This article will tell you how to install rar format file decompress application in Mac OS. It will also tell you how to add unrar file shortcut menu item in finder file popup menu list.
1. Install Unrar Command Software In Mac OS.
- Open a web browser and go to rarlab download page.
- Download the MacOS 64bit version.
- After download, unzip it to a local folder.
- Then cd to the folder and run 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 below command to decompress rar 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 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 [email protected] Read additional filter masks from stdin [email protected]<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 [email protected] Read file names to exclude from stdin [email protected]<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 user right click rar file in finder.
- Open finder, click Applications —> Automator.
- Click New Document button if you run Automator for the first time.
- Select Quick Action icon at top, then click Choose button at bottom.
- Input Run Shell Script in left side, then in right panel, select files or folders item in Workflow receives current drop down list, select Finder in in drop down list.
- Double click Run Shell Script in left, it will add a form in right panel. Select as arguments in Pass input drop down list. Then copy below shell script in the text area.
for f in "[email protected]" do PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" unrar x $f $(dirname ${f}) done
- Click close button to close the Automator service window, it will popup a dialog to let you input a name.
- Now when you right click a rar format file, then you can find Unzip Rar File menu item in Services menu list.
