OS X 10.4.11 Update -- No Stuffit Expander??

Recently updated to 10.4.11 and just discovered that I don't have Stuffit Expander. Shouldn't it be included in OS?

You don't need it, Apple is getting away from .sit files, and the Unarchiver will do you fine...
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/theunarchiver.html

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How to find older versions of software (Stuffit Expander)

Hello all-
I have a Power G4 with a Power PC G4 processor. I would like to download Stuffit Expander, but I only seem able to find the current versions (on the SmithMicro and cnet websites). And the G4 doesn't have the necessary specifications (no Intel processor and the OS is too old - 10.4.11)
Is there anywhere I can find an older version of Stuffit to download? One that my computer can "handle"?
Thanks in advance for all help...

Do you have the original OS X discs that came with the computer? Some versions came bundled with free version of Stuffit Expander. Use Pacifist to select individual components from the disc for installation so you don't have to reinstall the entire system.
some older versions are available as 30-day trials:
http://www.stuffit.com/support/updates.html
I think you could then buy a license to activate it, contact SmithMicro support for help.
http://www.stuffit.com/about/contact.html

Problems with Stuffit Expander!!!

Just got an iBook G4. After transferring some of my files from my PC a few of the videos were in Windows Media Player format. I downloaded the Media Player but it was compressed to a .sitx extension. I downloaded stuffit and installation was normal, however, when I try and open or use Stuffit Expander it opens, then closes immediately with the normal 'this application closed unexpectedly..." message. I've tried trashing, re-downloading and re-installing but nothing changes. I'm using Tiger v.10.4 with a 14.1" iBook G4. Can anyone help?

Jack,
welcome on the board,
First thing I would do, is to trash all preferences files related to Stuffit, (in your library), then boot from the OSX CD installer (hold down the C key during the boot to boot from the inserted CD ), of course don't install anything, but from the menu > launch Disk Utilities, and then make a repair disk and also a Permission Repair on you booting HD.
-Reboot, and check if if you have all OSX components updated, (for instance OSX..4.2 instead of OSX..4.1)
-Reboot, and make again a Permission Repair on your HD
-Check on the Allume web site, if you have the latest Stuffit Expander version.
-in case of new install, again make a Permission Repair
I also would check all points included in this Apple Document :
My application quit unexpectedly
Hope that helps
Francis

StuffIt Expander thinks it is a Classic app

When I try to open the StuffIt Expander that installed with my OS X or try to open a compressed file that sends a request to open Expander, I get the message "Sorry, Expander will not work without the StuffIt Engine. Please reinstall from the original installer." No, I didn't get confused and switch out my classic Expander for the one installed by the OS X CD. This has happened every time I erase the OS X partition and reinstall and my solution had always been to download a new version from the web site which works. Now there is no download of any older versions after Alladin sold out. I can boot to OS 9 and use the old OS 9 version of Expander but that seems like a huge waste of time. Any suggestions as to either a 10.2.8 alternative file expander or a way to fix my Expander? If you want to tell me to buy 10.3 or later, don't waste your time. I will hold out a few more months for a new computer instead so let's just concentrate on fixing Expander if at all possible.

Thanks for your effort but I think it is for naught. I had already gone through the many links in VersionTracker and, in fact, this one that calls itself "StuffIt Expander 8.0.2, is not for 8.0.2 but is for 11.0.2 that won't work with my 10.2.8 system. There is also an Editor's Note on that page: "StuffIt Expander is only available as part of StuffIt Standard and is not available for separate download." It looks like I must buy something, either StuffIt Standard, StuffIt Delux or OS 10.3

Hey, jan hedlund, i need stuffit expander for mac running v7.5.3 software

search/refer to archived post "how to install the disk copy program" for full info.
i need the stuffit expander for older mac (v7.5.3) so i can expand .bin files whitch i currently cannot do...
i also need all of the software\drivers (if not installed from operating system disk) to run my performa 638cd mac (v7.5.3) a/v card and the tv tuner card and i also need the programs to view the content connected to the afore-mensioned cards... please post the links or send to my (more often checked than here) e-mail: [email protected] send whereever you like(here or e-mail)
also would it be possible (beneficial) with everything straight from the factory (nothing changed\upgraded) to upgrade to v7.5.5 whitch i saw somewhere on these ftp servers... why would i want to upgrade you ask??? im sick and tired of this infinite startup loop it sometimes gets into and i figure re-installing and\or upgrading the OS might help... another reason for needing stuffit expander, but i was hoping to put this stuff onto a cd, which (as far as i know) cannot be did with such an old machine
please help... this loop is annoying the sh@# out of me. i am going crazy trying to install stuff!!!

