Apple Archive
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| − | An Apple Archive is a proprietary compressed archive format, based on [[LZFSE]], available on recent MacOS systems.<ref>https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/24/compress-and-decompress-files-using-applearchive/</ref><ref>https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applearchive</ref> Archived files can be made via command line or included "Archive Utility".<ref>https://eclecticlight.co/2022/05/10/inside-apple-archive-more-than-a-compression-format/</ref> | + | An Apple Archive is a proprietary compressed archive format, based on [[LZFSE]], available on recent MacOS systems.<ref>https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/24/compress-and-decompress-files-using-applearchive/</ref><ref>https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applearchive</ref> Archived files can be made via command line<ref>https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/aa.1.html</ref> or included "Archive Utility".<ref>https://eclecticlight.co/2022/05/10/inside-apple-archive-more-than-a-compression-format/</ref> |
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==File Information== | ==File Information== | ||
| − | '''AAR''' archive files begin with the hex values "{{magic|70627A65}}" | + | '''AAR''' archive files by default using [[LZFSE]] begin with the hex values "{{magic|70627A65}}", but also can use the algorithm's: '''lzma''' "<code>70627A78</code>", '''lz4''' "<code>70627A34</code>", '''zlib''' "<code>70627A7A</code>", and '''raw''' "<code>41413031</code>". |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:26, 11 June 2024
An Apple Archive is a proprietary compressed archive format, based on LZFSE, available on recent MacOS systems.[1][2] Archived files can be made via command line[3] or included "Archive Utility".[4]
[edit] File Information
AAR archive files by default using LZFSE begin with the hex values "70627A65", but also can use the algorithm's: lzma "70627A78", lz4 "70627A34", zlib "70627A7A", and raw "41413031".
