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gzip vs The Unarchiver

A side-by-side look at gzip and The Unarchiver. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

gzip

gzip

Os & Utilities

gzip is a file compression utility used to compress and decompress files. It uses the DEFLATE data compression algorithm, which allows it to shrink files down for faster transfers and reduced storage space.

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The Unarchiver

The Unarchiver

File Management

The Unarchiver is a free data decompression utility for Mac OS X that can unzip and unarchive many common file formats. It supports formats like ZIP, RAR, 7z, tar, gzip and more.

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