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Oscar
 IP: 80.217.141.135 Feb 20, 08 - 9:04 AM |
Stuffit ex. dont work
hi i got a macintosh classic 2, and a pc im using MacDisk to put downloaded games into mac formated disk, on my pc. i put the disk with the games into macintosh and try to expand the .sit and .hqx files with Stuffitexpander 4.1 but nothing happends. the program boots up. but no other activity. ?? |
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Tom Lee
IP: 71.139.191.56 Feb 20th, 2008 - 9:14 AM |
Re: Stuffit ex. dont work
You probably need a more modern version of expander (e.g., 5.something). Version 4 won't unstuff much of what you find on the web. |
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Nick
IP: 67.130.224.4 Feb 22nd, 2008 - 2:24 PM |
Re: Stuffit ex. dont work
I hope this will help, this is version 5.0 of Stuffit Expander... It's just the installer, but can you load this with the unstuffer your using? http://download.mindspring.com/mac/stuffitexp.html |
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Tom Lee
IP: 66.237.74.194 Feb 22nd, 2008 - 6:42 PM |
Re: Stuffit ex. dont work
Thanks to Nick's sleuthing, you now have a download link to expander 5.0. It's in .sit format, which means that it's best to download this on a mac. Mac files are a little strange in that they have two parts ("forks"). Windows files aren't like that, so Windows machines generally lose one of these forks. As long as you download this correctly, your expander (version 4.1) will correctly expand version 5, and you should be in good shape from that point on. |
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Oscar
IP: 80.217.141.135 Feb 23rd, 2008 - 5:33 AM |
Re: Stuffit ex. dont work
mhm. so the best way would be to have another macintosh. mabey i have to get this things to my friends. |
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Tom Lee
IP: 71.139.170.26 Feb 23rd, 2008 - 11:01 AM |
Re: Stuffit ex. dont work
If the files are in binhex (.hqx) format, then there is generally no problem downloading on a PC. However, a .sit or uncompressed macintosh file will often get damaged when downloaded on a pc. It sounds likely that your problems are indeed more related to downloading on a pc, rather than a pure stuffit problem per se. If you can find a friend with a mac, that would help track down (and likely solve) this problem. Good luck! |
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Nick
IP: 67.130.224.4 Feb 23rd, 2008 - 2:15 PM |
Re: Stuffit ex. dont work
Well I was able to get my downloaded files (binhex etc.) off my Gateway to my Macintosh Performa w/o any issues. I used a disk to format it. Even though I had to intialize it and put it in DOS format, It worked fine. What Tom was saying is true about forks. This definitly worked when I did the same thing to test it on my PB 17" and Gateway to my PB 540c, I used the file I downloaded, then posted it on here with a floppy disk. Since I didn't even have Expander on my 540c, I used the file I gave you. Good Luck!! |
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