JIMMYSMITS  If they dropped the upgrade to $20, I'd buy it. Or a coupon.

I had the same approach with the last version so I didn't purchase it.

Come on, $20 upgrade and you got a sale.  
(Version 2010 14.0)

TOD WICKS  Holy cow, is this puppy still around? Alive and breathing? Good grief, what's wrong with the built-in zip function of the finder? Need security? Just run your file through something like Filelock ($25) first and save some money.

I haven't used this dog since version 8 and only then it was the free "Unstuffit" version.  
(Version 2010 14.0)

PETERNSTEINMETZ  Yes, most definitely past time to abandon stuffit. I think it was 2 versions back I gave up, when I discovered that my last remaining use, an encrypted archive, could be accomplished as easily or better by an encrypted disk image.

Now they want a c.c. number to try the demo. What a scam.

The user interface they have gone to is terrible as well, very un mac-like.

Avoid it.  
(Version 2010 14.0)

MACSOLU  ...

Wouldn't it be great if Smith Micro walked away from this product and transferred all rights back to Raymond Lau? And it became freeware again? For the few people who don't use ZIP or need access to ancient archives?

What's Raymond up to these days, I wonder.

  
(Version 2010 14.0)

JORY  HAHAHAHA....Requiring a credit card in order to try out the new version? I guess the time has come to fully abandon StuffIt.  
(Version 2010 14.0)

ANON BUD  Haven't upgraded since v. 10.0 and it still works fine on Snow Leopard.

1) I don't know why anyone who already has a version would pay these money-grabbers any more cash.

2) Don't know why anyone who doesn't already have a version would WANT to pay these money-grabbers any cash, what with all the FREE alternatives out there.  
(Version 2010 14.0)

SHOCK J  Wow...this blows my mind.

"You must provide Smith Micro with your credit card details to download the trial. If you do not cancel your trial within 30 days, you will be charged."

Users have been abandoning Stuffit in droves over the past few years. They continue to offer paid upgrades for trivial updates and now this? This is almost laughable. Talk about blowing you customer off and saying, "We don't really care about you, we just want your money!" These guys are on their way out of business...on the express route!  
(Version 2010 14.0)

JAMUS  We had to stick with the paid Stuffit Standard in order to make "clean" .zip files without any of the Mac invisible/junk file data thrown in. Then I came across the JuneCloud "Create Clean Archive" Automator action.... Goodbye Stuffit. The actions are here:

http://junecloud.com/software/mac/junecloud-automator-actions.html  
(Version 2010 14.0)

WHITEROCK  What a joke. These clowns won't even wait until January for their laughable annual tax. There is no reason to upgrade. bye bye StuffIt.  
(Version 2010 14.0)

R1000M  Version 2010: Another paid upgrade? Seriously?  
(Version 2010 14.0)

PMASON  Fare thee well, StuffIt...  
(Version 13.0.3)

ESPIRIDION  I purchased my last version of Stuffit Deluxe many years ago. The upgrade fees were not worth it to me, and I ended up using the Finder (or PathFinder) as well as RAR Expander, The Unarchiver, and more recently Springy which became my main application for expanding and compressing files.

Since I found a very attractive offer I decided to purchase Stuffit Deluxe 2009. Here are some observations:

1. At the regular price I would not have purchased the software. Even at $30 which is the upgrade fee it was not worth it to me.

2. For some purposes, the free alternatives are sufficient. For example, in terms of size and time I found no significant advantage using Stuffit when compressing or expanding ZIP files.

3. SITX files were smaller. That's a plus.

4. Browsing through archives and previewing files is a time saver. Springy has similar functionality, but I liked Stuffit better.

5. Expanding multiple archives at once is DANGEROUS. I expanded 4 archives, each one with 4 parts. Once the expansion was over, three of the archives were Zero K in size. Only the first one was expanded correctly. Expanded the archives individually worked fine.

6. The progress bar is deceiving. While expanding a multi-part archive the progress goes to full when the first part is expanded, even though expansion of the whole archive is not complete.

7. It did not work with some segmented files I received, with extensions .001, .002, etc., although these files are supported according to the manual.

Overall I'm pleased with Stuffit Deluxe. It supports multiple formats and has some useful features. It does have some shortcomings, including the price.

