4.3.6
2023-10-24
Fixed:
- Crash on processing corrupted ISO files.
- Known memory leak cases.
- Crash on opening .SITX files with symlinks to non-existing files.
- Potential vulnerability that caused quarantine attributes to be missing for extracted items (CVE-2023-46270).
4.3.5
2022-05-16
Fresh look of The Unarchiver icon!
4.2.1
2020-04-14
• The Unarchiver would occasionally crash on older systems. That has been fixed.
4.2.0
2020-03-05
We’re excited to bring you an update based mostly on your feedback. Yes, we are always listening, so keep it coming.
- We tweaked extraction settings to feel even more system-like
- Hardened Runtime was enabled
- Sentry error reporting was integrated. It will help us better identify and fix errors
Fixed:
- Parsing comments inside ZIP archives won’t result in them being extracted as zero sized files
- Sometimes, upon trying to open an especially large number of archives at the same time, The Unarchiver would crash. That has been fixed.
- The Unarchiver will now correctly identify a ZIP in a RAR and vice versa
- Parsing Extra Fields in ZIP archives was improved
- Permissions handling for Windows files is now working as expected
- Last but not least, multiple extraction errors in old archive formats are fixed and won’t bug you anymore.
4.1.0
2019-02-14
The Unarchiver goes dark. We adopted the new Mojave Dark Mode so your archive management could become much more stylish.
Fixed:
• Extraction speed for most archives is now much better
• The Unarchiver is not going to confuse separate archives with similar names and multipart archives anymore
• Direct warc.gz extraction is now supported along with a fix for some specific warc archives. Thanks, tsudoko
• Some specific 7-Zip archives are now handled correctly. Thanks @pavel_urusov
• RAR self-extracting archives are now handled correctly
• Large zip files extraction problem fixed
• Italian localization fixed
4.0.0
2018-06-14
What a glorious day! We know you've been waiting for this update to happen for so long. And in turn we wanted to bring you something worthy. So, fasten your seat belts, here we go.
• New icon is here.
• UI was given a makeover: we leveled every string of text and measured every indent.
• Localizations were meticulously checked, fixed and then checked again. BTW, did you find an error? Tell our support and we'll fix it right away.
• Speed was improved. You can now get the contents of the archive you’ve just downloaded much much faster.
Fixed
• More RAR4, RAR5 and multipart fixes mean even more weird archives could and will be extracted.
• Symbolic links inside of ZIP archives won't be broken upon extraction anymore.
• Sometimes, upon trying to open an especially large archive, The Unarchiver would crash. That has been fixed.
• Password protected archives used to crash The Unarchiver in some cases. Well, not anymore!
• Extracting multiple files won't bug you with multiple "Extract to.." pop-ups.
• Sømé characters in file and folder names caused random crashes. We've fixed that.
3.11.6
2018-05-25
• Fixes an issue where the archives in the directories with non-unicode encoding weren't being opened correctly
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3.11.5
2018-03-27
• Introduces a new feedback form and a crash reporter.
• Fixes an issue that sometimes made it impossible to extract archives from Finder.
3.11.3
2017-09-16
• Fixes an issue with extracting certain RAR archives. Unfortunately, it was introduced in previous version, and we are grateful to our users who helped us quickly resolve it.
3.11.2
2017-09-11
* It is now easier to understand how to set The Unarchiver as the default app for opening archives.
* Other minor bugs fixed.
3.11.1
2016-05-20
* 3.11.1: Fixed spurious error message when extracting multi-part RAR files.
* Support for RAR version 5 archives.
* Only unpack an archive once when accidentally opening multiple parts of the same archive.
* Handle opening archives with huge number of parts better.
* Fix crash when opening certain tiny archives.
* Bug fixes for zip64, NSIS, and Squeeze.
3.11
2016-05-18
* Support for RAR version 5 archives.
* Only unpack an archive once when accidentally opening multiple parts of the same archive.
* Handle opening archives with huge number of parts better.
* Fix crash when opening certain tiny archives.
* Bug fixes for zip64, NSIS, and Squeeze.
3.10.1
2015-09-25
* 3.10.1: Fixed crash on OS X 10.9 and below.
* Removed file type selector.
* Fixed crash on OS X 10.11.
* Fixed an issue that made unpacked application not work.
* Better support for Zip, 7z, gzip and NSIS files.
* Bugfixes for pax and ARJ.
* Fixes for a few crashing bugs.
* Added Hungarian translation by Dávid Áron Lőrincz.
* Other translation fixes.
3.10
2015-09-23
NOTE! This version seems to crash on Mac OS X 10.9. If you have 10.9 or earlier, please wait until another update that fixes this issue has been released before updating!
* Removed file type selector.
* Fixed crash on OS X 10.11.
* Fixed an issue that made unpacked application not work.
* Better support for Zip, 7z, gzip and NSIS files.
* Bugfixes for pax and ARJ.
* Fixes for a few crashing bugs.
* Added Hungarian translation by Dávid Áron Lőrincz.
* Other translation fixes.
3.9.1
2013-10-05
* The Archive Browser for Mac OS X and Archives for iOS have also been updated! Look for them in the App Stores!
* 3.9.1: Fixed extraction of double-format archives like .tar.gz, which was accidentally broken in 3.9.
* Add Dutch translation.
* Add support for PMA files.
* Better support for broken Zip files.
* Fixed bugs in handling of NSIS and MSI files.
* Fixed a bug where minimizing the window could make it remain open after extracting.
* Tiny interface tweaks.
3.9
2013-10-02
* WARNING: There is a known bug where .tar.gz files do not extract correctly in 3.9. Please wait for Apple to approve 3.9.1 before upgrading if this is a problem for you.
* The Archive Browser for Mac OS X and Archives for iOS have also been updated! Look for them in the App Stores!
