Download StuffIt Expander 16.2 for Mac from our website for free. This Mac download was checked by our built-in antivirus and was rated as virus free. This free software is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.0 or later. The most popular versions of the software are 15.0 and 14.0. StuffIt Expander for Mac Download. StuffIt Expander for Mac – Download Free (2020 Latest Version). StuffIt Expander for Mac opens compressed RAR and ZIP files, and more. Before you download the.dmg file, here we go some fact about StuffIt Expander for Mac that maybe you want to need to know.
This article provides information on the following topics:
•Installing and Configuring StuffIt Expander for Windows
•Uncompressing a SIT/HQX Archive File
•Uncompressing Macintosh icons packed in a ZIP file
Most of the websites which propose Macintosh icons to download, provide them in archives using SIT/HQX packed file format. This file format is widely used by Macintosh users.
To uncompress these archive files under Windows, you need a specific tool: StuffIt Expander for Windows. Click to visit StuffIt website and download the software. This how-to procedure has been designed for version 9.0 of StuffIt Expander.
You can either purchase the full version which is required to compress files and create SIT archives or download the 'StuffIt Standard Free Trial'. They both contain the StuffIt Expander portion which is free and permit to extract files from SIT archives.
Installing and Configuring StuffIt Expander for Windows
1. Download the StuffIt Expander program from this page: http://www.stuffit.com/win/expander/index.html. Click the 'Download NOW' button. Launch the installation program you've downloaded. Follow the procedure as usual.
2. Once installed, start the program: Start/Programs/StuffIt/StuffIt Tools/Expander. The StuffIt Expander main window opens.
3. In the main menu, choose Edit/Application Options. A dialog box opens, select the Associations tab. Select at least 'StuffIt Archives' () and 'BinHex Encoded Files' (). If you don't want to associate the other archive types to StuffIt (ZIP, ARC, ARJ, RAR...), unselect them.
We recommend you to remove the association with MacBinary (BIN) files because IconWorkshop supports this type directly. |
4. When done, select the Cross Platform tab:
5. Select the option 'Encode the data and resource forks of each file together into MacBinary format' (). It means that the files will be extracted as MacBinary which is a format fully supported by IconWorkshop. For more information on MacBinary format, see this topic.
6. When done, click OK. The program is now installed and properly configured.
Uncompressing a SIT/HQX Archive File
1. Open Windows Explorer and browse to the folder in which you saved the archive file.
2.Double-click on the archive file. The StuffIt program starts and automatically uncompress the archive contents into a subfolder.
3. Now you can browse the newly created subfolder to see the Macintosh icons. We recommend you to use IconWorkshop built-in explorer (Ctrl+E) to browse it and see the Macintosh icons in preview thumbnail.
Uncompressing Macintosh icons packed in a ZIP file
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More and more website now propose to download Macintosh icons in ZIP archives. You can simply extract them with any ZIP unpacker (StuffIt support this format too). The unpacked files will be read without problems by IconWorkshop.
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Alternatives
Alternatives if you don't wish to use ua608d to uncompress “SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk1of2.sea.bin”, when following the Getting started with Mini vMac instructions:
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Those instructions used to suggest using any modern version of the program Stuffit Expander (now from Smith Micro Inc). But the current version no longer supports uncompressing this archive. If you can find an old enough version of Stuffit Expander, that can work.
Or, you can use an old Macintosh to expand it (i.e. such as your Macintosh Plus.) The file “SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk1of2.sea.bin” contains a Macintosh file encoded in MacBinary format, preserving Macintosh specific information. You can use a program such as 'binUnpk' to extract the program “SSW 6.0.8-1.4MB Disk1of2.sea”. This program is a Stuffit Self Extracting Archive. Running it on an old Macintosh will get a disk image file named “System Startup”.
Instead of a real Macintosh, you can use the program Executor, which can run some 680x0 Macintosh software without requiring any software from Apple. Though it is no longer developed or supported, it currently may be downloaded for free. It comes with StuffIt Expander 4.0.1 which can extract the program “SSW 6.0.8-1.4MB Disk1of2.sea” from “SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk1of2.sea.bin”, and then “SSW 6.0.8-1.4MB Disk1of2.sea” can be run to get the disk image “System Startup”.
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If you happen to have any sort of disk image that can boot Mini vMac (i.e. containing system 7.5.5 or earlier), then you can use Mini vMac to extract the archive, to get a clean copy of official Apple system software. You will need a large enough blank disk image (see “Blanks”), ImportFl to import the '.bin' file, binUnpk to decode the '.bin' file (to get the '.sea' file that you run), and ExportFl to get the extracted disk image back to the host computer.
“Samir” points out that The Unarchiver, a free and open source utility for OS X, “can extract .sea files as well as .bin files and a lot of other archive formats”. ua608d descends from the command line version of The Unarchiver.
“Bjoern” points out another alternative for Intel Macs. System 7.0.1 is available from Apple in '.smi.bin' format. '.bin' can be decoded by any Mac version of StuffIt Expander, and probably other programs as well. This results in an '.smi' file that can be opened in OS X, mounting a disk image that contains 6 disk images that can be used in Mini vMac.
Previous versions of the getting started page recommended using “SSW_6.0.8-800k_Disk1of4.sea.bin” through “SSW_6.0.8-800k_Disk4of4.sea.bin”, which have the same system 6.0.8 software, and which are also available from the Apple. Thanks to Ryan Schmidt for pointing out that these 800k disk images are packaged as DiskDoubler Self Extracting Archives, which can not be expanded with Stuffit Expander, while the 1.4MB disk images are packaged as Stuffit Self Extracting Archives, and can be. The 1.4MB images can not be used with a real Mac Plus, but the emulated Mac Plus of Mini vMac can use them, because of the replacement disk driver.
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