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StuffIt Expander

StuffIt Expander

expands downloaded file archives

Version:  13.0.2

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StuffIt Expander: Always on top

Feedback Type:  Review

Contributed by: Thucydides Wednesday, November 01 2006 @ 04:26 PM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: YES

Here are the strengths of StuffIt:
  1. It expands pretty much any expandable format
  2. It pops in an out of existence as needed; you don't need to keep it running
  3. It couldn't possibly be easier to use; you just double click on the item you want to expand, StuffIt starts, you get a window with a progress bar, and StuffIt quits when it's done.
  4. It's fast
  5. It's pretty
  6. It's always been there; forever -- even back before System 6. People were using this program during the Reagan Administration. Running a Mac without using Stuffit Expander is, to my mind, inconceivable.
Here are the weaknesses of Stuffit:
  1. None.
It's free, and it does everything. To the person who's trying to use a corrupt archive from MS: Microsoft doesn't even support that application any more. You need to be using Flip4Mac. Live in the now, man.   
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StuffIt Expander: Always on top - Ataritox

As you said "It pops in an out of existence as needed; you don't need to keep it running"

You could not be more correct, This app. does its job without me even knowing it's there. I have had nothing but positive results with it. And it is Free.

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Thursday, November 02 2006 @ 08:26 AM PST


StuffIt Expander: Always on top - Mil Mascaras

A few big bugs that remain in Stuffit: Often, it will expand a valid archive into an empty folder. AND, sometimes it will claim that it will take 6571375361163134 hours to expand an archive (though it takes a little less than that..) . AND sometimes, it will try to expand an archive, finds the archive to be corrupt, and will stop:Then when quit Stuffit, and you throw away this potentially corrupt archive, it will not let you empty the trash, because the item is "in use", and you cant throw away until you restart (or chmod). These bugs have are well known, and have existed for years. Thank goodness, stuffit expander is free, when I need to unstuff, but I do all my stuff in .zip or .dmg. I am an expert level tech in charge of hundreds of Macs, and can verify these errors to still be there... So it is far from perfect, .zip is a better format, but it is free....

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Thursday, November 09 2006 @ 09:40 AM PST