All right, Macintosh users!
Tell me what your experience with 7zX has been. Have you only recently discovered the potential of this small utility or did you follow the development since the very first beta?
What do you especially like in 7zX? What hopes do you have for the near future? Ask, and you shall receive. 
Great work on this application (which I just discovered)!
I’m the guy who compiled the 7za binary you include here, so I know a bit about 7-zip myself.
I have a couple of suggestions:
* Preference to set archive type and compression rate.
* Preference to use ‘Safe 7-zip format’ -> Yes/No as default.
Hi there,
first, I would like to congratulate you on the excellent work you have
done with the making of 7zX. In my own personal endeavor to write a
7-zip capable and easy compression program, I stumbled on your program
and thus realized that you already had done all this great work!
But, on your website you asked for comments, so I’ll give you some comments.
* Why not make your program open source? I would love to see your
code as I’m panning on maybe writing a book on compression and because
I’m learning XCode at the moment (and I do guess you wrote this code
in Xcode, didn’t you?)
* The progress bar is there, but it isn’t really useful. I would love
to see the time it takes to complete and how much time has passed
since the start.
* Don’t make a safe 7-zip unless the user explicitly turns on the
option in your program. This makes it a really straight forward user
experience and still allows the flexibility of setting these options.
However, I believe that most people will imply use this to exchange
data with friends who use Windows and not so much with people who use
OS X.
Hope these were some helpful comments!
Nice work! Thanks for this!
Unless I’m missing something, I would like to see an easy way to password-protect an archive. A simple check box (to include a password) and then a prompt to type (and verify) the password would be great.
Thanks again!
I’m interested to know how this relates to the rest of the 7-Zip effort, as I didn’t see a link from their site to you app, which might be useful for you. I’ve used 7-Zip on my windows box for a while, and like that there’s a Mac version, buit it might be worth fleshing out the website a little more to explain what 7z is and so on.
7zX is an independent software, not connected to the official 7-Zip site.
I would like to be able to easily turn a huge directory of files into a huge directory of 7zs, like I can do with gzip. I would like to be able to mount a 7z as though it were a disk image.
I doubt you will be ever able to mount a 7z file as a disk image. You can turn a huge directory of files into a directory of 7z’s already.
7zX is very nice and introduced me to the 7z format which I now use most of the time.
However, I find myself using the command line for compression more often for a few of reasons.
1. The donate splash screen. 7zX doesn’t start processing until that screen goes away which slows things down. If we donate, is there a way to disable the splash screen?
2. No preference to set a default format. By setting a default compression format, the compression process could be sped up since there is no need to choose a format on *every* compression run.
3. No preference to set compression rate.
These preferences are essential for me if 7zX is to replace BOMArchiveHelper as my default compression app, but I do use 7zX to decompress most of the time.
Thanks for working on this app and I look forward to seeing future versions.
1. Clicking on the popup will also make it go away. Also, people who donate receive a license file that disables the reminder. People who cannot donate for a reason or another (I’m mainly thinking about students) should contact me: I’ll try to arrange something for them.
2. True.
3. True. I think the very next version of 7zX will include a Preferences section, but I can’t promise anything right now.
I love 7zX, it is able to compress a 130 MB Filemaker database to 9.1 MB, while ZIP gives me 39.8 MB, Stuffit 33.6 MB and RAR 27.6 MB.
I agree with the last comment on the compression ratio, when I compress the same Filemaker database using 7-zip on Windows using the Ultra setting, it leaves me with a 8.7 MB file.
I personally only use 7-zip through drag-and-drop on the application (a contextual menu item would be great), but for those that expect an application to stand by itself, I would suggest something similar to DropStuff: just open a window with a dropzone. Migrate the preferences to the default Preferences… menu item on OS X.
Also, the feedback part of the 7zX compression window (when you’re compressing something) just stay totally white for me, always. This is on a Powerbook G4 867. I have no clue as to what the shell is returning when using the command line version of 7z, but couldn’t you just update the progressbar by parsing the shell output? RAR for example provides a percentage both when compressing and decompressing, which can be easily parsed using regex. If 7z doens’t provide such a detailed feedback, could you just query the total number of files at startup and then update the progressbar when a new file is being compressed? If you could parse out the filename of the file being currently processed an put this above or below the progressbar, it would also provide a better indication of the current status.
But, as I said, 7zX is a great app, all I’m asking for here is some eyecandy stuff which would make it more “professional-looking”.
Keep up the good work!
Well, a modifier key to switch between Safe and normal would be even better, because I have to deal with both formats very regularly (I have a lot of friends on PC, and just as many on Macs, and 50% of what I send to my Mac friends needs to be in safe format).
First and foremost, I have to fix an important security issue. The modifier key path has been considered already, and might be implemented in the next release of 7zX.
I downloaded this to extract one specific file, but there is no way to do that since the file is password protected. You should also add a feature allowing users to view the log.
