AUTOMATOR actions... converting Jpeg to PSD...

Hi guys
I am trying to find an action to convert about 10.000 photos and pictures from Jpeg to PSD... impossible to do it one by one, opening and saving using Photoshop CS... it'd take me forever!
I was even able to download a pretty nice action from Apple called "Change File Format 1.3"... it's very good but it doesn't support PSD... only .TIFF files...
I found another Automator Action for Photoshop CS "Photoshop Actions for Automator 1.0 " but it downloads as a .SIT file and I can't open it...
Does anyone know where I can get an Automator Action to convert Jpeg to PSD files???
Cheers

Problem solved!
Thank you guys!
I downloaded Stuffit Express... so I was able to open "Photoshop Actions for Automator 1.0 "
http://www.completedigitalphotography.com/index.php?p=339
Great pack and I was able to open the .sit file and just dragged the actions to my Photoshop CS folder... and it immediatly showed up on AUTOMATOR...
So, I just made a PSD copy of each Jpeg...
Thank you

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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:59:09 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Saving converts JPEG to PSE
    Re: Saving converts JPEG to PSE
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