BetterZip lets you quickly inspect archives without first extracting their contents.

• 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. Simply drag the files you need from the BetterZip window to any Finder window or the desktop.
• Open Archives Without Extracting: Not only can BetterZip open archives without first extracting them but you can also search for a file using the iTuneslike interface. BetterZip can open and extract archives with the most common formats: ZIP, SIT, TAR, XAR, XZ, GZip, BZip2, RAR, 7Zip, CPIO, ARJ, LZH/LHA, JAR, WAR, CAB, ISO, CHM, RPM, DEB, NSIS, BIN, HQX, DMG, EPUB, and Winmail.dat.
• 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. The supported formats are ZIP, TAR, GZip and BZip2 compressed TAR, XAR, 7ZIP, and RAR (using the external RAR commandline tool). Large archives can also be split.
• Protect Your Data: BetterZip can protect your data with a password and create AES256 encrypted archives. 7zip and rar archives can also be protected.
• Update Archives: Add new or updated files to existing archives. Remove any file or folder from an archive, or even move files around inside the archive as if it were a normal folder.
• Make Archives Compatible: Strip Macspecific files and resource forks from archives for best compatibility with systems like Windows or Linux.

What’s New in BetterZip 5.1 b3

• Release notes not available at the time of this post.

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