[mac4theblind] Re: Compressing files
- From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:27:00 -0800
See my post on SArchive if it made it to this list lol! This is the best
compresion utility you could ever use. I use it to make rar files and others.
Take care.
On Jan 24, 2012, at 1:34 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> Justin,
>
> I do have macports.
>
> I didn't even think about that. That's a bit more work than I really care to
> do, but as a last resort, I'll keep it in mind.
>
> Hmm, wonder if I could install apt via macports, or apropos.
>
> LOL! Just kidding.
>
> Chris.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Harford" <blindstein@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:35 PM
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Compressing files
>
>
> Hi there
>
> I have an application called unrar installed on my mac that opens rar files.
> I just looked through the menus though, and it does not apparently make them.
> If you have the developer tools package and macports on your computer, you
> could install the terminal app unrar, which apparently makes rar files. I
> just figured out yesterday that you can make .tar.gz files on the mac using
> terminal
>
> tar -vzfc /directory_to_compress directory_to_compress.tar.gz
>
> The tar.gz could have any name actually.
>
> Then to unrap it,
>
> tar -xvf directory_to_compress.tar.gz
>
> It is free and it is already installed.
>
> Justin
> On 23-01-2012, at 13:13, John Panarese wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure. There probably is, but I've never needed to use anything
>> other than the compress feature into a zip file. There is a .rar expander
>> app, so I'd imagine there must be one to create that kind of file.
>>
>>
>> Take Care
>>
>> John D. Panarese
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>> On Jan 23, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I feel like an idiot asking this.
>>>
>>> You'd think, as long now as I've used a Mac I'd know the answer to this,
>>> but honest to God, I pulling a mental blankage here. LOL!
>>>
>>> I know that I can vo+shift+M on a file, and go to compress, and it then
>>> will create a zip file, and I also know that hitting command+O on a zip
>>> file will extract to the folder which I already am in, and yes I do have
>>> the unarchiver, but here lies my question. What if I want to make say...
>>> oh? I dono, say... a .RAR file, or say... a 7ZIP file. Or maybe I want to
>>> make a multi-Part RAR file, or maybe a password protected zip/RAR file,
>>> etc. In Windows, this is a sinch. I just use WinRAR. On the mac,
>>> however, are there any free, prefered, or very reasonably priced... not
>>> prefered... apps that will give me all, or at least a fair amount of this
>>> flexability?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Chris.
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