Stuffit Expander, from Aladdin Systems, is a freely redistributable tool for extracting Stuffit 'SIT' archives on Apple Macintosh computers. Most Macintosh file archives are in this format. Unlike ZIP, Stuffit preserves special resource fork and creator type information required by Macintosh file systems. For the Microsoft Windows version, please see Aladdin Expander.
WinZip is probably the standard for PC users, but now StuffIt Expander, the long time Mac equivalent has come to Windows. This free version only handles expansion - you can't compress your files - but unlike WinZip, StuffIt Expander will unpack many different compression formats. This includes common ones like RAR and TAR files.
StuffIt is the basic version of Smith Micro's flagship file compression software. It claims to offer exactly what standard users need, but infuriatingly, doesn't offer a specific trial version, which means that when you're trying it out, it's difficult to tell what features are actually present and which belong to.
Stuffit Expander 4.0.1
StuffIt Expander opens files created with WinZip®, 7zX, iShrink, SimplyRAR, Rarify, Rucksack (formerly iArchiver), BetterZip, RarMachine, GUI Tar, CleanArchiver, Springy, TarPit, RAR, Ez7z, Keka, and the compression utilities built into recent versions of Windows and Mac OS X.
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Release notes
Version 5.5 requires MacOS 7.1.1 or later with a minimum hardware requirement of a Mac II (68020 CPU). Supports PPC Macs.
Version 5.5 is the last that will run on m68k based Macs, and is the most popular version for vintage Macintosh abandonware.
Installation instructions
Stuffit Expander Not Working Mac
The 'bin' file is primarily for use with virtual Mac hard drive image management tools. Inserting this file in to a Mac volume will automatically create the required resource fork and creator information. On a real mac, bin files can be extracted with BinHex.
Stuffit Expander
The 1.44mb disk image may be written with a USB floppy drive (the target Mac must also have a 1.44mb drive), and the ISO may be written to a CD-ROM or mounted in an emulator.