Hi, I am trying to download fonts from 1001fonts.com . It says that I need to extract the font archive to some place on your harddrive using a tool like StuffIt Expander. But, I don't want to buy Stuffit Expander. Anyone know a tool like this, that does the same thing and is free?
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If it's archived as a .sit file (god only knows why in this day and age) you can use Stuffit Expander... because it's free. Check the big orange button in the middle of this page. 
http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html
If it's a zip file, you can unpack it straight from OSX by double-clicking on the downloaded file.
http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html
If it's a zip file, you can unpack it straight from OSX by double-clicking on the downloaded file.
If you don't want to install Stuffit Expander (and frankly, I don't blame you) try The Unarchiver, which is open source and handles .sit along with a whole bunch of other archive formats.
The System folder the a folder with the "X" named "System" at the root level of your hard drive. If you don't know what it is, then it is a really good idea to leave it alone.
As for System Preferences, this is a utility whose icon has a "light switch" on the left and an Apple logo on the right. It allows you to set many of your system settings. The original is in /Application/Utilities/. You may also access it through the Dock icon.