Why StuffIt Expander for Mac ?

madou · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 25

I have to either buy, or sign up for this software to use my paid for speed camera subscription on a Mac because ?

Darren · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

Because our downloads are zipped for download. You don't need to use Stuffit if you have another archive application capable of opening .zip files. We simply recommend Stuffit because it is the most popular and is free for the basic version required.

If you already have software capable of opening a .zip archive on your Mac then you don't need Stuffit.
_________________
Darren Griffin

madou · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 25

Darren · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

Our downloads are created 'on the fly' from a master data set. Why this causes issues with Apple's built-in archive.app we have never been able to understand (we're Mac users here so have looked at this).

Given that it is easily resolved using Stuffit or any of a number of other apps we chose to leave it as is rather then devote more time to working out why archive.app has a problem with our files. Now if you can fathom out what the issue is we'd love to know!

It's not an anti-Mac thing, as I said, both MikeB and I are Mac fans.
_________________
Darren Griffin

253 · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject:

I use a couple of Macs (and PCs) as well, sometimes there are issues with the Macs, this is something I have come to terms with many years ago.

I don't have a problem here, I use Stuffit no problem, it is free.
But I can understand the frustrations sometimes when things don't 'work out of the box'.
_________________
Triumph Tbird 1700. And now a Bonnie T100.

Darren · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject:

When we last looked at this, the consensus (amongs Mac experts) was the the BOMArchiveHelper service was flaky at the best of times and we were much better off recommending Stuffit as it was at least of use for other archive operations.

Bizarrely, if you use Terminal, the archive unzips without error but that is too complex to suggest for most users.
_________________
Darren Griffin

GPS_fan · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

StuffitExpander is what you need and it's absolutely free - Stuffit Deluxe contains the wherewithall to compress as well as decompress files.

The use of StuffitExpander is probably historic as much as anything else because there was a time when it was included as part of the operating system, so it wasn't an extra add-on download as such.

It's nothing unique to PGPSW because there are a lot of other sites which require an add-on to properly decompress files.

However, StuffitExpander is known to work with downloads from this site and that is why it's recommended.

There's no payment needed and the only registration as such is a valid e-mail address.

If you're interested in the download, the latest version is available here
_________________
Andy
PocketGPSWorld.com supports Help for Heroes - Read here

DennisN · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:

I am a complete Mac novice, but I downloaded Stuffit successfully (don't ask me for advice on how - it happened and I'm grateful). It unzips the camera database for me - I confess I normally use my PC, but I know that if I choose to do a download to my MacBook on the move, it'll work as easily as on the PC.
_________________
Dennis

If it tastes good - it's fattening.

Two of them are obesiting!!

	PocketGPS
	Web