downloads/5169-winrar-for-mac.html and click on the "Download Now" button.
- Choose a download location and save the file "rarosx-6.21.tar.gz" on your Mac.
- Double-click on the file to extract it. You will get a folder named "rar" that contains the executable file "rar" and other files.
- Move the folder "rar" to your Applications folder or any other location you prefer.
To download WinRAR for Mac from Softonic, follow these steps:
- Go to https://winrar.en.softonic.com/mac and click on the "Free Download" button.
- Click on the "Download Now" button on the next page and save the file "winrar-6.12.dmg" on your Mac.
- Double-click on the file to open it. You will see a window with the WinRAR icon and a shortcut to your Applications folder.
- Drag and drop the WinRAR icon to your Applications folder or any other location you prefer.
Step 2: Use WinRAR for Mac
To use WinRAR for Mac from the official website, you have to use Terminal commands. Here are some examples of how to use WinRAR for Mac from Terminal:
- To compress a file or a folder into a RAR archive, use the command "rar a archive_name file_or_folder". For example, if you want to compress a folder named "Documents" into a RAR archive named "documents.rar", use the command "rar a documents Documents".
- To decompress a RAR archive into its original files or folders, use the command "rar x archive_name". For example, if you want to decompress a RAR archive named "documents.rar" into its original folder named "Documents", use the command "rar x documents.rar".
- To list the contents of a RAR archive without extracting it, use the command "rar l archive_name". For example, if you want to see what files or folders are inside a RAR archive named "documents.rar", use the command "rar l documents.rar".
- To test the integrity of a RAR archive without extracting it, use the command "rar t archive_name". For example, if you want to check if a RAR archive named "documents.rar" is corrupted or not, use the command "rar t documents.rar".
To use WinRAR for Mac from Softonic, you can simply double-click on any RAR archive to open it with WinRAR. You will see a window with the contents of the archive and some buttons to perform various actions. Here are some