What's new in Archiver 3.0.9
Feb 25, 2020
- This update fixes issues with archive compatibility and stability. It's recommended that all users update.
New in Archiver 3.0.7 (Aug 23, 2019)
- This update adds stability fixes and improvements. It's recommended that all users update.
New in Archiver 3.0.6 (Mar 17, 2019)
- This update fixes an issue preventing the app being moved to the Applications folder. It's recommended that all users update.
New in Archiver 3.0.4 Build 30400 (Jun 4, 2018)
- This update adds features and adds stability improvements. It is recommended that all users update.
- The changes in detail:
- New: Remember the "Show Password" status between app restarts
- New: Remember encryption settings between app restarts
- New: Add password validation improvements
- New: .jar archive support
- New: .aar archive support
- New: .apk archive support
New in Archiver 3.0.3 Build 30300 (Oct 7, 2017)
- Fixes a bug with dragging non-archive files onto the dock icon while Archiver is closed.
New in Archiver 3.0.2 Build 30200 (Jun 13, 2017)
- New: Add Spotlight keywords
- New: Updated 7zip library
- Fixed: Incorrect behavior when canceling password entry on archives when skipping previews
- Fixed: Advanced preferences tab layout tweaks
- Fixed: Crash when Extracting selected files
- Fixed: Crash after entering password
- Fixed: Crash after extracting ended
- Fixed: Crash when trying to cancel combine action
- Fixed: Crash when files are added via the list view
- Fixed: Crash when dragging files onto the Dock icon
- Fixed: Crash when creating ZIP file
New in Archiver 3.0.1 Build 30100 (Feb 27, 2017)
- New: Support for TBZ2 archives
- New: Support for XZ archives
- New: User-set limit on multiple tasks
- Fix: Clean task obscures current task
- Fix: Occasional crash when entering passwords on multiple windows
- Fix: Occasional crash when combining files
New in Archiver 3.0.0 Build 30000 (Sep 20, 2016)
- A smooth translucent user interface that blends seamlessly into your macOS desktop
- Smart file extensions to speed up creating archives
- Even more supported formats including .pkg, .deb and more
New in Archiver 2.4.0 Build 24000 (Aug 23, 2016)
- New: macOS Sierra compatibility
- Fixed: Polish localization issues
- Fixed: Crashes when converting to Archiver format
- Fixed: App bundles show size as "Calculating..."
- Fixed: Archive encryption drops first character '='
- Fixed: RAR plugin layout issues
- Fixed: Missing error message for incorrect password
- Fixed: Fix RAR plugin download issues
- Fixed: Window resize is wrong if archive is set to encrypt
- Fixed: Archiver zip-compressed archive encrypted when another format has encryption set
New in Archiver 2.3.0 Build 5019 (Nov 30, 2015)
- This update prepares for newer versions of OS X and fixes bugs with localizations and it also adds RAR 5 compabitility to Archiver:
- New: RAR 5 compatibility
- Fixed: Missing localization labels
New in Archiver 2.2.2 Build 5012 (Aug 29, 2014)
- Fixes an issue caused by Gatekeeper in OS X, and it's recommended that all users update.
New in Archiver 2.2.1 Build 5011 (Aug 27, 2014)
- Conforms to code signing regulations for newer versions of OS X. It is recommended that all users update.
New in Archiver 2.2.0 Build 5010 (Jul 30, 2014)
- New: A gradient background for newer OS X versions to fit in with the new looks
- Fixed: Graphical issues in newer OS X versions
- Fixed: RAR plugin installation fails in newer OS X versions
- Fixed: Missing strings in Russian Localisation
- Fixed: Crash when removing files before creating an archive
- Fixed: File compatibility discrepancies
New in Archiver 2.1.5 Build 5009 (Apr 29, 2014)
- This update removes support for Growl notifications, fixing crashes caused by these. It is recommended that all users update.
New in Archiver 2.1.4 Build 5008 (Apr 9, 2014)
- New: Russian Support
- New: Italian Support
- Fixed: Issue with Retina graphics in newer OS X versions
New in Archiver 2.1.3 (Oct 9, 2013)
- This update fixes a bug with RAR in newer versions of OS X, and it is recommended that all users update.
New in Archiver 2.1.2 Build 5006 (Sep 26, 2013)
- The highlights:
- Preview archives. Archiver lets you look inside an archive and see its contents. And what’s more, you can preview files with QuickLook, and unzip only those files you really need.
- Shrink ‘em images and music files. Have you ever tried to send an image only to be told that the file is too large? Do your file uploads seem to take forever? Enter Archiver 2’s own compression format, with which you can truly shrink image and audio files.
- Tune my Archiver. Powerful new options so you can adapt Archiver to your needs, including setting compression levels, creating multi-part archives, and adding more files before creating an archive.
