
What archivers could be part of this review and why they are not: Personally I barely use apps, latest version of which was released 5 years ago. Perhaps this point is not critical to everyone, but I am sure that I am not alone here. I admire OS X for its unique design and convenience, and I cannot stand programs which look like an echo form the 90s.
#Archiver mac for mac#
Here I become a real nerd when I pick on the design of apps for Mac and their icons. This includes archive profiles and ignoring service files and folders of OS X (have you seen how an archive created with built-in Windows utilities looks like?).

Viewing archive contents without need to extract, as well as files update in archive.Sometimes one has to work with RAR archives which are used on servers for incremental file backups. A single ZIP format available in the built-in archiver is not enough anymore. Preferably with possibility to create archives of less common GZip and BZip. From among “desktop” ones are ZIP, RAR and 7Z. Possibility to archive and extract all common archive formats.When selecting an archiver for Mac I followed the following criteria:

Mac Appstore is teeming with apps working with archives, so why BetterZip is the only one? Let me try and explain my point of view. Beginning this review with such title I anticipated that not all readers will agree with me.
