What Are . rar Files?

[Pete Incaviglia]

And how the hell do I open them on a Mac?

I just downloaded some music, but its in .rar format.

What the hell?

 

[amraeder]

Basically, they're compressed files. Think .zip.
Go to download.com and get WinRar.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Basically, they're compressed files. Think .zip.
Go to download.com and get WinRar.

Thanks.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Dammit. WinRar is for Windows. Nothing for Mac. That I can find anyway.

 

[amraeder]

Try this: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Compression-Tools/RAR-Expander.shtml
(Sorry, should have asked Mac or Windows)
I don't know if it will work, but well, it was the first thing I could find.

 

[ARD]

Stuffit can handle rar files on a Mac.

 

[Diabeetus]

I'm seconding a download of stuffit. You can get the full version from mininova.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

I'm pretty sure that they're pirated files.

Or, perhaps that's .aar files.