Zipeg: Zip Archives Browser and Extractor
Originally downloaded 12/19/06. Now this sounds like the utility I’ve been seeking… Unlike others I’ve tried lately (they’re in the “reject” bin), I’m hoping it works as advertised, and I love the fact that it’s free!
Update 1/15/07. Well, despite the goofy icon, this is a seriously fine piece of software. Even though it’s using a Java framework, the developer has incorporated a lot of goodies from the Mac OS X GUI toolbox, so it’s not half-bad looking, either! When I compared this to another similar tool I’ve been trying to like, called BetterZip, I was floored. BetterZip costs $20 and is slow as molasses compared with Zipeg. Not only that, but you could never use BetterZip to preview files in an archive file, because the software takes so long to produce the preview it would be impractical. By contrast, Zipeg has almost instantaneous previews for free! I’ve been using Zipeg as my default “unzip” utility for the last month, and I’m very pleased with its performance. Whenever it’s asked to unzip an archive file (and it handles a wide variety of archive types), Zipeg can be configured to ask where I want the extracted files to go… or I can select just the files or directories I want to be extracted.
The only thing Zipeg doesn’t do that BetterZip does well is search through the archive. If you deal with very large, complicated file structures inside of .zip or .gz files, you might find it worth $20 to be able to search through them. Or you could install the free Ziplight plugin for Spotlight, which lets Spotlight do the searching for you.
Here are some notes on pros and cons for Zipeg:
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You can find notes on BetterZip in my entry on that software.
Version as tested: 1.2.1.