* Add Dutch translation.
* Add support for PMA files.
* Better support for broken Zip files.
* Fixed bugs in handling of NSIS and MSI files.
* Fixed a bug where minimizing the window could make it remain open after extracting.
* Tiny interface tweaks.
3.8
2013-07-10
* The Archive Browser has also been updated! Look for it on the Mac App Store.
* Added Brazilian Portugese translation.
* Added support for XIP files.
* Fixed some crashes and unsupported files for RAR.
* Better support for RAR Mac OS X SFX files.
* Fixed crashes for certain CAB and PDF files.
* Added support for comments in Amiga LhA files.
* Fixed French translation.
3.7
2013-04-06
* The Archive Browser of OS X and Archives for iOS have also been updated!
* Added Bulgarian translation.
* Fix a bug that would make files with invalid filenames not work in Zip and Exe files.
* Fix some small memory leaks.
* Read-only attributes for files in archives are now ignored. This caused some files not to extract correctly in older versions.
* Fix a bug with parsing Tar files.
3.6.1
2013-01-16
* Fixed a bug where extracting multiple archives would fail.
3.6
2013-01-05
* The Archive Browser and Archives for iOS have also been updated!
* If you are having problems with The Unarchiver only showing its preferences window and not unpacking files, update Typinator, Default Folder X or SwitchResX, as these programs are the cause of this problem.
* Added support for the Internet Archive WARC format.
* Fixed the "Never create folder" option, which had accidentally been disabled.
* Fixed a bug in Polish translation that made Polish version crash sometimes.
* Fixed a bug that caused file formats to not be unselectable in the file type list.
* Fixed bugs in XAR/.pkg, CAB, HQX and Compress.
* Fixed a few more rare bugs and crashes.
3.5.1
2012-11-30
* 3.5.1: Fixed a bug that made the app fail to launch on 10.6 and 10.7. Terribly sorry that this took so long to get fixed, but Apple took over a week and a half to approve this bugfix.
* 3.5.1: Fixed another sandbox bug that caused archives on remote volumes to fail to open.
* Added support for password-protected 7z files.
* Added an experimental AppleScript interface.
* Added a progress bar overlay on the dock icon.
* Chinese translation.
* Handle files opened from Mail.app better.
* Better support for very old StuffIt archives, including password-protected ones.
* Fixed a bug where the app might stop launching at all under rare circumstances.
* Fixed some crashes on old OS X versions.
* Various bugfixes for PDF, hqx, sitx
* The Archive Browser (http://archivebrowser.c3.cx) and Archives.app (http://archives.c3.cx) have also been updated!
3.5
2012-11-17
WARNING: There is apparently a bug that causes this version to not work on 10.7 and 10.6. If you are not running Mountain Lion, do not update! A fix will be available when Apple approves it.
If you are having trouble, try downloading this version: http://theunarchiver.googlecode.com/files/TheUnarchiver3.5.1.zip
* The Archive Browser (http://archivebrowser.c3.cx) and Archives.app (http://archives.c3.cx) have also been updated!
* Added support for password-protected 7z files.
* Added an experimental AppleScript interface.
* Added a progress bar overlay on the dock icon.
* Chinese translation.
* Handle files opened from Mail.app better.
* Better support for very old StuffIt archives, including password-protected ones.
* Fixed a bug where the app might stop launching at all under rare circumstances.
* Fixed some crashes on old OS X versions.
* Various bugfixes for PDF, hqx, sitx
3.4
2012-10-11
* Added Retina display support.
* Fixed an OS X sandbox issue that would cause multiple extractions to fail.
* Bugfixes for Tar and PDF extraction.
* Bugfix for the extraction progress bar for some 7z files.
* A few translation updates.
* Archives.app for the iPhone and iPad has been released! Look for it on the App Store!
* The Archive Browser has also been updated.
3.3
2012-09-07
* Updated to support Apple's new stricter sandboxing rules. This means the program will need to nag the user more often, but should also mean that extraction should work better in non-standard locations. May also have introduced new bugs, so be careful and report any problems.
* Support for extracting bitmap images from PDF files.
* Support for AppleSingle files.
* Arabic and Norwegian translations.
* Bugfixes.
* The Archive Browser has also been updated! Look for it on the Mac App Store.
3.2
2012-05-10
* Added a workaround for a sandbox bug in Mac OS X that was causing extracted apps to not launch properly.
* Added Polish, Spanish, Turkish, Latvian and Portugese translations.
* Fixed opening folders in the Finder after extraction.
* Fixed extraction of partial RAR files.
* Fixed spurious warnings about resource forks for some Zip files.
* Don't forget to also check out The Archive Browser!
3.1
2012-04-03
* Fix crashing on 10.6.
* Added French and Swedish localizations. More localizations are still needed! If you can, consider submitting one yourself!
* A few other small bugfixes.
* Don't forget to also check out The Archive Browser!
3.0
2012-03-21
Note: There seems to be a bug that causes crashes when opening Zip files on 10.6. If you are running 10.6, consider waiting until the next version to update. If you are running 10.7, everything should work.
* The Archive Browser is now available. Find it on the Mac App Store!
* Support for WinZip Zipx.
* Support for extracting images and sounds from Flash SWF files.
* Support for various Unix formats, such as ar and deb.
* Support for more CD and DVD image formats, such as MDF, NRG and CDI.
* Better support for Zip64 (large zip files) and extended attributes.
* Better support for 7z (self-extracting files, and LZMA2).
* Better support for some old formats, like LBR, StuffIt and DiskDoubler.
* Lots of bugfixes.
Unfortunately, there are now less translations available. All the translations of The Unarchiver are submitted by volunteers, and I now need more volunteers to translate it into more languages! If you'd like to see it in your language, please submit a translation!