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License: Freeware. Compressed files are often made available for download in a bid to reduce server traffic. With Stuffit Expander installed there's. Mar 06, 2015 Download Now! Completely redesigned for better performance, STUFFIT EXPANDER expands all your compressed and encoded files! Access any file, download, or attachment! Scan your compressed or encoded files for viruses! Last update 6 Mar. 2015 Licence Free OS Support Mac OS X, Mac Universal Binary Downloads Total: 42,200 Last week. Stuffit Expander Free Download Mac Os X Stuffit Expander is a free decompression utility that may still be of use to some users - especially, for example, when trying to decompress older Stuffit (.sit or.sitz) archives. App Pro’s: Free. Stuffit For Mac Free Download. App Con’s: Decompresses only, Free version won't compress files. Conclusion: Stuff-It Expander is a good decompressing utility. Though OS X has a decent stock tool, it isn't as fast or efficient as Stuff-It Expander.

Expand your archive files with this handy Mac utility.

Nearly everyone knows that computing means working with archive files such as ZIP, RAR and TAR files. Having a good 'unzipping' app is important no matter what operating system you use. This is why I really like Stuff-it Expander for Mac. It’s a fast, efficient archive utility for your Mac; and it works with the latest OS X versions.


Stuffit Expander has been redesigned for better performance. It expands all of your compressed and encoded files; and access any file, any download or email attachment. It will also scan your compressed files for viruses.

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The app supports RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP, standard ZIP files among others. All you have to do is drag and drop the compressed file over the main program window and Stuff-It Expander will decompress the file. The app requires OS X Leopard 10.5 or higher, and works with Mavericks as well as Yosemite Beta 7 as of this writing.
App Pro’s: Free

App Con’s: Decompresses only, Free version won't compress files.

Conclusion: Stuff-It Expander is a good decompressing utility. Though OS X has a decent stock tool, it isn't as fast or efficient as Stuff-It Expander. The tool is wicked fast, and handled just about any and every type of archive that I threw at it. The app was easily installed, and worked well. If you're looking for a better than stock tool, this is a really great choice.

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StuffIt has two applications for Mac OSand Mac OS X for decoding stuffed files: StuffIt Deluxe andStuffIt Expander. StuffIt Deluxe is a commercial productavailable from Smith Micro.StuffIt Expander is freeware and is bundled with someversions of Mac OS and Mac OS X. If you do not have it, you may download this program fromSmith Micro's StuffIt Expander web site.

StuffIt Expander and StuffIt Deluxe can access the following fileformats:

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.Bzip.sea.Arc.sitx and .sit
.hqx.pkg.bin.img and .smi
.tar.btoa.mime.uu and .uue
.as.cpt.pf.lha and .lzh
.zip.dd.GZip.z and .taz
.enc.rar

Using StuffIt Deluxe

If you drag and drop a stuffed archive over the StuffItDeluxe icon, a window will open that contains the contents of thestuffed archive. Drag items out of the window or double-clickthem to unstuff them. This allows you to unstuff only parts of thearchive rather than the whole archive.

Using StuffIt Expander

You can decode a compressed or encoded file with StuffIt Expander in several ways:

  • Double-click the icon of the file. On many systems, StuffItExpander will launch and decode the file.
  • Using your mouse, click and hold the icon of the file, and dragit over the icon of StuffIt Expander. When StuffIt Expander's icondarkens, release the mouse button. StuffIt Expander will open anddecode the file, and then quit.
  • Double-click StuffIt Expander's icon, and wait for it to open.From the File menu, select Expand, and in the windowthat appears, find the file you want to decode. StuffIt Expander willthen decode the file.
  • With StuffIt Expander open, from the Window menu, selectDrag Window. To expand your file, drag it into theExpander window that opens.

Once StuffIt Expander has finished, it usually places the decoded filein the same folder as the original version. However, if none of theabove options work, your file may be corrupt.

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Note: To correctly decode MacBinary IIIfiles, you must have version 5.0 or later of StuffIt Expander. Olderversions will work to some extent, but cannot extract icon badges orrouting information from MacBinary III.