Open RAR files on your Mac

RAR is a file compression format commonly used on the Internet. You can recognize RAR archives by their .rar file extension. This page shows you how to open these RAR files on your Mac.


1. Launch Archiver

Download Archiver if you haven't already done so and launch it.

2. Drag in RAR file

Drag the RAR archive you would like to open onto Archiver.

3. Click Extract

Click Extract and sit back while Archiver opens the RAR archive.

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Requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later. Lion ready.