MacPAR deLuxe is a utility program that runs on Macintosh OSX. It is useful to you if you upload and download binary files to and from Internet newsgroups.
It's main functions are:
- Verify the completeness of downloaded data, and repair missing parts, by means of so called "par" and "par2" files;
- Unpack data from a RAR archive (most of the files in newsgroups are compressed with rar);
- Automatically start an external program (such as Stuffit Expander) to unpack downloaded files.
Features:
Full support for the "par 1" and "par 2" standards.
Perform verification, recovery and automatic unrar (if applicable) by just double-clicking the ".par" or ".par2" file in the Finder.
Get a clear overview of the status of all files (see example screenshots).
Create a par or par2 volume set by dragging files to the window and simply save the document.
Open a rar archive and unpack the files inside.
Can automatically start an external program to process files in the par set.
Can open multiple windows and run multiple jobs at the same time.
Alternatively, multiple jobs can be queued and processed one after the other, to save machine overhead.
Many configurable options.
Fully compatible with "other" par and rar utilities.
Extensive documentation included via the "Help" menu.
Shareware: you can make make a donation if you like the program.
New in this version:
Fixed an issue that could cause the program to take a very long time opening a par2 file.
Added a new post-process macro for command line rules.
Added an icon for rar documents (becomes visible if you link the “rar” extension to MacPAR deLuxe).
Upgraded all document icons to large size (512 x 512 pixels).
If you like McPARdeLuxe, you can
make a donation at the authors site.
Requirements:
OS X 10.6 or later
Version for OS X 10.4 and 10.5 is available by clicking
here.
Universal Binary