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incorporated recent "update" to Zipeg's features without throwing away all the other useful information
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Zipeg is free. It allows you to view the file hierarchy without extracting any files. It automatically extracts all of the files in the currently viewed directory when that folder is opened, including the archive's root directory. This means that opening an archive and viewing different directories in it are expensive processes. It deletes these files when the viewed folder is changed or the archive is closed. It uses these temporary files to provide previews. It does not support creation of archives, though.

BetterZip is $20, and people seem to love it. I don't think it's that good. It seems to support Previews by just extracting the entire archive to a temporary folder, but it does have a built-in preview pane that seems to support more than Preview.app does.

Zipeg is free. It allows you to view the file hierarchy without extracting any files. It does not support creation of archives, though.

BetterZip is $20, and people seem to love it. I don't think it's that good. It seems to support Previews by just extracting the entire archive to a temporary folder, but it does have a built-in preview pane that seems to support more than Preview.app does.

Zipeg is free. It allows you to view the file hierarchy without extracting any files. It automatically extracts all of the files in the currently viewed directory when that folder is opened, including the archive's root directory. This means that opening an archive and viewing different directories in it are expensive processes. It deletes these files when the viewed folder is changed or the archive is closed. It uses these temporary files to provide previews. It does not support creation of archives.

BetterZip is $20, and people seem to love it. I don't think it's that good. It seems to support Previews by just extracting the entire archive to a temporary folder, but it does have a built-in preview pane that seems to support more than Preview.app does.

update - Zipeg now allows you to view the file hierarchy without extracting
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edit approved Jul 31, 2013 at 20:01
Matt Passell
edit approved Jul 31, 2013 at 20:01
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Zipeg is free. It does previews by doing a partial extract and sendingallows you to view the file to Preview.app. (That is, there's no builtin previewer. It also means that things that aren't supported by Preview.app won't get previewed properly, but you can certainly do partial extractshierarchy without extracting any files.) It It does not support creation of archives, though.

BetterZip is $20, and people seem to love it. I don't think it's that good. It seems to support Previews by just extracting the entire archive to a temporary folder, but it does have a built-in preview pane that seems to support more than Preview.app does.

Zipeg is free. It does previews by doing a partial extract and sending the file to Preview.app. (That is, there's no builtin previewer. It also means that things that aren't supported by Preview.app won't get previewed properly, but you can certainly do partial extracts.) It does not support creation of archives, though.

BetterZip is $20, and people seem to love it. I don't think it's that good. It seems to support Previews by just extracting the entire archive to a temporary folder, but it does have a built-in preview pane that seems to support more than Preview.app does.

Zipeg is free. It allows you to view the file hierarchy without extracting any files. It does not support creation of archives, though.

BetterZip is $20, and people seem to love it. I don't think it's that good. It seems to support Previews by just extracting the entire archive to a temporary folder, but it does have a built-in preview pane that seems to support more than Preview.app does.

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Zipeg is free. It does previews by doing a partial extract and sending the file to Preview.app. (That is, there's no builtin previewer. It also means that things that aren't supported by Preview.app won't get previewed properly, but you can certainly do partial extracts.) It does not support creation of archives, though.

BetterZip is $20, and people seem to love it. I don't think it's that good. It seems to support Previews by just extracting the entire archive to a temporary folder, but it does have a built-in preview pane that seems to support more than Preview.app does.

Zipeg is free. It does previews by doing a partial extract and sending the file to Preview.app. (That is, there's no builtin previewer. It also means that things that aren't supported by Preview.app won't get previewed properly, but you can certainly do partial extracts.

BetterZip is $20, and people seem to love it. I don't think it's that good. It seems to support Previews by just extracting the entire archive to a temporary folder, but it does have a built-in preview pane that seems to support more than Preview.app does.

Zipeg is free. It does previews by doing a partial extract and sending the file to Preview.app. (That is, there's no builtin previewer. It also means that things that aren't supported by Preview.app won't get previewed properly, but you can certainly do partial extracts.) It does not support creation of archives, though.

BetterZip is $20, and people seem to love it. I don't think it's that good. It seems to support Previews by just extracting the entire archive to a temporary folder, but it does have a built-in preview pane that seems to support more than Preview.app does.

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