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MacWinZipperBetterZip
Freemium

Free with no ads since version 2.7.1; a paid licence, bought via PayPal, adds extraction…

 Paid

One-time purchase of $35 with a 30-day full-featured trial and no subscription.

macOS macOS
  • Prevents garbled Japanese and other non-ASCII filenames on Windows
  • Strips .DS_Store and resource forks automatically
  • Edits archives in place without re-extracting
  • Opens over 30 formats, including split files and winmail.dat
  • Extracting ZIP files requires the paid version
  • Free encryption is limited to a 4-digit number
  • macOS only
  • Creating RAR needs the separate command-line tool
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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