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Bolkonskij
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on: June 29, 2021, 18:50
I just had to force quit another attempt at unpacking a .sit file on my 8600. Who else has trouble with StuffIt expanding files on 7.6.1? I thought it was just me. I trashed everything (program, extension, control panel, preferences) and reinstalled but the problem persists. I talked to fellow admin Knezzen, who told me had a similiar experience with StuffIt 5.5.1 and 7.6.1 - upon expanding a file the program would open up a window but stall. No progress bar ever appears. I never had this kind of problem on any other System software, so I figure this might be something 7.6 specific. Anyone else with the problem? Would be nice to know if it is a general StuffIt problem. |
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #1 on: June 30, 2021, 09:11
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Another person with the same trouble (link is retro browser compatible) I found while browsing for solutions. Quote from it: Quote Weird problem with StuffIt Expander 5.5 not expanding StuffIt archives. Apparently I'm not the only one who experienced this, but a default install of StuffIt Expander 5.5 would work on all archives except actual ".sit" ones which naturally would cause a giant headache as this was by far the most common type used. That makes at least three people having trouble with 5.5 and 7.6.
Last Edit: June 30, 2021, 13:22 by Bolkonskij
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mac-cellar
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128 MB  Posts: 176 Gotta love System 7
Reply #2 on: July 01, 2021, 04:16
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Same here - I’ve had issues with StuffIt 5.5 on 7.6 and 8.6. I’ve noticed though that it usually happens if I’m dragging a file to the desktop alias. If I launch StuffIt, select expand from the pull down menu and select the file to expand, the issue doesn’t happen as frequently or predictably.
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #3 on: July 01, 2021, 11:45
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Aha, that makes four. Do i smell an issue? :-) I use the described method of dragging to an alias as well - might give the other option a try. Though for now I'm settling installing StuffIt 5.0. Will report back as to whether or not the problem persists.
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #4 on: July 15, 2021, 09:27
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Ok, I may have this (partially) solved on my Mac. I had kicked off all remnants of StuffIt Deluxe 5.5 from my 8600 (including the extensions and preference file). I went ahead and installed StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 to test if the issue was there already. It didn't - it worked as intended. Since a lot of Mac Garden files are stuffed with 5.5 or later and that version obviously made some significant changes to the compression scheme, I was not able to open a lot of downloaded files with 4.5, however. The solution was to upgrade to StuffIt 5.5 (not Deluxe) downloaded from here: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/stuffit-expander-55 Be aware there are two pages on the Garden, one for Deluxe versions and one for the 'normal' version. Lo and behold, after I installed that one I can expand and SITup files with no problems again )as my recent uploads show=. If you run into the same issue, you may want to try the non-deluxe version on 7.6. Would be cool if anyone could verify this one working on his Mac too.
Last Edit: July 15, 2021, 09:34 by Bolkonskij
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