
Besides the popular ZIP format, there are many other compression formats, such as Stuffit (.sit) files (for Mac users) and uuencoded (.uue), BinHex (.hqx), ARC (.arc), Arj (.arj), and gzip (.gz) formats, etc. These tools will handle any type of compressed file you'll encounter.

Below, we feature the Web's best free tools for decompressing files. The only drawback to compressed files is that you must "unzip," (or decompress) them before you use them.
#PROGRAM TO UNZIP FILES FOR MAC SOFTWARE#
Many software sites compress files, so that you may download them quicker. Typically, these files will have a "ZIP" extension.

Many files you'll encounter for downloading on the Net are in compressed form.
