Stuffit quitting

[ScotRobson]

Hi

HAve just got my new Mac and trying to install some software for the first time. I have downloaded two different programmes and when they try to open Stuffit quits everytime.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Thanks
Scot

 

[Gee]

Hi

HAve just got my new Mac and trying to install some software for the first time. I have downloaded two different programmes and when they try to open Stuffit quits everytime.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Thanks
Scot

Which version of Stuffit are you using? What type of file are you trying to unstuff? What error message do you get, and at what stage?

 

[andysmith]

Do you get an 'Application Has Unexpectedly Quit' message? Or does the diaglog just go away - which is the normal behaviour.

 

[ScotRobson]

Do you get an 'Application Has Unexpectedly Quit' message? Or does the diaglog just go away - which is the normal behaviour.

The all Unexpectedly Quit even if i just try to open them on their own. Meaning DropTar DropStuff etc aswell - so I dont think it can have anything to do with the type of files im opening. Version 8.0.2 just what came with my new G5 iMac

Scot

 

[Blue Velvet]

Have you tried stuffing/unstuffing something else?

Stuff a small file of your own & unstuff it: does that work?

If so, then it's those files that you're downloading...


And, you could always download the trial version of ver 9 from here.

http://www.stuffit.com/mac/index.html

Install & use these instead.
Even though they're trial, they still work OK -- they just nag you to purchase.

 

[ScotRobson]

Have you tried stuffing/unstuffing something else?

Stuff a small file of your own & unstuff it: does that work?

If so, then it's those files that you're downloading...


And, you could always download the trial version of ver 9 from here.

http://www.stuffit.com/mac/index.html

Install & use these instead.
Even though they're trial, they still work OK -- they just nag you to purchase.

Yeah tried that no files will unstuff and the stuffit will not even open on its own.

I'd rather not download the trial ones to be honest - the version I have should work!

 

[Blue Velvet]

Don't worry about 'should', sometimes you've just got to do what works.

I think the ones that come with your Mac are trial ones anyway, they're exactly the same. 30 days use before the nag dialog starts... It's not a prob.

To avoid the nag, I just leave it running all the time (it's OS X!) and hidden in the dock.

However, you should be able to reinstall it from the disks that came with your iMac.

 

[Blue Velvet]

You should also try repairing permissions too.

Often that can iron these things out.

 

[Gee]

Yeah tried that no files will unstuff and the stuffit will not even open on its own.

I'd rather not download the trial ones to be honest - the version I have should work!

I'd just bin it and reinstall. On the stuffit support page, it says something about checking that the version of the stuffitengineshell.cfm file in library/CFMsupport on your hard disk - should be version 8, not version 7, but if it's a new computer that shouldn't be an issue.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

The Stuffit preferences might also be messed up. Navigate to ~/Library/Preferences and delete/move anything starting with com.stuffit. ~ is your user folder.