What are my options for a viewer for Microsoft Help "CHM" (aka Compiled HTML) files on Mac OS X? I'd like to use a more recent program than Chmox, which was last updated on February 5th, 2005.

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do you try iChm?

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I've used Tubby (version 0.6.3, updated 2006, Bluecouch Software), Chimp (version 1.1, updated 2005, Sphera Software), and xchm (version 1.13, updated 2007, GPL).

Yes, they're all somewhat obsolete, and I wasn't happy with any of them.

Instead, I now use calibre (version 0.7.15, Kovid Goyal, updated August 2010). Calibre will import my chm files and export them as PDFs, which I find much more usable.

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ChmPages

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In 2021, I have found ChmPages in AppStore and it is really useful to read Compiled HTML Help (.chm) and MIME HTML (.mht, .mhtml) files. I liked the simple UI especially the bookmark management feature which allows you to access and manage the bookmarks of the document.

Along with that, it can do the following for us.

1. Search and Find
2. Navigation
   1. Show Home Page
   2. Next/Previous Page
   3. Show/Hide Sidebar
3. Manage Bookmarks
4. Printing Document

It contains the QuickLook plugin to get an idea of document content without actually opening it.

I wish if it can convert the CHM to PDF and has a dark theme.

To know more about the ChmPages visit their official website.

"CHM Viewer Free" is quite good. Rated 4+ on the Mac App Store.

Version 5.1.0 is from 2013.

Features tabs, bookmarks, fullscreen, search on page and in whole file, and more.

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