This article will tell you how to install the .rar format file decompress application ( rarlab ) in Mac OS. It will also tell you how to add unrar file shortcut menu item in the macOS Finder file popup menu list.
1. Install Unrar Command Software In Mac OS.
- Open a web browser and go to the rarlab download page.
- Download the macOS 64bit version.
- After downloading, unzip it to a local folder.
/Users/songzhao/Downloads/rar (base) songs-MacBook-Pro:rar songzhao$ tree ./ ./ ├── acknow.txt ├── default.sfx ├── license.txt ├── order.htm ├── rar ├── rar.txt ├── rarfiles.lst ├── readme.txt ├── unrar └── whatsnew.txt
- Then cd to the folder and run the below command to install rar, unrar command.
$ pwd /Users/songzhao/Downloads/rar # install rar command. $ sudo install -c -o $USER rar /usr/local/bin/ Password: # install unrar command. $ sudo install -c -o $USER unrar /usr/local/bin/
- Now you can run the below command to decompress rar compress format file.
unrar x a.rar unrar x a.rar ~/Downloads
- If you want to get rar or unrar command parameters, you can run rar -? in the terminal to get usage help.
$ rar -? RAR 5.90 Copyright (c) 1993-2020 Alexander Roshal 26 Mar 2020 Trial version Type 'rar -?' for help Usage: rar <command> -<switch 1> -<switch N> <archive> <files...> <@listfiles...> <path_to_extract\> <Commands> a Add files to archive c Add archive comment ch Change archive parameters cw Write archive comment to file d Delete files from archive e Extract files without archived paths f Freshen files in archive i[par]=<str> Find string in archives k Lock archive l[t[a],b] List archive contents [technical[all], bare] m[f] Move to archive [files only] p Print file to stdout r Repair archive rc Reconstruct missing volumes rn Rename archived files rr[N] Add data recovery record rv[N] Create recovery volumes s[name|-] Convert archive to or from SFX t Test archive files u Update files in archive v[t[a],b] Verbosely list archive contents [technical[all],bare] x Extract files with full path <Switches> - Stop switches scanning @[+] Disable [enable] file lists ad Append archive name to destination path ag[format] Generate archive name using the current date ai Ignore file attributes ap<path> Set path inside archive as Synchronize archive contents c- Disable comments show cfg- Disable read configuration cl Convert names to lower case cu Convert names to upper case df Delete files after archiving dh Open shared files ds Disable name sort for solid archive dw Wipe files after archiving e[+]<attr> Set file exclude and include attributes ed Do not add empty directories en Do not put 'end of archive' block ep Exclude paths from names ep1 Exclude base directory from names ep3 Expand paths to full including the drive letter f Freshen files hp[password] Encrypt both file data and headers ht[b|c] Select hash type [BLAKE2,CRC32] for file checksum id[c,d,p,q] Disable messages ierr Send all messages to stderr ilog[name] Log errors to file inul Disable all messages isnd[-] Control notification sounds iver Display the version number k Lock archive kb Keep broken extracted files log[f][=name] Write names to log file m<0..5> Set compression level (0-store...3-default...5-maximal) ma[4|5] Specify a version of archiving format mc<par> Set advanced compression parameters md<n>[k,m,g] Dictionary size in KB, MB or GB ms[ext;ext] Specify file types to store mt<threads> Set the number of threads n<file> Additionally filter included files n@ Read additional filter masks from stdin n@<list> Read additional filter masks from list file o[+|-] Set the overwrite mode oh Save hard links as the link instead of the file oi[0-4][:min] Save identical files as references ol[a] Process symbolic links as the link [absolute paths] or Rename files automatically ow Save or restore file owner and group p[password] Set password p- Do not query password qo[-|+] Add quick open information [none|force] r Recurse subdirectories r- Disable recursion r0 Recurse subdirectories for wildcard names only rr[N] Add data recovery record rv[N] Create recovery volumes s[<N>,v[-],e] Create solid archive s- Disable solid archiving sc<chr>[obj] Specify the character set sfx[name] Create SFX archive si[name] Read data from standard input (stdin) sl<size> Process files with size less than specified sm<size> Process files with size more than specified t Test files after archiving ta[mcao]<d> Process files modified after <d> YYYYMMDDHHMMSS date tb[mcao]<d> Process files modified before <d> YYYYMMDDHHMMSS date tk Keep original archive time tl Set archive time to latest file tn[mcao]<t> Process files newer than <t> time to[mcao]<t> Process files older than <t> time ts[m,c,a,p] Save or restore time (modification, creation, access, preserve) u Update files v<size>[k,b] Create volumes with size=<size>*1000 [*1024, *1] ver[n] File version control vn Use the old style volume naming scheme vp Pause before each volume w<path> Assign work directory x<file> Exclude specified file x@ Read file names to exclude from stdin x@<list> Exclude files listed in specified list file y Assume Yes on all queries z[file] Read archive comment from file
2. Add Unzip Rar File Shortcut Menu Item In Finder File Popup Menu List.
- Now I want to add Unzip Rar File menu item in the popup menu list when a user right-click the .rar file in macOS Finder.
- Open Finder, click Applications —> Automator.
- Click the New Document button if you run Automator for the first time.
- Select the Quick Action icon at the top Choose a type for your document area, then click Choose button at the bottom.
- Input Run Shell Script in the left side search box after the Actions tab, then in the right panel, select files or folders item in Workflow receives current drop-down list, select Finder in the in drop-down list after it.
- Double click Run Shell Script on left, and it will add a form in the right panel. Select as arguments in the Pass input drop-down list. Then copy below shell script in the text area.
for f in "$@" do PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" unrar x $f $(dirname ${f}) done - Click the close button to close the Automator service window, it will popup a dialog to let you input a name. Input the quick action name ( for example Unzip Rar File ) in the Save quick action as text box and click the Save button to save it.
- Now when you right-click a .rar format file and click the Services menu item in the popup menu list, you can find the Unzip Rar File menu item in it.
3. Example Demo Video.
- You can see this example demo video on the URL https://youtu.be/lmNa6Gw_Ieg.
