iArchiver is a software utility for handling file archives on the Apple Macintosh. It was renamed Rucksack, and then simply "Archiver".

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iArchiver

Creating an archive with iArchiver
Developer(s)	Dare to be Creative Ltd.
Initial release	October 21, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-21)
Stable release	1.4.1 / October 30, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-10-30)
Written in	Objective-C
Operating system	Mac OS X
Available in	English, French, German
Type	File archiver
License	Shareware
Website	Rucksack

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This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: Was renamed Archiver. Article should cover all versions (including Rucksack & Archiver).. (February 2023)

iArchiver was designed as a universal tool for working with archives, and can be used to create, extract and convert a large number of common and legacy archive formats with a drag-and-drop interface.

With iArchiver you can: create Zip, DMG, 7-zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, Z and CPIO archives open Zip, RAR, ARJ, LhA, StuffIt, hqx, rpm, PAX, and many other common and not so common formats convert archives from one format to another for example from RAR to ZIP or from StuffIt to DMG.

iArchiver was developed and is currently being maintained by Dare to be Creative Ltd, a software company based in Vienna, Austria.

• Creating archives in formats common on Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms including zip, DMG, 7-zip and TAR
• Encrypting archives in zip and 7-zip format
• Opening archives in both common and legacy formats such as zip, DMG, 7-zip and TAR, RAR, ACE, ARJ, Cabinet, SIT, HQX and PAX files
• Converting between archive formats, for example converting RAR files to ZIP format or from SIT to DMG

• Comparison of file archivers

• iArchiver website