Pure-mac is a good source of old software.
http://www.pure-mac.com/compen.html#stuffite
PowerMac G4 AGP, mostly
Mac OS X (10.4.8)
uh- huh, yeah right... umm... the file i am looking for IS NOT there!!! the file i AM looking for is for an OLDER mac NOT a v10 plus mac
I AM VERY FRUSTRATED... THE SITE MIGHT WORK FOR SOME OF THE OTHER FILES I WANT BUT NOT STUFFIT (THE ONE I NEED TO EXPAND THE OTHERS)... DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT STUFFIT DOES? IT EXPANDS THOSE .BIN FILES THAT MOST PROGRAMS COME IN AND GUESS WHAT IT TAKES THAT APPLE ENCRYPTION OR WHATEVER IT IS CALLED OFF THEM TOO SO IT HAS TO BE DID ON A MAC. AND AS THAT MAC IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE I HAVE TO PUT A VERSION THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH V7.5.3 ONTO IT...
sorry for caps but... you know... frustrated

Downloading stuffit expander for windows media player 9 download

I want to download windows media player 9 to my mac mini b/c a lot of the emial files i get are .wmv not .wav files and of course Quicktime Player does not support .wmv files. So of course i need window media player but in order to download windows media player, i have to download stuffit expander to expand the files. But i am having issues with stuffit downloading to my computer. It is saying "mouting failed". Can someone please help me out??? It would be greatly appreciated.

I'm very new, but installed Stuffit just a few days ago without issue. Since no one else has jumped in, all I can offer are my guesses, but I guess that's more than you've got so far:
If you do a "Get Info" in the desktop, are the "Ownership and Permissions" (click the "details" arrow below it) such that you have read and write permissions to the desktop? Also, by now, if you haven't tried re-downloading it, I'd do that. My StuffitEXP10.dmg file is: 8,665,578 bytes in size for reference. Hope you get it squared away.
Mark

Help! Can't open .dmg files suddenly, and can't find stuffit expander application!

My iMac is currently running on Mac os x 10.5.8, **out of nowhere my computer can't open dmg files. I can't seem to find the stuffit expander application anywhere in my hard drive either, which usually opens these files. Is there another application that can open dmg files? Help Please! I need to open multiple dmg files tonight and can't figure out a way around this. Downloading/running a new stuffit expander application also happens to be a .dmg file. If anyone can help me I'd appreciate it so much!

Do you mean DiskImageMounter was chosen or not?
No change on that .dmg or on on others?
If you want to apply DiskImageMounter to all you have to choose "Change All".
EDIT: Also, Repair Permissions from /Applications/Utilities/ Disk Utility.
Also, George Orville has some interesting advice in this thread
Note this advice is for 10.3 but much of it will apply here.
-mj
[email protected]
Message was edited by: macjack

How do I keep Stuffit Expander away from gzipped files?

I'm not sure this is the ideal place for this post, but I'll try:
Is there a way to disassociate Stuffit Expander and .gz files? I thought maybe I could use get info in the Finder and change the "Open with:" setting to "Not applicable", but I don't see that option. Is there some other way to do this from the command line? I even tried removing that file helper entry from Internet Explorer prefs. This is on 10.3.9, but I've also tried on 10.4.11.
Thanks for any tips.
Cole

Right click the .sit or .gz or whatever archive and select "Open With - Other"
A Finder-like window will appear.
On the left, click Macintosh HD and then System
On the dropdown box Enable: Select All Applications
In the search box enter
Archive Utility
Select Archive Utility which should show up in the result window, and then check the box
Always Open With
Worked for me.
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TS2647 My keynote files keeps saving my document as a package even though "Save new documents as packages" is not selected. I also do not have Stuffit Expander on my system. Any ideas why this is happening?

My Keynote file is NOT creating a single file but creating a folder with all the decks files.
1. I have "Save new documents as packages" deselected in Keynote preferences. And…
2. I do not have StuffIt Expander on my system.
Any suggestions.

OK, restart in Safe Mode, this will clear some caches. It's possible one or more is corrupt. To restart in Safe Mode when you hear the start up tone hold down the Shift Key until you see a progress bar. Let it fully boot then restart normally and test.
Also I am assuming you have checked Finder - Preferences - General and see what boxes are checked in "Show these items on desktop." You can also mount an item in Disk Utility, simply highlight it and then look in the File menu for Mount.....

