Comments on: BetterZip: Review and Giveaway

By: lovismith

lovismith — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:40:26 +0000

how do i use this program. i added all the zip files to the extracting box. then presses extract. and nothing happens. p.s i have no prior knowledge in computers, i’m just trying to get some help. any help would be much appreciated.

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By: Phillip

Phillip — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:10:38 +0000

It can already deal with RAR files.

By: Baronoff

Baronoff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:02:04 +0000

I would like to have it deal with .rar archives as well. At least decompressing, but preferably creating as well.

By: Abubaker Shamlan

Abubaker Shamlan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:20:57 +0000

There’s a feature that most compression utilities don’t have
which is a very very very important feature

It’s uncompressing multiple rar files

The only software that is capable of uncompressing multiple rar files is RAR Expander

please add this to the feature set.

Thank you

By: macpug

macpug — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:46:20 +0000

I agree with the idea of something like ’smart boxes’ that will generate a specific action when a file is dropped in a box.
I, too, had a little trouble finding my way around at first…would LOVE a video tutorial a la ScreenCast or ScreenFlick.
Great product! I’m still fumbling with it a bit, but getting better.
Cheers!

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By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:10:38 +0000

Quicklook at individual files from within the program itself. Not just an overall view of the files in a list, but examining the files within, IE reading text files, showing pictures, etc.

By: David

David — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:09:43 +0000

Stuffit X support. We’d like to get rid of Stuffit at my company!

By: Rolio T.

Rolio T. — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:12:11 +0000

For all of you wanting Finder CM plug-in and handling of DMG and ISO files in a similar way that the archives are handled, check out Springy at http://www.springyarchiver.com. It includes both the application and the CM.

By: Allen

Allen — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:16:31 +0000

The most important thing to me is having a user interface that’s not overly complicated. .zip and .rar formatting are good for me also, the program should be really lightweight. Always a good thing.

By: Zealot

Zealot — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:33:35 +0000

Quick look integration sounds fun to me .

PS : im kind of late but waht the hell

By: rebka

rebka — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:53:48 +0000

I’d like to see the QL-Plugin to extract individual files only
The QL Plugin is great btw!

By: James C

James C — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:58:35 +0000

par(2) support

By: cbi

cbi — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:37:48 +0000

Maybe you could include some sort of video tutorial on how to use the product. I’m unfamiliar with archive programs, and found it quite difficult to use, probably just me though…

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:47:12 +0000

I just seen that it supports sit, so just sitx support and it would be the only program used for my archive/extraction solution.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:43:44 +0000

This seems like a great program, it would be nice to have .sit and.sitx extraction support.

By: graffito

graffito — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:02:22 +0000

run from usb flash key.

By: James C

James C — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:24:17 +0000

compressed files contents indexed in Spotlight.

As far as Spotlight is concerned mycrap.zip is really /mycrap/*

By: Nightstrike

Nightstrike — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:16:50 +0000

Great program, but I think it could look a little nicer/simpler. Fewer options unless you ask for them? Like one of those fun drag-the-file-in interfaces… with a few more options.

By: Nick c

Nick c — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:33:18 +0000

Looks like a great app that will make archiving my files much easier.

I have seen some apps that allow you to view the contents of .zip files in a coverflow/quicklook style without extracting them first, could this be added to Betterzip to allow speedy viewing of the .zip files contents?

By: Antonio

Antonio — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:42:03 +0000

quicklook feature is what i nedeed, hurra apple&company revolution
bests
Antonio

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:22:50 +0000

It would be nice to see good context menu integration on this program.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:20:33 +0000

I’ve used stuffit for years, but since there has been such a response to BetterZip I’ll download it and check it out for myself…

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:48:46 +0000

I’d like to see self-extraction implemented in the compression process.

Jason

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:30:13 +0000

Contextual integration into the Finder would be great; that way I could replace the default compression program.

By: Sinbad

Sinbad — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:15:45 +0000

I’d like to see the ability to convert archives from one format to another, for example from RAR to ZIP or from StuffIt to DMG. This would then make BetterZip perfect for my needs.

By: Brent

Brent — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:19:11 +0000

I’d love to see the ability to set up user-presets (file size and label) for splitting archives into chunks. So for example you’ve got a 15MB preset for emailing, a 1GB preset for your thumb drive, and so on.

Adding onto this, it would be great to access these presets through contextual menus. Right click on a folder and select “Compress and Split for Gmail” as an example. It would also be nice if you could create droplets that could be left on the desktop or pulled into the Finder’s toolbar, as others have suggested.

By: whistle_440

whistle_440 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:06:46 +0000

I’d really like to see rzip (http://rzip.samba.org/) integration for processing really large files… the process is memory intensive, but worth it for really large files, like virtual machines, disk images, and the like.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:33:56 +0000

I tried BetterZip for a week and I loved it. The thing I would like to see implemented, aside the features already mentioned above, would be quite simple – options to split archives in standard sizes such as Floppy Disk, CD700 & 800, DVD5 and DVD9… Currently you have to enter the size yourself, but not everyone knows the exact size of a DVD5, so why not offer it while creating an archive?

One other thing, which is actually needed much more in my opinion – batch extracting.
For example, you give BetterZip a folder full of folders which contain zip files and want them all extracted to some place.
Instead of opening each file yourself, BetterZip could do it all.

Or perhaps an icon on the desktop in which you can drop zip files or a folder containing zip files and then BetterZip will extract everything right away or when you tell it to, no questions asked – just extract everything to a default or it could ask you for a folder of your choice. You can even make the ‘defaults’ changeable.

Sure, you could do all this with Automator, but it would be VERY nice to have it built-in BetterZip, don’t you think?

Hope you like this idea and that you will implement it at some point.