Existing users, 
I was a faithful Stuffit user for many, many years. The last version upgrade I purchased was v11. I purchased a new Mac in April of 07 and decided not to install Stuffit Deluxe 11 on that machine. Have I missed it? Nope, not one bit. Everything I need to do can be done with the BomArchive helper available on OSX (control click and choose 'Create Archive"). If, for some reason, I need to expand something the BomArchive helper can't handle. I have The Unarchiver, which is free. The ONLY reason for needing anything "stuffit" is for sitx files. Sitx files are a horribly proprietary format that should just be avoided by all Mac users. If you run across one, use the FREE stuffit expander to expand then recompress it with the BomArchive helper to a standard zip archive.
In short.... this software has no place in OSX and it should die.
StuffIt Deluxe
Compress, send, and share large files online.
Version: 2010
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Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: W-Creative Thursday, October 11 2007 @ 03:11 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
Recommend Product: NO
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Comments
Not Interested in Your Life Experience - 5000!
Writing reviews about older versions or the company as a whole does nothing to educate users about product updates. Sorry you're disappointed, but find a better forum so those of us that are debating upgrades or switches can actually learn something.Thursday, October 11 2007 @ 02:47 PM PDT
...rated a product without trying it? - afterhours
I think your post should be removed. You rated a product version without trying it. Your post offers nothing helpful or honest.Friday, October 12 2007 @ 06:43 AM PDT
... - afterhours
Zipping a file isn't as efficient as using Stuffit. Here's one test: Using your method (which is, by the way, perfectly fine), I control-click on a folder containing GIFs, JPGs and HTML/text 1.9 Mb in size. I choose to archive and get a zipped file 724 Kb in size. I use DropStuff (v9) and obtain a file 692 Kb in size.A second test of a folder full of filemaker db files only, the original folder was 145.5 Mb in size. Control-click, Archive yields a 64.9 Mb file whereas DropStuff created a 56.4 Mb file.
Zipping is not as efficient as the Stuffit Package. Never has been. This product does what it set out to do, 'though until v12, I've never seen them claim to do anything with images, PDFs, etc. So, I suppose I'll have to buy it to see what it can do with these. I've often used Stuffit as a wrapper for photoshop files and others that various MTAs and MTUs mangle, even if it creates a slightly larger file size, it survives the trip.
While I failed to express my appreciation that you bothered to educate folks on how to use the built-in treats of OS X, your analysis of this package was unfair and flawed. Stuffit remains the best archiving option we have on the platform, and it isn't used by the trojan-pusher-of-the-week to send nasties to everyone's computers, unlike the Zip format.
Friday, October 12 2007 @ 07:00 AM PDT
Try the software, please - ostrichtom
I would really like to read opinions of how the software works from people who have tried the new StuffIt Deluxe 12.0, rather than from those who are offering criticisms of the company or the pricing.Reply to This
Thursday, October 11 2007 @ 07:43 AM PDT