A fast and free way to unpack or decompress your Mac files

The Unarchiver for Mac

The Unarchiver 2.5

  -  3.96 MB  -  Open Source

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 The Unarchiver 2.5.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of The Unarchiver 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:

- Fixes unpacking of password-protected Zip files, which was broken in the last update.
- Source can now be built with a completely free implementation of RAR which works for all versions, including multimedia filters, avoiding the non-GPL-compatible unrar license. (There is also better support for ancient RAR 1.5 files.)
- Has a workaround for a Paragon NTFS bug that made unpacking on NTFS drives generate errors.
- Fixes for Tar and RPM files.
- There are now two command-line utilities available, unar and lsar, which can be used to unpack and list archives, respectively. They are still in development and not really feature-complete, but they should work. These are available as precompiled binaries for both OS X and Windows on the download page, and can also be built on Linux.