RAR is a file archive format that was developed in 1993 by a software engineer named Eugene Roshal. Thanks to its high compression rate, the format is fairly popular; however, not all programs support RAR. Though most archivers can extract RAR archives, only a few can create them. ZIP is also a file archive format. Initially designed by PKWARE and Infinity Design Concepts, the format was released into the public domain all the way back in 1989. This move helped the format achieve widespread popularity. Nowadays, it is the most commonly used archive format; pretty much all archiver programs support extracting and creating ZIP archives. Sometimes, you might want to convert a RAR file into a ZIP file on Mac. There are several programs that can perform this task; read about them in the article below. In a pinch, you can also convert the archive manually.
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