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Old 06-19-2007, 02:45 AM   #1
 
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well, i am having a problem with some downloads. basical they download as a .rar sometimes .rar.txt

I have been told that such files need to be "decomperesed" to operate...

but i have no clue how to do that.

if you help me rep is avalabil ( can't spell ) rember i am working on a mac
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I use StuffIt Expander.
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so i just open the rar with it ? thnxs mon
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so i just open the rar with it ? thnxs mon
Yep. NP
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I believe WinRAR also works
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I believe WinRAR also works
Are you sure?
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I believe WinRAR also works
But you have to pay for it and it is command line only on OS X.
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But you have to pay for it and it is command line only on OS X.
ahhh completely missed the mac part. Me dont know much about OS X
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Yeah, thats what I use on my PC as well.
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Technically there is no such thing as Winrar for MacOS...

RAR labs which makes winrar has a port of RAR for MacOS.
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umm does any one no where i can get StuffIt Expander.???

( i don't have it for some reason )
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Download it from the internet.
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http://www.download.com/Stuffit-Stan...ml?tag=lst-0-2

Theres' a link to StuffIt, hope it works for ya.
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http://www.download.com/Stuffit-Stan...ml?tag=lst-0-2

Theres' a link to StuffIt, hope it works for ya.
Dude. Don't encourage laziness.
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thanks all i ended up using a program called rar expander ( real orginal)

so yeah thanks
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thanks all i ended up using a program called rar expander ( real orginal)

so yeah thanks
*cough* the best for rar decompression on mac.
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