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Stuffit alternative

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goomba

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Jun 14, 2006
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Am I forced to install Stuffit Expander to extract sit files? I hate how that buggy app hijacks the much better OS X compression tools when I only need it for the rare .sit files I still run across. Luckily, this is becoming less of a problem since Apple stopped bundling Stuffit, but some developers (COUGHMICROSOFTCOUGH) still haven't gotten the message.

So is there another program out there?
 
I hear you. I use PathFinder which has built-in support for StuffIt archives. But that's not a free tool... Can't think of a better alternative at this time.
 
goomba said:
Am I forced to install Stuffit Expander to extract sit files? I hate how that buggy app hijacks the much better OS X compression tools when I only need it for the rare .sit files I still run across. Luckily, this is becoming less of a problem since Apple stopped bundling Stuffit, but some developers (COUGHMICROSOFTCOUGH) still haven't gotten the message.

So is there another program out there?
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Exactly what are the bugs that you have identified in Stuffit Expander, in which version(s), on which OS?
 
It associates itself with many filetypes that I don't need it for, and there appears to be no way to change this. It gives buggy readings for estimated extraction time, it crashes when trying to unextract certain zip/rar archives. (This is with versions 10.0-10.0.2 on 10.4.6).

I also don't like how Allume forces me to sign up for an email list simply to download the program!
 
Unfortunately, Stuffit compression is proprietary to Allume, so there isn't any alternative unstuffit apps out there.
 
Thanks for the link, solaris. :cool:

10.1b is many steps in the right direction. Universal binary, no more carbon installer, and a very simple interface. And it can configure file associations! Hopefully this will be the end of my Stuffit problems.
 
Nevermind. Once again Stuffit has taken upon itself to handle all my zip/tar files, and there seems no way of changing this. Time to uninstall again. :confused:
 
tarballs probably.. zip.. no, I don't think so.

You should be able to re-associate zip file with BOMArchiveHelper (/System/Library/CoreServices/BOMArchiveHelper.app).

Select a zip, Get Info, Open With, Select BomArchiveHelper, click Change All button.
 
I too would like an alternative to Stuffit for opening sit and sitx files. The are many reports of Stuffit causing instability (see Google), and I don't like the fact that Stuffit installs a kext. Little Snich identifies Stuffit as a threat every time I restart my Powerbook.
 
hahahha. if you can install osx on non-apple machines, you can do anything.

try a google search:) i like The Unarchiver as it is a good replacement for the BOM Archive Helper.
 
Hmmmm I had never heard of The Unarchiver before. I've been using UnRARX for .rars, BOM Archiver for zips and stuffit for the odd file. Thanks!
 
seriously though, mac software is millions times easier to find than on other platforms.
all i did was go to macupdate.com, search for stuffit, look at the results. really, really easy. i find it odd when i read forum queries like this.
and an extra tip, don't take notice of user comments on macupdate, versiontracker.com, etc. unless of course, they provide solutions to problems.

on a side note, if you can, request stuffit archives to be recompressed in a non proprietary format. let's kill stuffit once and for all.
 
nich said:
seriously though, mac software is millions times easier to find than on other platforms.
all i did was go to macupdate.com, search for stuffit, look at the results. really, really easy. i find it odd when i read forum queries like this.
and an extra tip, don't take notice of user comments on macupdate, versiontracker.com, etc. unless of course, they provide solutions to problems.

on a side note, if you can, request stuffit archives to be recompressed in a non proprietary format. let's kill stuffit once and for all.
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Absolutely correct. Mac applications are easier to find, update and install!

StuffIt should die. There are tons of better compression formats that work across platforms.
 
yellow said:
tarballs probably.. zip.. no, I don't think so.

You should be able to re-associate zip file with BOMArchiveHelper (/System/Library/CoreServices/BOMArchiveHelper.app).

Select a zip, Get Info, Open With, Select BomArchiveHelper, click Change All button.
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Thank You!! I have been pulling my hair out in frustration with Stuffit insisting on associating a .sit file with Word!! :(

All fixed now :)
 
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