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- Version: 13.0.3, 3/19/2009 02:41PM PST
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martimer
As a long time StuffIt user (from the beginning) I have to admit to falling off the bandwagon a few years ago when I got tired of paying for updates that added little functionality for my purposes. Along came a need to segment files, and so I finally bought a new version (last was V 9 or 10?).
Other than a few little problems, it works really well so far as I can tell. The compression is a tad slower than the built in archiver of OSX.5 but the compression is about 20% better in my tests! The minor problems both revolve around segmenting, one I almost understand the other I do not (I assume it is a bug).
One can only segment a large file/folder from DropStuff, the Segment command in the Magic Menu will only compress your file regardless of your preferences and settings. Hopefully that is a bug that will be addressed, soon. It would also be nice if one could select a folder and then compress it and segment it with one MagicMenu command.
The larger problem is that DropStuff can only segment a StuffItX file. It would be nice to be able to segment ANY compressed file, especially given that StuffIt 'understands' RAR, ZIP, TAR, Etc. I hope that in ten years sitx will still be supported and understood as a file format since I cannot guarantee that I will have a computer that runs StuffIt.
There is a part of the software called the archive manager - I am still not sure what good this is, other than it seems to let you preview the contents of archives. While that is useful it seems that there may have been easier ways of handling that function than needing a separate application. Just my opinion.
Overall, I think StuffIt gets a bad rap. It compresses things better than other software and does it without much fuss. Too bad segmenting does not work the way I want it to. I was able to create a DropStuff droplet that handles a Stuff & Compress action and that will do what I want, just not the way I want it to - it is rough getting old and lazy...
Other than a few little problems, it works really well so far as I can tell. The compression is a tad slower than the built in archiver of OSX.5 but the compression is about 20% better in my tests! The minor problems both revolve around segmenting, one I almost understand the other I do not (I assume it is a bug).
One can only segment a large file/folder from DropStuff, the Segment command in the Magic Menu will only compress your file regardless of your preferences and settings. Hopefully that is a bug that will be addressed, soon. It would also be nice if one could select a folder and then compress it and segment it with one MagicMenu command.
The larger problem is that DropStuff can only segment a StuffItX file. It would be nice to be able to segment ANY compressed file, especially given that StuffIt 'understands' RAR, ZIP, TAR, Etc. I hope that in ten years sitx will still be supported and understood as a file format since I cannot guarantee that I will have a computer that runs StuffIt.
There is a part of the software called the archive manager - I am still not sure what good this is, other than it seems to let you preview the contents of archives. While that is useful it seems that there may have been easier ways of handling that function than needing a separate application. Just my opinion.
Overall, I think StuffIt gets a bad rap. It compresses things better than other software and does it without much fuss. Too bad segmenting does not work the way I want it to. I was able to create a DropStuff droplet that handles a Stuff & Compress action and that will do what I want, just not the way I want it to - it is rough getting old and lazy...
a new SR4 version is now available - Version: 13.0.3, 1/13/2009 01:39PM PST
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remyleroy
You can download a new SR4 version on the SmithMicro web page
http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffit/updates.html
http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffit/updates.html
The MacOS has had dmg compression around for ages through Disk Copy, zip compression has been built into the MacOS since 10.3, and if you feel like messing with .tar and .z there is always the terminal for older MacOS versions and Archive Utility for 10.5 and higher.
Why spend money on a program that doesn't do all that much when there are freeware alternatives like The Unarchiver and shareware ones like Springy, iArchiver, and StuffIt Standard around? Especially as Stuffit Deluxe's only major use involves a format fewer and fewer people even use. Segmentation is of limited use and with bigger files and faster connections 20% better compression is not as impressive as it was in years gone by.
As sad as it is Stuffit Deluxe's time has passed. Time to put it out of its and our misery. Your wallet with thank you.