Comments on: Instantly create zip archives with a keystroke

By: Leo Kuznetsov

Leo Kuznetsov — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:52:00 +0000

I liked BetterZip too. I found about it after I started making similar program about a year ago. Mine is Zipeg and it is free. It does not create archives and is much simpler. Anybody wants to criticize it? Please do. Thanks. Leo

By: Torley

Torley — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:15:58 +0000

Thx for the tip, Brad, it’s appreciated. :)

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:22:12 +0000

Torley: If you're looking to use something other than the OS-provided BOMArchiveHelper for managing archives, I would actually recommend something like Springy or BetterZip. Both programs allow you to open up an archive and view its contents without having to extract the whole thing. You can even take just one file out of the archive, or add just one. If you've got any large archives (such as from a backup), this sort of thing could be really great if you just wanted to get a few things out. Both cost money, however, so they're no match for the open-source Unarchiver in that regard...

By: Chanpory

Chanpory — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:54:49 +0000

Brad, thanks for the extra tip!

Torley, yes Stuffit is dead! I haven’t used Unarchiver before, I assume you’d be able to doubleclick any archive and it’d automatically decompresses the file?

By: Torley

Torley — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:46:34 +0000

I sure remember when Stuffit was SUCH a Mac mainstay for shareware, but then the years passed, I felt it became very bloaty, and so on and soforth.

Does this also work with The Unarchiver? It’s quite a kewl little utility:

http://coolosxapps.net/2006/09/15/the-unarchiver-10/

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:07:16 +0000

You don’t have to log out or restart for this to take effect; you can just hit command-option-esc, select the Finder, and click the “Relaunch” button.

In order for custom shortcuts created in System Preferences to work, you need to relaunch (or just launch) the application for which you made the shortcut. In this situation, Finder is really just another app.

By: Ricks

Ricks — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:04:05 +0000

But still, it’s pretty darn good. I think some people are becoming a little oblivious as to how good mac people have it. Hands up who wants to go back to Windows? NOT ME

By: Paul Armstrong

Paul Armstrong — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:35:39 +0000

I don’t create zip archives through the Finder all that often (I’m usually in the command line), but when I do, I just right click and select ‘Create Archive of…’. Doesn’t that seem like it would be just as fast, but easier to remember?