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heres the error i often get...

"An error has occurred while expanding the file "whatever file im trying to open here" (Format error)>

Error #17540
 
Stuffit has no support for rar version 3. You need to go to http://rarlab.com/ and download the (free) command line client, which includes the terminal apps 'rar' and 'unrar'. There are also rar gui wrappers available from versiontracker.com.
 
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