Apple Archive

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==File Information==
 
==File Information==
'''AAR''' archive files begin with the hex values "{{magic|70627A65}}"
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'''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

File Format
Name Apple Archive
Ontology
Extension(s) .aar
Wikidata ID Q123458255
Released 2020

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]

AppleArchive.png

[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".

[edit] References

  1. https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/24/compress-and-decompress-files-using-applearchive/
  2. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applearchive
  3. https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/aa.1.html
  4. https://eclecticlight.co/2022/05/10/inside-apple-archive-more-than-a-compression-format/
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