Lets you quickly inspect archives without first extracting their contents

BetterZip for Mac

BetterZip 5.1.1

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  • Latest Version

    BetterZip 5.3.4

  • Operating System

    macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    MacItBetter / External Link

  • Filename

    BetterZip-5.1.1.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    900a7dceb85cd9c2414bb28264089604

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 5.1.1.


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:

New Features:
- Support for opening and extracting single (non-tar) zst and brotli archives

Fixes and Enhancements:
- BetterZip 5.1 couldn't open, extract, or create tar archives on macOS 10.13 and 10.14
- The drop areas on the drop bar were skewed on macOS Big Sur
- BetterZip 5 couldn't open rpm archives and iso disk images
- The Direct Mode menu item didn’t show a check mark when it was toggled on
- Fixed a crasher that could occur when viewing or Quick Looking files in archives under certain conditions
- Fixed a crasher that could occur when saving archives under certain conditions
- Contextual menu commands “Open in new window/tab” in the Favorites sidebar are now being disabled for non-archive items
- When an archive cannot be handled, is damaged, or password protected, the Quick Look extension will no longer display annoying error messages
- A gz file inside an rpm archive couldn’t be extracted
- When no encoding was set in an extract preset, the drop-down button in the preferences displayed “Arabic (DOS)” instead of “Detect Automatically”
- Increased default panel size and enhanced column resizing in the Quick Look extension