Using compression rates above Good led to desired results, but that leaves several options next to useless.
That's not at all what we got with this free app with many of its compression options. Archive Extractor is a small and easy online tool that can extract over 70 types of compressed files, such as 7z, zipx, rar, tar, exe, dmg and much more. FreeArc combines best 7-zip and RAR features: auto-selected LZMA/PPMD/Multimedia compression, 1gb dictionary, exe/dict/delta data filters, updatable solid archives, SFXes, recovery record, AES+Twofish+Serpent encryption, Linux support and much more. When we want a compressed file, we want the output to end up smaller than the original file. Using the Very Good setting, KGB worked 21.5 minutes to turn the 23.5Mb file into another 23.5Mb file. Verdict: WinRAR is a file archiver for Windows.
A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him on the mild morning air. ExtractNow supports the two most popular compression formats, ZIP and RAR, as well as a handful of other formats. B1 Free Archiver is a free multi-platform universal archiver which works on Windows, Mac and Linux, as well as Android. We initially liked that it offered nine levels of compression, from Minimal to Maximum, but our tests with the midrange Normal and Good settings weren't satisfying.įor instance, we compressed a 23.5Mb file using the Normal setting: KGB Archiver worked 3 minutes and 15 seconds to output a file the same size as the original file. James Joyce Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. This app opens with a compact, slightly cluttered interface with the basic components: a field for listing files to compress or expand, a field for specifying the location of the output file, the level of compression, options for passwords, and so forth. The program can only archive in ZIP or its own open source. B1 Free Archiver 2.6.39: B1 Free Archiver is a simple, neat and handy file archiver that lets you both create new archives.
KGB Archiver's developers tout their tool for its high compression rate, but its performance in our tests left us dissatisfied. B1 has versions for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android and calls itself a friendly and simple archiver.