Existing users, 
StuffIt Expander
expands downloaded file archives
Version: 13.0.2
It Is Ironic
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: lhughes650 Saturday, November 11 2006 @ 07:07 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
Why even bother. What's wrong with .dmg files? I'm not sure what value Stuffit has anymore. I downloaded a a .sitx file which my new Macbook couldn't open because I haven't got a copy of Stuffit Expander on it. So I've just downloaded Stuffit and lo and behold it comes down as a .dmg file! Oh the irony. So why doesn't everyone just compress their files as .dmg and we can forget about Stuffit and their .sit files? Makes sense to me.
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It Is Ironic - eric.gregoire
or create an Archive ?Finder>File>Create Archive
or
Right-Click>Create Archive
Thursday, November 23 2006 @ 07:18 PM PST
It Is Ironic - dasoe
Yes you're right of course, use built-in Archives (which is .zip), that's fine. But again: That's not the point. There are .sit-files out there. There are even reasons for that, but let's pretend there are none.1) There are .sit-files out there.
2) So you need Expander.
To say "if anyone used .dmg (or .zip)" does not really led anywhere...
Wednesday, December 06 2006 @ 03:28 PM PST
It Is Ironic - dasoe
Well yes, it would be great if everybody used .dmg files - just that this is not the case.Btw.: Maybe you are even a bit fast with your utopian solution - .dmg files would only be the solution if you configured alongside every server to handle them correctly, if not, many users would rapidly run into problems with the format. That's the reason why you mostly find .dmg.zip (or .dmg.sit): The file is usually not further compressed, but you are safe, no matter what server.
And, come on! It is not ironic, that expander does not come compressed, it is logic.
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Thursday, November 23 2006 @ 04:34 PM PST