Also, you can select or deselect all archive formats instantly, by clicking the appropriate buttons, in the lower region of the preferences panel.īesides selecting archive formats, you can also choose how the application should handle archives.
You can select individual items, by clicking their corresponding check boxes, if you wish to extract those archive types with The Unarchiver. The supported archive formats are displayed in a long list. Once you run The Unarchiver.app file, a tabbed preferences panel will show up on your screen, on which you can set the application as your default archive utility and make a few tweaks to its behavior.
Furthermore, the application is absolutely free and you can have it up and running as your default archive utility in no time. It works fast and it is very easy to use, which makes it a suitable replacement for Mac OS X's Archive Utility. This simple and lightweight application provides support for a vast range of archive formats. In certain situations, you may encounter an archive in an unfamiliar format and you may spend a considerable amount of time looking for a utility which supports that archive type.
