Hi Richie,
Sorry, you're right Richie. Versiontracker does provide a download
that installs the free version of Stuffit Expander directly without
requiring an email address:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/182
There was an extended period in 2007 when the only way you could get
the download was by registering at the site and supplying your email
address with no obvious way to restrict use of your email. Then users
typically got bombarded with solicitations. You'll see these comments
if you check the reviewers statements at Versiontracker and other such
sites over that period, which I believe overlapped the introduction of
Leopard. That was the reason for keeping track of the ftp site, but
that's no longer necessary.
Correction made.
Cheers,
Esther
On Dec 4, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Richie Gardenhire wrote:
Ester, Versiontracker.com used to carry Stuffit; is there a reason
why they don't, any more? Richie Gardenhire, anchorage, Alaska.
On Dec 4, 2008, at 7:35 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi. Just a comment on alternate utilities for expanding .rar files.
Stuffit Expander is free and handles .rar expansion well as Jacob
says. The only annoyance is that Smith-Micro, the group that
acquired Stuffit from Allume last year, sends lots of spam when you
provide an email in order to get to their free download. I suggest
getting the last version of the free Stuffit Expander from the
Allume ftp site at:
ftp://ftp.allume.com/pub/pub/mac/StuffIt/For_MacOS_10.4-10.5/stuffit_exp_1201_install.dmg
You can avoid the spam and there's an option to update to a later
version when you run this.
Alternatively, try the Unarchiver (current version 1.6.1), which
also handles a range of other compressed file formats that nicely
complement the ones handled by Mac's built-in archiver unpacker
program. The Unarchiver is available from:
http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html
Both these products support Tiger and Leopard and run on both PPC
and Intel platforms.
Cheers,
Esther
On Dec 4, 2008, at 4:41 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Cool. Just FYI, Stuff-it expander is also free and does this as
well, and there are several other archivers available too. So,
lots of options for rar files :).
On Dec 4, 2008, at 09:35, jeffrey greene wrote:
Hi Guys,
I found a new (well new to me) utility for expanding .rar files.
Its called rar expander and its free. It works great with vo, you
just hit enter on the rar file and it comes up expands the file
to the same directory and closes. No fuss no buttons to click
etc. I believe I found it on version tracker. Just thought you'd
be interested.
Regards, Jeff Greene
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