.Logan Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Hello, How do you extract multi-part RAR files on a Mac? I saw that an application exists called UnRARX does this, but it doesn't support Lion. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I?m using The Unarchiver. http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html But they pretty much all work even for multi-part far files. It?s just that I find this one superior to others for personal reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Logan Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 I have unarchiver, but when I click the first part it just extracts that one. How do I force it to extract each archive into a single file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I have unarchiver, but when I click the first part it just extracts that one. How do I force it to extract each archive into a single file? If this is what you mean, you?re clicking on the file that has "part 1" in the name, I don?t think it should work. You?re supposed to have a "master rar file" with no "part" in the name, and this file?s linked to all others. You have to double click on this one to extract all the rest altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 If the RAR archive is put together properly then The Unarchiver will extract it correctly. It sounds like this isn't a multipart archive, but more of lots of archives containing files or lots of archives containing multipart archives. Extract try and manually extract a different archive *not the first* and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I have had pretty good luck with "MacPAR deLuxe" as it will process par files (checks for and repairs any archive errors) and then extract rar archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 If this is what you mean, you?re clicking on the file that has "part 1" in the name, I don?t think it should work. You?re supposed to have a "master rar file" with no "part" in the name, and this file?s linked to all others. You have to double click on this one to extract all the rest altogether. Not sure where you got that idea, but it is 100% wrong. There are two naming schemes for rar files. The older one (pre-3.0 mostly) has files listed as: filename.rar filename.r00 filename.r01 etc. Although those typically get sorted with the .rar file last (due to the way Windows Explorer and Finder sort them). With those, you should begin extraction with the .rar file (even if it is listed last in a folder listing) The newer scheme has files listed as: filename.part001.rar filename.part002.rar filename.part003.rar etc. With those, you should always begin extraction with the part001.rar file. Oh, and add my vote for MacPar Deluxe. While it is primarily a Par program, it also extracts Rar files nicely. It uses the official RarLabs command line executable file internally to process the Rar files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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