Apple's Stuffit keeps quiting (trying to open a zip file)

[1rottenapple]

I'm trying to decompress this zip file and the stuffit expander quit right after saying it unexpectedly quits. Anyone have any ideas? I always thought that this program works for zip files.....

 

[Veldek]

I'm trying to decompress this zip file and the stuffit expander quit right after saying it unexpectedly quits. Anyone have any ideas? I always thought that this program works for zip files.....

Just use the built-in zip-utility to compress and decompress. You can change the app by right-clicking on the file and choosing "Get Info".

And, BTW, Stuffit is no Apple product.

 

[Sharewaredemon]

What OS are you using?
And what version of stuffit?

 

[MisterMe]

FYI, Stuffit is not an Apple application. It is produced by Allume Systems (formerly Aladdin Systems, Inc.). Allume Systems was recently purchased by Smith-Micro, Inc.

 

[1rottenapple]

Just use the built-in zip-utility to compress and decompress. You can change the app by right-clicking on the file and choosing "Get Info".

And, BTW, Stuffit is no Apple product.

What's the built-in zip-utlity called? I thought that was stuffit?

My osx version is 10.3.9; and the stuffit version is 7.03.

 

[stridey]

What's the built-in zip-utlity called? I thought that was stuffit?

My osx version is 10.3.9; and the stuffit version is 7.03.

Well, the most recent version of Stuffit is 9.something, so you definitely want to update that...

the built-in unzipper is BOMArchiveHelper. To open it with that, right-click (or control-click) on the zip in question, and choose open with...

 

[mkrishnan]

What's the built-in zip-utlity called? I thought that was stuffit?

My osx version is 10.3.9; and the stuffit version is 7.03.

The built-in utility for un-zipping and un-tarring is called bomarchivehelper. 😱 It doesn't handle the StuffIt formats, though.

EDIT: well, beaten to it, but bomarchivehelper has a plist file in ~/library/preferences. So if you're having trouble with it (and it's bomarchivehelper, and not stuffit, that's crashing) then try the usual trashing the plist technique.

 

[yellow]

It's also possible that zipped file is corrupt..

 

[1rottenapple]

Hmm, the bomarchive program doesn't quit like the stuffit, but it just seems to be stuck opening it. I left my ibook overnight actually to see if it would open it since it just showed that it is opening it but not actually. 🙁 I'll try to erase some hd space and see if that'll help. Thanks anyways guys and gals.

 

[mkrishnan]

Hmm, the bomarchive program doesn't quit like the stuffit, but it just seems to be stuck opening it. I left my ibook overnight actually to see if it would open it since it just showed that it is opening it but not actually. 🙁 I'll try to erase some hd space and see if that'll help. Thanks anyways guys and gals.

Overnight? 😱 How big is this file?

Your next option is to try unzipping it from terminal. Then no ambiguity about what's going on if it doesn't work. 😱

 

[Sedulous]

I had this problem before, and like what many people here have already noted, you should update to the newest version of stuffit. That fixed the problem.

 

[iSaint]

I learned that after I see stuffit open the file, it would quit. I first thought it didn't work but there was a folder with the new contents at the default location for expanding. So it was there, it just doesn't automatically go to the folder location to let you know that.