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Free Zipping/Compressing Programs?
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OS X has one built-in. Right-click any folder, series of folders, file, or groups of files and choose Compress.
Alternatively, you can use Disk Utility to create compressed disk images.
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Sweet! I did not know that, and probably because I'm a Mac virgin. LOL! Thanks, and if there are any other "better" alternatives out there let me know.
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I'd stay away from Stuffit. Years ago it was the gold standard for compression, but these days it just sucks. The built in software in OS X is the way to go.
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Yeah, don't spend any money on something this mundane, this isn't Windows. If you are satisfied with any GUI alternatives there is always command line choices that are easy to operate: zip, gzip, and bzip2...
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Hi,
I have developed a freeware utility Zipeg for Mac (and Windows) that uses 7zip engine.
It handles a bit more formats than BOMArchiveHelper and may be a convenient alternative to StuffIt or command line tool for some users.
Zipeg - Got pictures? Zip thru JPEG photo archives
One thing I want to warn about is Ctrl+Click "Compress" in the Finder.
Though it seems to create .zip file even for large folders / files instantly - it is NOT done as quick as it seems. A lot of users complained that after compressing files/folders they try to back up or open resulting archive and get error message or back up incomplete file. I suggest to wait till the disk/cpu activity goes down before backing up, opening or emailing the resulting .zip file. It is also a good idea to check that it is intact.
I wish Apple implement simple progress bar in BOMArchiveHelper to alert users that compressing operation is not complete. Unfortunately Apple did not do it even in Leopard.
Give Zipeg a try too (it is free) and let me know if you do NOT like something in it. I will try to make it better.
Any criticism is gratefully appreciated.
Leo
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Originally Posted by spam.alotov@gmail.com
One thing I want to warn about is Ctrl+Click "Compress" in the Finder.
Though it seems to create .zip file even for large folders / files instantly - it is NOT done as quick as it seems. A lot of users complained that after compressing files/folders they try to back up or open resulting archive and get error message or back up incomplete file. I suggest to wait till the disk/cpu activity goes down before backing up, opening or emailing the resulting .zip file. It is also a good idea to check that it is intact.
Bullshit.
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Yes, you get a progress bar to show you how long the compression is taking.
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Not sure if this warrants a new thread or not, but the subject matter is related. I have an old version of Stuffit deluxe. that I wanted to stop using, so I ran the uninstaller (figuring I could still access the hundreds of "sit" files laying around on my HD using the built-in OSX application). I didn't know, at that time, that the built-in app was called BOMArchiveHelper, but anyway, a couple of days later I needed to access an Excel file that was "stuffed" and I could not un-archive it! The finder just bounced something (?) quickly in the dock and then poof, nothing, no resulting xls file. Original sit file still existed. I downloaded The unarchiver to get my file back but it bugs me that the OSX app didn't work, and a search finds only a plist file for BOMArchiveHelper, no app on my HD. Is it built-in somewhere? Got deleted somehow? 
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The built-in tool does NOT decompress .sit files.
Just use Unarchiver.
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Any way to replace Apple's built-in archiver (via contexual menu in Finder) to something else?
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Originally Posted by cgc 
Any way to replace Apple's built-in archiver (via contexual menu in Finder) to something else?
Yep, as analogika mentioned:
The Unarchiver 1.6 - MacUpdate
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