Sean Mandable

ModernPAR

The arm64-native rebuild of MacPAR deLuxe. Verify and repair PAR2 and PAR1 sets, create new recovery sets, and extract RAR and zip archives. Drop a.par2 file on the window and it verifies, repairs any damage, then extracts what’s inside.

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Signed and notarized, for Apple Silicon Macs on macOS 14 or later. Updates itself through Sparkle. Free software under GPL-2.0-or-later.

ModernPAR window listing an 11-volume PAR2 set. Three volumes have yellow warning icons, and the status line says damage was found and repair is possible.
Verify flags one missing volume and two damaged ones.
The same window after repair. All 11 volumes have green checkmarks, and the status line reads Files restored successfully.
Repair rebuilds all three from the recovery blocks, then extraction starts on its own.