It seems like the latest version of 7z has a problem with passwords. If I compress anything with it with a password, I can open the compressed file by hitting cancel on the password dialogue.
I have version 1.6.7.
Hope this helps
- Wolf
This has been discussed before.
“7z archives are currently encrypted using the AES-256 standard. Inserting a wrong password causes 7zX to generate 0 KB files, and display CRC errors in the main window.”
I just want everyone who may be interested in performance of 7zx note my fantastic (though slow) results. I compressed a VMWare Fusion “virtual machine” (8.01 GB) and a copy of VMWare 175 MB using the “maximum” setting with resource forks and encryption enabled. I did this on a 1st gen MacBook Core Duo 2.0 in the hopes of being able to burn it to a single 4.7 DVD for back up. It took 2:05 hours! But the resulting file is now 3.61 GB!! Amazing.
I would only ask that a real “progress bar” be added. It never progressed at all. I was actually about to cancel the operation just as it finally finished. Otherwise, this has been great. Thanks.
well it’s great to use it but i find out that it couldn’t uncompress 7z file made on window!! i have downloaded for the first time a 7z file from the net, but i couldn’t uncompress it.It only try to compress it again.so i try to open it on window and it open perfectly! Is there a difference between 7z files made on mac and pc?
That’s Right!…
This is a really good blog. Good work!…
wartrol for genital warts…
[...]Wartrol plantar warts[...]…
Informative…
[...]Here is some excellent info on the subject, but its a shame that it was hard to find it on Google[...]…
Great Site…
I like your site…
adult social network…
[...]below you’ll find the link to some sites that we think you should visit[...]…
wartrol does it work…
[...]Wartrol Scam genital warts facts[...]…
Great Clips Coupons…
[...]in the following are a handful of references to web-sites we connect to seeing that we think these are worth checking out[...]…
Visitor recommendations…
[...]one of our visitors recently recommended the following website[...]……
Appreciate you sharing, great article.Really looking forward to read more. Cool….
A round of applause for your article post. Awesome….
national home warranty…
[...]just above, are some interesting places[...]…
iPhone 5 Release Date…
[...]the time to read or visit the content or sites we have linked to below the[...]…
Great Clips Coupons…
[...]in the following are several web page links to online sites we connect to as we feel they are definitely worth browsing[...]…
Great Clips Coupons…
[...]here are a handful of urls to internet sites that we link to since we believe they’re worthwhile checking out[...]…
iPhone 5…
[...]we like to honor other sites on the web, even if they aren’t related to us, by linking to them. Below are some sites worth checking out[...]…
Great Clips Coupons…
[...]what follows are a couple of web links to web-sites we link to seeing as we think they are definitely worth browsing[...]…
Digg…
While checking out DIGG yesterday I noticed this…
Vacation Rentals in Siesta Key…
[...]we like to link to other sites on the web, even if they aren’t related to us, by linking to them. Below are some sites worth checking out[...]…
More About Stand Up Pouches…
[...]just below, are some totally unrelated websites to ours, however, they are definitely worth seeing[...]…
flood damage colorado springs…
[...]just underneath, are a list of totally unrelated web sites to ours, however, they are definitely worth checking out[...]…
Fort Collins Apartments…
[...]above are some places worth checking out[...]…
Educational Franchise…
[...]look at the content or sites we have linked to underneath[...]…
basketball drills…
[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[...]…
Digg…
While checking out DIGG today I found this…
Looking around…
I like to surf in various places on the online world, often I will go to Stumble Upon and follow thru…
Looking around…
I like to browse around the web, often I will go to Digg and read and check stuff out…
Wikia…
Wika linked to this site…
Tumblr article…
I saw a writer talking about this on Tumblr and it linked to…
Its hard to find good help…
I am forever saying that its hard to get quality help, but here is…
Yahoo results…
While browsing Yahoo I discovered this page in the results and I didn’t think it fit…
Looking around…
I like to look around the web, often I will just go to Digg and read and check stuff out…
Dreary Day…
It was a dreary day here yesterday, so I just took to piddeling around online and realized…
News info…
I was reading the news and I saw this really cool info…
Digg…
While checking out DIGG yesterday I noticed this…
Informative and precise…
Its difficult to find informative and precise information but here I noted…
Yahoo results…
While browsing Yahoo I discovered this page in the results and I didn’t think it fit…
Websites worth visiting…
[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[...]……
Escondido Plumbers…
[...]just below, are some interesting websites[...]…
Tumblr article…
I saw a writer talking about this on Tumblr and it linked to…
Just Browsing…
While I was surfing yesterday I noticed a excellent post about…
Tumblr article…
I saw someone talking about this on Tumblr and it linked to…
Wikia…
Wika linked to this place…
Colon cleansing ReviewsMedical web site…
[...]below you’ll discover the connect to a few websites that people believe you need to visit[...]…
Massage Therapy in Pittsburgh…
[...]we like to linking to them. here are some pages worth checking out[...]…
Personal Blog…
[...]below you’ll find the link to some sites that we think you should visit[...]…
Dreary Day…
It was a dreary day here today, so I just took to piddeling around on the internet and realized…
Digg…
While checking out DIGG yesterday I found this…
Looking around…
I like to look around the internet, regularly I will go to Digg and follow thru…
Its hard to find good help…
I am forever saying that its hard to procure good help, but here is…
Dreary Day…
It was a dreary day here today, so I just took to piddeling around on the internet and found…
Tumblr article…
I saw someone writing about this on Tumblr and it linked to…
Wikia…
Wika linked to this website…
Wow, fantastic blog structure! How long have you been blogging for? you make blogging look easy. The full look of your web site is excellent, as well as the content!
