You can also set the confidence threshold for auto-detection.

The utility normally detects the proper encoding automatically, but you can choose a particular type of encoding-say, Japanese (ISO 2022-JP)-if you deal with specific types of files regularly. But those options are not easy to find: To get started, you must navigate to System/Library/Core Services/Archive Utility, launch the Archive Utility app, and then open its preferences dialog.)įinally, the Advanced tab deals with file-name encoding. The Extraction tab lets you choose how The Unarchiver handles extracted files and folders. In the Extraction tab of the Preferences window, you choose where the app places extracted files and folders (automatically in the same location as the original archive, automatically in a particular folder, or automatically prompting you for a destination for each archive) whether to create a new folder for the extracted items how to set the modification date of the created folder and what to do after extraction (whether to open the extracted folder, and whether to move the original archive to the trash). WinRAR is a popular archiver that you can download on your macOS computer. A partial list of the file formats that The Unarchiver supports.Īlternately, to have The Unarchiver handle a particular archive without changing the systemwide handler setting, you can just drag that archive onto The Unarchiver’s icon.

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