- The changes in detail:
- New: Preview archives
- New: Create RAR archives
- New: Choose compression level
- New: Custom format to compress image & audio files
- New: Even cooler icons
- New: Create multi-part archives
- New: Extract multiple files at once
- New: Add/delete files before creating archive
- New: Option to skip done view
- New: Show password option
- New: Use OS X Mountain Lion notifications
- New: Combine files by dragging in first file only
- New: Keyboard shortcut to remove files from multiple files view
- New: Switch between extracting and previewing by holding a key whilst adding files
- Fix: Mismatching passwords goes back to wrong view
- Fix: Crashes when requesting output destination
- Fix: Extracting RPM archives sometimes fails
- Fix: Can’t extract multi-part 7z with only one part
- Fix: Done view doesn’t revert button focus
- Fix: Drag files leaves duplicates
New in Archiver 2.1.1 Build 5005 (Aug 13, 2013)
- New: Options to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Twitter
- Fixed: Showing files in the Desktop opening a new Finder window
- Fixed: Crashes when requesting for an output location
New in Archiver 2.1.0 Build 5004 (Jul 24, 2013)
- This update adds the ability to create RAR archives with the use of a third-party plugin, Spanish and Polish localization, and fixes an issue with showing files in Finder. It is recommended that all users update.
- The changes in detail:
- New: Creating RAR archives with the help of an external third-party plugin
- New: Spanish localization
- New: Polish localization
- Fixed: Show files in Finder after extracting from the Dock icon
New in Archiver 2.0.0 Build 5000 (Apr 24, 2013)
- New: Preview archives
- New: Choose compression level
- New: Custom format to compress image & audio files
- New: Even cooler icons
- New: Create multi-part archives
- New: Extract multiple files at once
- New: Add/delete files before creating archive
- New: Option to skip done view
- New: Show password option
- New: Use OS X Mountain Lion notifications
- New: Combine files by dragging in first file only
- New: Keyboard shortcut to remove files from multiple files view
- Fix: Mismatching passwords goes back to wrong view
- Fix: Extracting RPM archives sometimes fails
- Fix: Can’t extract multi-part 7z with only one part
- Fix: Done view doesn’t revert button focus
- Fix: Drag files leaves duplicates
New in Archiver 1.2.2 Build 2385 (Aug 28, 2012)
- Adds high-res graphics for retina display Macbooks.
New in Archiver 1.2.1 Build 2311 (Jun 15, 2012)
- Improved interface - The user interface was redesigned from the ground up to make working with archives easy as pie and lightning fast.
- Split and combine - You have a file too large to send in one email, or to fit onto a single disk? With Archiver you can split files so you can spread them across multiple emails or disks.
- Tailor to your needs - You can customize Archiver to adapt to your workflow. Choose a default output location, delete archives after extracting them, and show output files in Finder.
New in Archiver 1.1.4 Build 1654 (Dec 14, 2010)
New in Archiver 1.1.3 Build 1651 (Nov 23, 2010)
- Improvement: Faster when creating archives
- Fixed: Show in Finder not working after extract in-place
- Fixed: Doesn't delete multi-part RAR archives after extract
- Fixed: Problems splitting into GB chunks
- Fixed: Occasional problems opening tar.Z archives
- Fixed: No progress when checksumming split file
- Fixed: Can't open encrypted Zip with zero-length files
- Fixed: Blank white icon when archiving files
- Fixed: Can't open TAR archive with resource forks
- Fixed: Errors in Preferences in German localization
- New: Japanese localization
- New: Chinese localization
New in Archiver 1.1.2 Build 1516 (Jun 19, 2010)
- Fixed: Extracted tar.gz archive contains extra file
- Fixed: Can't open self-extracting RAR
- Fixed: Can't open documents and applications after extract
- Fixed: Extracted archive contains __MACOSX subfolder
New in Archiver 1.1.1 Build 1513 (Jun 15, 2010)
- New: German localization
- Fixed: More descriptive Get Info type information
- Fixed: Wrong progress when combining large files
- Fixed: Only deletes one part of multi-part archive after extract
- Fixed: Can't open encrypted Zip with zero-length files
- Fixed: Can't extract multi-part archives with same basename
- Fixed: Alert sheet cuts off long text
- Fixed: Password prompt cuts off long archive names
- Fixed: Crashes when splitting large files with many chunks
New in Archiver 1.1.0 Build 1460 (Jun 3, 2010)
- New: Extract multiple archives at once
- New: Option to delete archive after extraction
- New: Option to show output files in Finder
- New: Growl notifications
- Fixed: Crashes when splitting and combining very large files
- Fixed: Can't create archives when installed in path with spaces
- Fixed: Crashes when creating an archive with many files
New in Archiver 1.0.3 Build 1207 (Mar 25, 2010)
- Fixed: Finder shows wrong file icons
- Fixed: Creative archive wrongly shows 7zip label for Zip archives
- Fixed: Convert always shows Zip format label on first run
- Fixed: Doesn't remember being the default handler
- Fixed: Acknowledgements still references old version
New in Archiver 1.0.2 Build 1183 (Mar 22, 2010)
- Fixed: Can't open documents and applications after extract
- Fixed: Extracted archive contains __MACOSX subfolder
- Fixed: Extracts invalid archive to empty folder
- Fixed: Can't create encrypted 7zip archives with non-ASCII password
- Fixed: Can't extract encrypted 7zip archives with non-ASCII passwords
- Fixed: Disappearing drag icon in done view
- Fixed: Convert icon not transparent under Leopard
New in Archiver 1.0.1 Build 1177 (Mar 15, 2010)
- Fixes a bug when cancelling the destination folder dialog and is recommended for all users.
