But what if I had needed to open them on my MacBook? I researched several lengthy tutorials and finally ended up sending the file to a Windows virtual machine where I quickly solved the issue. The Archive name and parameters dialogue box (shown ) opens.Have you ever needed to extract a ".rar" file on a MacBook? I have to confess that I was extremely stressed when a friend sent me some compressed files one day and I couldn't find a simple way to open them. Click the Add icon at the top of the window or go to Commands | Add files to archive or press Alt + A. Select the file(s) or folder(s) press the Ctrl key to select multiple files/folders. Use the file browser to change directories to the location of the file(s) or folder(s) you want to compress. Go to Start | All Programs | WinRAR to start the program. In both cases you can use WinRAR to compress files. Another reason to compress a file is to email a large file to someone whose mail space does not allow receiving a file as large as the uncompressed version.
You can put archive files on a floppy disk, a ZIP disk, a flash drive, a CD or DVD, as well as leaving them on the local hard drive or network drive. Click OK.īecause disk quota is always a finite resource, you may find that you need to archive files to free up space for other files. Select the folder to save in and set the Update and Overwrite modes. If you select Extract files., the Extraction path and options dialogue box (shown) opens.
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