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Stuffit Expander (Mac)

 		Using Stuff-It Expander

What are "stuffed" files and archives?

A "stuffed" file is a file that has been re-encoded so that more information is "stuffed" (or archived) in a smaller space, much the same as compressed files on a PC. Blank spaces, patterns, repeated areas (colour) etc are space saving areas.

What files need to be decompressed?
Any compressed Macintosh files without the .sea extension on the file name. Files that end in .sea are self extracting archives. You do not need a seperate program to extract them. To extract them, you double-click on their icon.

For example, a file called ExampleProgram.sea is a self-expanding archive, and is extracted by double-clicking on its icon. A file called ExampleProgram.hqx is not self-expanding, and needs to be "unstuffed" with StuffIt Expander.

StuffIt can uncompress these kinds of files:

FILE TYPE EXTENSION
StuffIt Archives .sit
Compact Pro .cpt
BinHex .hqx
MacBinary .bin

These Files cannot be uncompressed with StuffIt without the use of additional software.

(For more information, see the READ ME file.)

FILE TYPEEXTENSION
Apple Link .pkg
ZIP .zip
ARC .arc
gzip .gz
Unix Compress .Z
UUencoded .uu

There is special additional software available that enables StuffIt to process these formats; for more information, check the READ ME file. Stuffit also cannot decompress StuffIt SpaceSaver files, and cannot unencrypt files.

There are two ways to expand a file with StuffIt:

  1. Drag and drop the compressed file icon onto the StuffIt icon (this only works with System 7.0 or higher)
    • Drag and drop the compressed file icon onto the StuffIt icon.
    • The program decompresses the file and saves it onto your hard drive.
  2. Open the compressed file from within StuffIt.
    • Double-click on the StuffIt icon to open the program.
    • Click the File menu and select Expand
    • Select the file you want to expand
    • Click the Expand button.
    • StuffIt decompresses the file and saves it onto your hard drive.