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Question of the Day: Are you keeping your Prime subscription?
Should I purchase Winzip?
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ArmatageShanks
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What even is the point of still archiving things?
backstreetboy
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To password protect important things?
Lord Flacko
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Look at upgrading your OS sometime in the near future, not to derail the thread Windows 7 reached EOL at the beginning of last year and now more than ever your PC is vulnerable to security risks.
I've used 7-zip in the past on work issued Windows laptops.
I've used 7-zip in the past on work issued Windows laptops.
OkPlankton
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one of the first things I install when on a fresh OS: 7zip
Pho3nix
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I don't think anyone has bought winrar in it's 30 year existence
There is a Reddit thread about people who decided to buy it. ROFL worthy
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7zip is the boss of bosses, also free and open source.
can't create rar files though...
To upload multiple files. Lots of downloads also come archived to decrease sizes.
I used to assume the same, but it isn't so. Many Envato Elements archives cannot be extracted by 7zip for some reason, and I've encountered occasional issues with packages sent by clients and their agencies.
WinRAR handles absolutely everything on Windows without issue. And macOS doesn't seem to need help with anything at all.
I did. It's not expensive and it's an excellent product. I'd rather pay a few bucks to support its development than be pestered by a notice every time I unzip anything.I don't think anyone has bought winrar in it's 30 year existence
Dairyfarmer
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The extension is meaningless. most all archive software opens most all archive types.
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Doesn't much matter if few, if any, recipients can use the format. Sending anything but a .zip for work purposes would probably result in having to awkwardly resend the file as it should have been originally sent.
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Depends on the use case. I've used it at work before compressing a database backup that had to be sent out every now and then etc. The better compression made using .7z a no brainer.
Of no use to me.
Some people are weird about large email attachments.
Makes uploading cloud backups quicker.
Erm, a need exists to CREATE rar archives, the extension is not meaningless.
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Why?
Archives are critical in most work environments.
- Some file formats are problems for spam or malware filters, like executables, installers, SSH keys and stuff like that.
- Sending a bunch of files as a single file
- Password protecting sensitive documents