Installing Microsoft Office Suite, and error message re: StuffIt Expander

Hi,
I recently tried to install Microsoft Office Suite (Office2001-906UpdateEN.bin) on my computer, but keep getting an error message saying "Sorry, but this version of StuffIt Expander requires version 6.5 or newer of the StuffIt Engine. Error -43" I have StuffIt Lite 6.5.1 in my Applications folder, which includes StuffIt Expander. However, when I try opening StuffIt Expander, I get an identical error message. Can anyone help?
(FYI, since erasing my hard disk and reinstalling my applications recently, I've experienced other problems, too, such as AppleWorks' spell-check function not working, and MacLink no longer being available. I don't know if any of these problems are related -- and/or if I just made mistakes in reinstalling?)
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Hi, Elizabeth -
You should be able to download the newer version of Stuffit Expander, since downloading does not involve unstuffing. Once the download has been received, your browser may be trying to invoke the version of Stuffit Expander that's on your drive in order to automatically unstuff it for you - and that's what is causing the message to be displayed.
Look for the uncompressed download, probably in a .sit or .sit.hqx format.
Then insert your latest OS 9 Install CD, and locate the Aladdin Software folder. For install CDs for OS 9.1 and later, that will here - (CD) >> Software Installers >> Aladdin Software. For install CDs for OS 9.0.4 and earlier, it will be here - (CD) >> Software Installers >> Internet Access >> Aladdin Software. Dig into the Aladdin Software folder, and you'll find an uncompresssed copy of Stuffit Expander, v. 5.5 or v. 6.0. Copy that version to the Hard drive.
Then drag the icon of the freshly downloaded (and still compressed) newer version of Stuffit Expander onto the icon of the older version of Stuffit Expander, and let go when the icon highlights - it should then be decompressed without problem.
Once that is done, run the installer for the new version.

I'm trying to download Stuffit Expander and it's not working

I've downloaded several programs, i.e. Yahoo Messenger and BuzMe(Mac versions), but I get blank icons. When I clicked on the icons, it said I have to choose and application to open them with. I went to download StuffIt Expander and when I click to download it, I get a page full of symbols(I downloaded the version for Mac 10.3 and higher). I don't know how I'm going to get this to work. What should I do?

Hi,
Try right clicking/control clicking on the download link and selecting "Download Linked File". Alternatively, if StuffIt email you the location of the download file, paste that address into the (Safari?) address bar and press option+return to download it.

Stuffit Expander doesn't work so want to know how to uninstall

I downloaded free Stuffit Expander, but it doesn't seem to work so I want to know how to uninstall. Advice will also be helpful if I want to uninstall future unused applications which I had downloaded.

Follow the instructions HERE .

Open .bin files wihtout Stuffit Expander?

Hi,
I need to install the Windows Media Player 9 because of some streaming movies that currently have troubles with the latest Flip4Mac. So I downloaded WMP9 from the Microsoft site, which is a .bin file.
Unfortunately I am unable to open this .bin file. I know there is an application called Stuffit Expander. But before I can download this application I have to fill in my e-mail address to get an e-mail with the download link. This is definitely not something I enjoy doing. It seems pretty weird to me that even Apple is suggestion software from this vendor.
Is there any alternative?

Hi, prupert.
You wrote: "So why are they not just offering the download with a link on their website, as most software vendors do?"You'll have to ask Smith Micro, as they now own Allume (nee Aladdin), the developers of StuffIt.
You can easily opt-out of their marketing e-mails with the first one you receive per the instructions below the Submit button on the page page in question.
The file you downloaded — which I suspect is
WindowsMediaInstaller.bin
from this page — is not a proper MacBinary (.bin) file. It is actually a StuffIt X archive and can only be opened in StuffIt Expander. This can be seen by opening the file in either TextEdit or a hexadecimal editor, like HexEdit, where you will see the following at the start of the file:
Windows Media.sitx
If it were a true MacBinary file, then if you downloaded it with Safari, it would be expanded without need for StuffIt. However, if I download it in Safari, the download is assigned the .sitx extension, not bin.
So, you need StuffIt Expander to decompress the download.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

Opening a "Stuffit Expander" files?

Hello All
I need to open a file that has a "eps.sit" extension. I just downloaded the "Suffit Expander" on my Mac (CS3). So I have it installed, But photoshop and Illustrator wont open it up. It says it does not recognize it. The file I'm trying to open is a business card template file for Photoshop and Illustrator.
Can someone help me. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
Why Atl

Thanks Guys. For some reason I had to restart my computer. Thanks Rene, it was the "Stuffit Expander.app" that I had to open it up with.
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