{{Update, date=February 2023, reason=Was renamed Archiver. Article should cover all versions (including Rucksack & Archiver).
iArchiver is a
software
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utility
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for handling file archives on the
Apple Macintosh
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. It was renamed Rucksack, and then simply "Archiver".
iArchiver was designed as a universal tool for working with archives, and can be used to create, extract and convert a large number of common and legacy archive formats with a drag-and-drop interface.
iArchiver was developed and is currently being maintained by Dare to be Creative Ltd, a
software
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At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
company based in
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Austria
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.
Features
* Creating archives in formats common on Apple
Macintosh
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,
Microsoft Windows
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and
Linux
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platforms including
zip
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Common uses
* ZIP Code, USPS postal code
* Zipper or zip, clothing fastener
Science and technology Computing
* ZIP (file format), a compressed archive file format
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* Zi ...
,
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Organizations Entertainment
* Dames Making Games, a Canadian non-profit organization that encourages the participation of women, non-binary, femme and queer people in the creation of video games
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TAR
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* Encrypting archives in zip and 7-zip format
* Opening archives in both common and legacy formats such as
zip
Zip, Zips or ZIP may refer to:
Common uses
* ZIP Code, USPS postal code
* Zipper or zip, clothing fastener
Science and technology Computing
* ZIP (file format), a compressed archive file format
** zip, a command-line program from Info-ZIP
* Zi ...
,
DMG DMG may refer to:
Organizations Entertainment
* Dames Making Games, a Canadian non-profit organization that encourages the participation of women, non-binary, femme and queer people in the creation of video games
* Davidson Media Group, an American ...
TAR
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,
RAR RAR or Rar may refer to:
* Radio acoustic ranging, a non-visual technique for determining a ship's position at sea
* "rar", the ISO 639-2 code for the Cook Islands Māori language
* RAR (file format), a proprietary compressed archive file format in ...
,
ACE
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,
ARJ
ARJ (Archived by Robert Jung) is a software tool designed by Robert K. Jung for creating high-efficiency data compression, compressed file archives. ARJ is currently on version 2.86 for MS-DOS and 3.20 for Microsoft Windows and supports 16-bit, 3 ...
,
Cabinet
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,
SIT
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,
HQX
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and
PAX
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Peace
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files
* Converting between archive formats, for example converting
RAR RAR or Rar may refer to:
* Radio acoustic ranging, a non-visual technique for determining a ship's position at sea
* "rar", the ISO 639-2 code for the Cook Islands Māori language
* RAR (file format), a proprietary compressed archive file format in ...
files to
ZIP
Zip, Zips or ZIP may refer to:
Common uses
* ZIP Code, USPS postal code
* Zipper or zip, clothing fastener
Science and technology Computing
* ZIP (file format), a compressed archive file format
** zip, a command-line program from Info-ZIP
* Zi ...
format or from
SIT
Sit commonly refers to sitting.
Sit, SIT or Sitting may also refer to:
Places
* Sit (island), Croatia
* Sit, Bashagard, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
* Sit, Gafr and Parmon, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
* Sit, Minab, a villa ...
to
DMG DMG may refer to:
Organizations Entertainment
* Dames Making Games, a Canadian non-profit organization that encourages the participation of women, non-binary, femme and queer people in the creation of video games
* Davidson Media Group, an American ...
See also
*
Comparison of file archivers
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file archivers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. They are neither all-inclusive nor are some entries necessarily up to date. Unless ...