Resveratrol…
[...]Resveratrol supplement is actually a poly – phenolic compound found in many meals for example grapes[...]…
Digg…
While checking out DIGG yesterday I noticed this…
Looking around…
I like to surf in various places on the online world, regularly I will go to Stumble Upon and read and check stuff out…
Just Browsing…
While I was surfing yesterday I noticed a excellent article concerning…
Looking around…
I like to browse around the web, often I will just go to Stumble Upon and read and check stuff out…
Just Browsing…
While I was surfing today I noticed a great post about…
Informative and precise…
Its hard to find informative and precise information but here I found…
Yahoo results…
While searching Yahoo I discovered this page in the results and I didn’t think it fit…
Yahoo results…
While searching Yahoo I discovered this page in the results and I didn’t think it fit…
Informative and precise…
Its hard to find informative and precise information but here I found…
Its hard to find good help…
I am constantnly proclaiming that its hard to find good help, but here is…
Just Browsing…
While I was surfing yesterday I saw a excellent article about…
News info…
I was reading the news and I saw this really cool topic…
Its hard to find good help…
I am constantnly proclaiming that its hard to get quality help, but here is…
Dreary Day…
It was a dreary day here yesterday, so I just took to messing around on the internet and realized…
Great website…
[...]we like to honor many other internet sites on the web, even if they aren’t linked to us, by linking to them. Under are some webpages worth checking out[...]……
Wikia…
Wika linked to this website…
News info…
I was reading the news and I saw this really interesting information…
Informative and precise…
Its difficult to find informative and accurate information but here I noted…
Looking around…
I like to browse around the internet, often I will just go to Stumble Upon and read and check stuff out…
News info…
I was reading the news and I saw this really interesting info…
News info…
I was reading the news and I saw this really cool info…
Yahoo results…
While searching Yahoo I found this page in the results and I didn’t think it fit…
Wikia…
Wika linked to this site…
Wikia…
Wika linked to this place…
Wikia…
Wika linked to this website…
News info…
I was reading the news and I saw this really interesting topic…
Just Browsing…
While I was browsing today I noticed a great article about…
News info…
I was reading the news and I saw this really interesting info…
Just Browsing…
While I was browsing yesterday I noticed a great article concerning…
Just Browsing…
While I was surfing yesterday I noticed a great article about…
Tumblr article…
I saw someone talking about this on Tumblr and it linked to…
Just Browsing…
While I was browsing yesterday I noticed a great post about…
Superb website…
[...]always a big fan of linking to bloggers that I love but don’t get a lot of link love from[...]……
Digg…
While checking out DIGG yesterday I noticed this…
Yahoo results…
While searching Yahoo I found this page in the results and I didn’t think it fit…
Wikia…
Wika linked to this site…
Title…
This is my Excerpt…
Wikia…
Wika linked to this site…
Great website…
[...]we like to honor many other internet sites on the web, even if they aren’t linked to us, by linking to them. Under are some webpages worth checking out[...]……
Sources…
[...]check below, are some totally unrelated websites to ours, however, they are most trustworthy sources that we use[...]……
Wikia…
Wika linked to this place…
Dreary Day…
It was a dreary day here today, so I just took to messing around online and found…
Looking around…
I like to surf in various places on the online world, regularly I will just go to Stumble Upon and read and check stuff out…
Looking around…
I like to browse in various places on the online world, often I will just go to Digg and follow thru…
Tumblr article…
I saw someone talking about this on Tumblr and it linked to…
Informative and precise…
Its difficult to find informative and precise information but here I found…
Dreary Day…
It was a dreary day here today, so I just took to piddeling around on the internet and realized…
Wikia…
Wika linked to this site…
Digg…
While checking out DIGG yesterday I noticed this…
Latest Iphone news from all around the world, you need to see this !…
[...]blow are some sites that we think it will be helpful and fun to read[...]…
Just Browsing…
While I was browsing today I saw a excellent post about…
Looking around…
I like to surf in various places on the online world, regularly I will go to Digg and read and check stuff out…
Informative and precise…
Its difficult to find informative and accurate information but here I found…