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BetterZip for Mac

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Download BetterZip 4.0.2

BetterZip 4.0.2

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  • Latest Version

    BetterZip 5.3.4

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.10 or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    MacItBetter / External Link

  • Filename

    BetterZip-4.0.2.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    7a12e35857be1ab56cb7eff68b428e68

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system. Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of BetterZip 4.0.2.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of BetterZip for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

Bug Fixes:
- BetterZip would sometimes fail to compress large archives on macOS High Sierra
- The extraction of tar based archives with only one root item through the queue was still broken if the preset option “Create an extra folder” was set to “If archive has more than one root item”
- Save panel was not drawn properly when “more options” was toggled on macOS 10.13 High Sierra
- If the queue window was too narrow, the progress bar overlayed text
- Cmd+Enter renamed the selected file instead of opening it in an external editor/viewer
- Creating a new folder in an empty BetterZip window didn’t move the “drop here” screen out of the way
- Two presets with the exact same name crashed BetterZip
- Under certain circumstances BetterZip would crash at startup
- Delete in Direct Mode had no progress indicator, which was confusing for large archives with long running delete operations
- Removed cbr, cbz, and epub from the QL generator. There are specialized QL generators for these formats available
- Added tooltips for the various image buttons in the preferences window for VoiceOver users
- Creating xar archives in Direct Mode did not work correctly
- If an archive contained files that did not have read/write permissions for the user, the files wouldn’t be accessible after extraction. BetterZip now adds user read/write permissions for all extracted files, just like macOS’ built-in Archive Utility does
- The pattern comparison function of macOS High Sierra that BetterZip used when extracting archives would sometimes hang. I have switched to a more reliant alternative
- Service names with / and & were problematic. This works now, but due to macOS limitations slashes are converted to colons
- When extracting multi-volume rar archives BetterZip would sometimes display garbage next to the progressbar (e.g. Chinese characters)
- Extracting large rar archives would sometimes show wrong progress

Enhancements:
- You can now hold down the ⌘ key while double clicking a folder to extract and view it
- I have added keyboard shortcuts to all the lists (presets, passwords, patterns) in the preferences window: Press ⌘N to add a new item and ⌫ (Delete, Backspace) to remove the selected item
- BetterZip now supports recursive extraction of all files in a folder with the Finder button or presets in the services menu. Either select the folder in Finder or navigate into it and make sure to have nothing selected when invoking the extraction

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