RAR Extractor Reviews

It seems to work well enough and reliably. I definitely feel the speed impact when processing large .rar files with high file counts (e.g. 201 items, 550MB). They seem to take forever to extract and I go through queueing them up and putting the largest at the end of the list. I do find myself wishing that it processed these faster, though I'll keep using RARExtractor.

This is the most reliable utility that I have found for doing complex RAR expansions. I bought a VIP version to help support the developer.

However, now that many of us are using ARM Macs with limited internal storage space (thanks, Apple), RARExtractor needs to allow users to designate an external drive to unpack RARs into. I can do this using Terminal commands.

I also wish RARExtractor would provide Terminal-like information while it is processing RARs, such as reasons for failures, progress, files processed, etc.

App works great, very useful but I'm deleting it cuz I'm tired of getting notified there's a new update every few days, sometimes even more frequently. You really need to dial in your update procedure and perhaps only release updates monthly or something. Sorry to let you go but I'm not using you enough for the naggy update notifications

In the past I had a lot of trouble with getting a MACos Unarchiver that reliably opened .RAR files, along with others, and RAR Extractor Lite is the first one to make the process simple and seamless. I greatly appreciate the convenience this allows for my work, and the longstanding efforts of the team behind this product.

Does almost everything it says it can. Is my reliable go to app for the jobs it handles. Reasonably quick, it may seem plain to some, but it works when so many other jazzy nmbers fall flat.

There isn’t any form of zip or rar files this software hasn’t been able to open. The moment winzip started to charge I started using this. I understand that winzip needs to make a living, but I have to find free options as I’m not among the wealthiest.

On my Mac I had a downloaded zip video file that I could not figure out how to unzip. After many hours of trying different methods I found RAR Extractor - Unarchiver. It opened up the files and played them on QuickTime Player. I am a happy man. Thank you.

RARExtractor is great. I don't have to do too much to get my RAR files extracted. A double-click and boom, it starts extracting. If these guys ever make other apps I need or not, I think I'm gonna go on a downloading spree! (BTW, I'm using RARExtractor on a Macbook Pro, if that helps anyone.)

I was trying repeatedly for 3 hours to unzip a 20gb zip file on my latest Mac. No luck since the sourcee files were most likely zipped on a PC. After I tried 2 browsers with no luck, I decided to find an unzip app instead of the Apple's Archive Utility. This worked like magic!!

My current Mac extractor took forever to extract a 90gb series .rar files. I decided to try something different to see if the results could be improved and RARExtractor did the trick. I will no longer use anything else!

I’m a musician. I brought an amplifier that had served me well over 20 years. I was told by the manufacturer that it was a “legacy” product and no longer supported. I have hundreds of music charts in a variety of “legacy” music notation software. I was searching for the right extractor that would work with OS 10.9.5. After 6 attempts at attempting to buy an extratctor app from the Apple App Store, this was the fist and the best to do it’s intended job. Fast, seemless, eas to use. Kudos to RARExtractor designer and the engineers that continue to support us “legacy” customers. Thank you.

I am a professional audio engineer and often get files from clients who use Windows. This makes it super easy and fast to get what I need and get to work!

**UPDATE** Man one year later and this thing is still great! It makes it so easy to colleberate with people who are using Windows.

I downloaded a maintenance manual from the Internet--it was a .RAR compressed file. I have two other archiver/decompressor programs, RAR Archiver and Archiver Expert. NEITHER worked! The first one was still "Processing" after hours of opening it; the second one caused the beach ball to spin for at least 5 minutes before I Force Quit it.

I went into RARExtractor Store and found this one, which I had before (and I don't know what happened to it, where it went). It worked FIRST TIME and RIGHT AWAY!

I really like this seamless app for stuffing and unstuffing files. I've been using it for months now and it is now my default "stuffer"! One thing I have noticed is the speed in which it compresses and uncompresses files. I sort of did my own side by side test with other like software and they didn't even come close! Keep up the good work!

Sorry this is my second review, accidently didn't add the stars.

But this program I'm happy that it worked. It was really easy to use and even had photo instructions on how to make this the main program.

Thank you for creating this program, I really appreciate it!

Great product, simple to use. Have been using for years. However, it updates frequently almost weekly, so with all this Trump paranoia going around I sometimes wonder if RARExtractor could also spy on its users? I can see the probability of immense data breaches if the wrong people control RARExtractor. Just saying. :|

What more is there to say? I download to my desktop, where I set up a "decompressed" folder and set the options to save there.

I have one other decompression program, sometimes files don't decompress with either but it may be that they were empty due to a problem on the original website.

A very large file seemed insurmountably inaccessible. RAR Extractor solved that in less than a second! And, this wasn't my first bit of grace from the program. Have been using it for more than 15 years, and it has helped solve issues every time! Thanks to those with the brilliance and technology behind it!

RARExtractor made life more easier. As soon as you download the rar file you have will recongize it and than all you have to do is double click the file to extract if not all you have to do is drag the file you are trying to open up and drop it on the program. It cant get easier that that to use. No need to go through the program itself to find the file. Overall it simple and easy to use.

I NEVER leave reviews but i literally have never had an issue with RARExtractor on my Mac. Yes, they may be better apps out but why stress looking for the absolute best when RARExtractor itself gets everything done for you? idk... this is such a smooth app.