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StuffIt Deluxe

Compress, send, and share large files online.

Version: 2010

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effective compression!

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Contributed by: lawrencecpaulson_dotmac Wednesday, September 24 2008 @ 07:33 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: YES

StuffIt compression is far more effective than that produced by zip. I generate large datasets in my work. I tried an example just now. StuffIt compressed the folder down to 1.7 MB. Tar and gzip compressed it to 4.4 MB. Zip compressed it to 9.2 MB...

I do not bother to upgrade every year, but you can upgrade cheaply from any prior version. The new version is much better than version 11.

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effective compression! - pe-versiontracker

Have you tried tar+bzip2?

If you're using GNU tar, 'tar -cvjf' does the job. Bzip2 is much more efficient than gzip, and it's free and installed on Mac OS X by default as well.

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Monday, October 20 2008 @ 01:24 PM PDT