rhys.bannon
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I have some RAR-archive-files on my Mac that I would like to decompress/unarchive. I have tried several unarchiver-applications, but they all end up telling me that the RAR-file is corrupted. Is there any way to fix this?
I can’t decompress/unarchive .rar archive
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Pheasant Surprise
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What app created the original RAR files? Were they created on a previous OS version or file system or another computer?
Have they been successfully decompressed/opened previously?
Have they been successfully decompressed/opened previously?
Notquiteretired
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Do have another machine to try? If it's a Windows machine try http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Sounds like they could be corrupted.
rhys.bannon
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I used WinRAR on win 7. and some time ago I updated to win10. and now they are not open. but on win7 they have been successfully decompressed/opened
rhys.bannon
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thank you. I'll try to do as you said.
Pheasant Surprise
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I think your problem lies with the original compression engine on WinRAR. Have you got any way of getting the files back onto a W7 machine - with that same version of RAR to test opening them?
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dideriksen
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RAR (which stands for Roshal ARchive) is a very popular file-compression that is developed and maintained by the Roshal brothers Eugene & Alexander. Their RAR & unRAR utility is called WinRAR (for Windows) or simply RAR (for all other platforms including MacOSX).
One interesting thing about WinRAR/RAR is that it is also capable of repairing corrupted RAR-archive-files. Slight down-side is that the utility doesn’t have a graphic interface (GUI) … it is a ‘command line only’ tool…
One interesting thing about WinRAR/RAR is that it is also capable of repairing corrupted RAR-archive-files. Slight down-side is that the utility doesn’t have a graphic interface (GUI) … it is a ‘command line only’ tool…
dideriksen
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To repair damaged RAR-archive-files do this:
– download WinRAR/RAR for MacOSX from the Roshal brothers’ website :
– After downloading, open the Terminal app that is in the Utilities folder inside your Applications folder and drop the “rar” program file from the “rarosx” folder onto the terminal window.
– Then make sure there’s a space (by typing on the SPACE-bar of your keyboard)
– Then type “r” (without the quotes).
– Then make sure there’s another space (by typing on the SPACE-bar of your keyboard again).
– Then drop the file you want repaired onto the terminal window (it’ll give the path and name of the file).
– Then make sure there’s another space (typ the SPACE-bar)
– and type “Users/yourname/Desktop” or wherever you want the fixed file to be delivered.
(if you want to deliver to a specific destination folder, it may be easier to just drop the folder where you want it placed onto the terminal window again so there’s no chance at typos)
– Then hit “return” and the repair scan will start. if the file has a recovery record, it will say that it was found almost immediately. Then the repairing the file will start. (this might take a couple minutes, depending on the size of the file)
– After that, double click the repaired RAR-archive-file to have it unRARed
…that should do the trick!
– download WinRAR/RAR for MacOSX from the Roshal brothers’ website :
– After downloading, open the Terminal app that is in the Utilities folder inside your Applications folder and drop the “rar” program file from the “rarosx” folder onto the terminal window.
– Then make sure there’s a space (by typing on the SPACE-bar of your keyboard)
– Then type “r” (without the quotes).
– Then make sure there’s another space (by typing on the SPACE-bar of your keyboard again).
– Then drop the file you want repaired onto the terminal window (it’ll give the path and name of the file).
– Then make sure there’s another space (typ the SPACE-bar)
– and type “Users/yourname/Desktop” or wherever you want the fixed file to be delivered.
(if you want to deliver to a specific destination folder, it may be easier to just drop the folder where you want it placed onto the terminal window again so there’s no chance at typos)
– Then hit “return” and the repair scan will start. if the file has a recovery record, it will say that it was found almost immediately. Then the repairing the file will start. (this might take a couple minutes, depending on the size of the file)
– After that, double click the repaired RAR-archive-file to have it unRARed
…that should do the trick!
dideriksen
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NOTE : the file will have the prefix “rebuilt” appended to the beginning of the filename. You’ll need to delete that once the repair process has completed before you attempt to join the files again.
If this tip doesn’t help then you might be able to help also program RAR Recovery Toolbox. There is a demo version and you can verify whether this utility is useful to you or not. download winrar recovery tool
http://www.oemailrecovery.com/rar_recovery.html
NOTE : if you want to be sure you get the latest version of RAR for MacOSX, go to the website to find it :
http://www.win-rar.com/fileadmin/winrar-versions/rarosx-4.2.0.tar.gz
http://www.win-rar.com/download.html
rhys.bannon
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Hi, Thank you all for your time and great help. I really appreciate your feedback and I am very thankful for your time and support