New in Archiver 1.0 Build 1175 (Mar 15, 2010)
- New: Set iArchiver licenses as upgradable
- Fixed: Can't open ARJ archives
New in Archiver 1.0 Beta 13 Build 1172 (Mar 13, 2010)
- Fixed: Doesn't free up disk space after failed command
- Fixed: Create and convert overwrite without warning
- Fixed: Appears to hang when creating large DMG
- Fixed: Choppy progress bar when creating archives
- Fixed: Fails to create DMG
- Fixed: Cancelling extract complains about missing work directory
- Fixed: Multiple done view buttons messed up after resize
- Fixed: Title on top of multiple done view not resizing
- Fixed: Freezes after extract when sliding to done view
- Fixed: Crashes on destination path prompt
- Fixed: Freezes or crashes after cancelling destination prompt
- Fixed: No cursor in password field
- Fixed: Create archive wrongly complains about password mismatch
- Fixed: Progress view icons obscured under Leopard
- Fixed: Background image obscured in done view under Leopard
- Fixed: Create archive only applies archive name after hitting tab
- Fixed: Invalid file error when trying to extract multi-part archive
- Fixed: Show in Finder not working for combined file
- Fixed: Invalid selection after cancelling default destination prompt
- Fixed: Crashes when combining files under Leopard
- Fixed: Crashes when combing after dragging files onto application icon
- Fixed: Make Archive button not working for multi-part archives and split files
- New: Remember last used archive format
New in Archiver 1.0 Beta 10 Build 978 (Feb 22, 2010)
- Fixes a problem when dragging in files and is recommended for all users.
New in Archiver 1.0 Beta 9 Build 977 (Feb 22, 2010)
- This update takes us another step closer to the production release by fixing a number of smaller bugs, and is recommended for all users.
New in Archiver 1.0 Beta 8 Build 972 (Feb 12, 2010)
- Fixed: Can't close invalid HUD alerts with Enter key
- Fixed: Cancel button only goes back one screen
- Fixed: Convert still uses old error dialog
- Fixed: No more error sheets appear after closing sheet with Escape
- Fixed: Preferences still says iArchiver
- Fixed: Reset version number
- Fixed: Choppy progress bar when extracting 7zip archives
- New: Open header-encrypted RAR archives
- New: Open StuffItX archives
- New: Option to turn off sound
- New: Branded about panel
New in Archiver 1.7.3 (Aug 27, 2009)
- Makes iArchiver fully Snow Leopard compatible.
New in Archiver 1.7.1 (Mar 2, 2009)
- Added Chinese localization.
- Fixed problem with LZH archives.
New in Archiver 1.7.0 (Feb 16, 2009)
- Added Italian localization.
New in Archiver 1.6.1 (Jan 2, 2009)
- Bug fixes for encrypted rars.
- Archives with symbolic links.
New in Archiver 1.6.0 (Dec 30, 2008)
- Spanish, Czech localizations; added support for encrypted RARs
New in Archiver 1.4.1 (Oct 30, 2008)
- Added French localization.
New in Archiver 1.3.5 (Apr 30, 2008)
New in Archiver 1.3.4 (Apr 22, 2008)
- New look; encryption support
New in Archiver 1.2.5 (Feb 18, 2008)
- Added full support for ADF files.
New in Archiver 1.2.4 (Jan 12, 2008)
- Extract speed significantly increased
- Progress bars showing how much of an archive has been created / extracted / converted
- Extension choices are now remembered in the drop-down menu when creating archives
New in Archiver 1.2.4 (Jan 3, 2008)
- Now shows progresss when creating, extracting and convert archives.
- Can ignore Mac system files such as .DS_Store and resource forks.
- Extracts archives in-place
New in Archiver 1.1.6 (Dec 10, 2007)
New in Archiver 1.1.5 (Dec 3, 2007)
- Fixed bug when creating ZIP archives.
New in Archiver 1.1.3 (Dec 3, 2007)
- Added option to preferences to inspect application bundles. Made the create action menu remember the format selected in the drop down list in the main window.
New in Archiver 1.1.2 (Nov 24, 2007)
- Added full support for Apple disk images (.dmg files) and 7-zip (.7z files).
- In addition iArchiver can now extract Microsoft cabinet files (.cab, .exe), PAX archives (.pax) and Java archives (.jar).
- Added preferences panel where to set default create and convert formats, as well as register iArchiver as the default file handler for all recognized formats.