BetterZip 1.8.2

BetterZip 1.8.2 is known as a good quality utility for users which allows you to inspect archives without first extracting their contents at a fast speed.

Major Features:

1. Extract Only Files You Really Need: If you only need a few files or folders from a larger archive, you don't have to extract the whole thing and remove all the unneeded files. Simply drag the files you need from the BetterZip window to any Finder window or the desktop.
2. Open Archives Without Extracting: BetterZip can open archives without first extracting them which is fast, really fast. Then search for a file with the search box like in iTunes. BetterZip can open and extract archives with the most common formats: ZIP, SIT, TAR, GZip, BZip2, RAR, 7-Zip, CPIO, ARJ, LZH/LHA, JAR, WAR, CAB, ISO, CHM, RPM, DEB, NSIS, BIN, HQX, DD.
3. Create Archives: Simply drag files and folders from your hard drives, disks, or network places into your new zip file. You no longer have to copy all the files into a temporary folder first. When you are ready save the archive and everything is packed together. The supported formats are ZIP, TAR, GZip and BZip2 compressed TAR, 7-ZIP, and RAR (using the external RAR commandline tool). Large archives can be split.
4. Protect Your Data: BetterZip can protect your data with a password and create WinZip® compatible AES-256 encrypted archives. 7-zip and rar archives can also be protected with strong data encryption.
5. Update Archives: Add new or updated files to existing archives. Remove any file or folder from the archive, or even move files around inside the archive as if it were a normal folder.
6. Make Archives Compatible: Strip Mac specific files and resource forks from archives for best compatibility with systems like Windows or Linux.
7. BetterZip Speaks Eight Languages: Besides the English version BetterZip includes German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and Russian localizations, each with a complete translation of the documentation.

Enhancements:

• New Features
• • BetterZip now uses pbzip2 for BZip2 compression. This parallel version can utilize multiple CPU cores resulting in faster compression.
  • Showing and hiding columns can now be done through a contextual menu accessed by clicking on the header of the main table like in iTunes or other programs.
  • Added optional header encryption for 7-zip and rar formats. Select this option in the save panel in the pop-up button "Encryption method".
• Changes
• • Tar archives couldn't be opened on Mac OS X 10.6.
• Bugs fixed
• • The BetterZip icon was shown without a name in Activity Monitor, Force Quit window and DragThing.
  • Fixed a possible crash in the registration window when entering or editing the key.
  • Integrated the latest rarlib for faster and more stable extraction of rar files.
  • Extracting an empty folder from an archive didn't work.
  • The progress bar in some tar archives behaved strangely.

Requirements:

• Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later