For an application that has been around for so many years, I was surprised by some of its behavior and errors. Hopefully these issues will be fixed and provided as a free update.  
(Version 13.0.3)

TRUSTME  Stuffit Deluxe 13.0.4 (& Stuffit Standard 13.0.4 & Stuffit Expander 13.0.4) already available:

http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffit/index.html  
(Version 13.0.3)

MACMAN8  I share many of the same feelings stated before me. I have tried several times unsuccessfully to download this update. I switched browsers, using both Safari and Firefox, and none of these attempts worked. I also visited and tried to download from SmithMicro's own site. I'm doing this again as I type this comment. If I am again unable to get the SR4 download, I'll settle for the Expander update and leave it at that. I too am not thrilled about paying for a potential upgrade at Version 14, and may just stay with what I currently have on my Mac.  
(Version 13.0.3)

MIBRILANE  Once again, there is no such thing as StuffIt Deluxe 13.x. This is StuffIt Deluxe 2009 and this update is SR4.  
(Version 13.0.3)

MACINTOSH SAUCE  Watch it... They, like Roxio with Toast 10, have reached their update limit. Soon it will be bumped to StuffIt Deluxe 14.0 and you will have to pay an upgrade fee. :-/  
(Version 13.0.3)

ROB06AU  Be aware the current version downloadable is 13.0.2 still as at time of this post. This was release November last year.

It looks much like smith micro have dropped the ball on this one for now at least.  
(Version 13.0.3)

LIAM_IMAC  Forget stuffit deluxe.

You can only now download the trial if you provide them with a valid credit/debit card!! They then pre-authorize it and to be honest, they hope you will forget to tell them before the 30 day trial is up, that you don't want it, then.....kerrrr ching!

They must be desperate for sales to do this.  
(Version 13.0.2)

APPLECRYPT MODS  I have to be honest here, I use the Finder's ZIP function for just about everything these days. The only real use i have for Stuffit now would be the ability to split archives into smaller chunks. That's a fantastic feature when uploading to our server (esp with my ISP dropping connections!!).

However, I've found a freeware app called 'SimplyRAR' that does this (okay, for RAR format and not zip/sit - obviously). But this is cool. RAR is great and produces small archives too. And it's FREE.

I'm always on the lookout for new tools that can compress & split my archives! For now, it's the Finder and SimplyRAR :-)

Shame though, i used to like Stuffit back in the day...  
(Version 13.0.2)

MIBRILANE  StuffIt Deluxe is one of those "is it worth it" apps that many malign (see the other reviews here) as "obsolete" and unnecessary, as Mac OS X can now compress ZIP files directly without additional software.

Well, it does offer some features beyond that simple compression ability that I find useful. First, SITX files compress much smaller than ZIP does most of the time, and that's even without the extra file-type-specific compressors activated. I can also password protect archives, which the Mac OS X compression doesn't do.

Also, compressing and expanding with Magic Menu is easy and multi-threaded - up to four processes at a time - with queueing. I regularly compress twenty or thirty folders into archives at a time, and StuffIt Deluxe will compress them each into an individual archive, then delete the folder when it's done, and tell me it's done with each archive using Growl. Compressing via the Mac OS X compress function is a one-at-a-time affair and will compress everything selected into one archive.

Anyway, I find it useful and worth the upgrade price. I'm not sure I'd pay the retail price, though, but for those who have compression into archives as part of their backup workflow, it's worth having.

By the way, there is no StuffIt Deluxe 13.x version - it is now called StuffIt Deluxe 2009, and the current update is R3.  
(Version 13.0.2)

MACNERD1984  I have to agree with many reviews here - Stuffit has had it's chips. For a long time, years in fact, it was pretty much the first thing I installed on any clean/new OS set up. Everything I needed to compress was in .SIT or .SEA format. It was the de facto standard for Mac Newsgroup postings too. These days I don't have it on any of my machines - Zip has taken over and the need to pay out for something which is essentially obsolete (and in many cases can't even get file sizes as small as .ZIP does) is not there. Last time I tried it the decompression was so slow I thought there was a problem. An install on another Mac confirmed that actually it was just the way it was.

Aladdin, the original developers, probably saw this coming and offloaded Stuffit while they could. From what it seems, the new owners aren't exactly smart - Not only are they developing a product which is no longer strictly necessary for most users, but moreso they are also screwing people over on the upgrade. Unhappy users usually end up going elsewhere and there are plenty of open source and free compression/decompression apps out there today which negate the need for this relic.  
(Version 13.0.1)

DONMONTALVO  Obsolete.  
(Version 13.0.1)

SCHMIEGEL  This app is about 140 MBs only for the English Version. For Example "BetterZip" hasn't even 10 MBs including 6 languages. Still there is no acceptable file-browser included. If you use the Archive-Manager there's always a second window open that you don't need. There's no shortcut for browsing or extracting archives like in "BetterZip". This one is about 80$, BetterZip is about 20$.   
(Version 13.0)

WHITEROCK  Just another tax. There hasn't been a significant improvement for several years/versions. Perhaps they've fixed a few bugs that should have been fixed for people who actually bought version 12. This is nothing but a money-grab of the uninformed. It's obsolete anyway.  
(Version 13.0)

22DUKE  what for??

Always the same old, no changes but wanting money for upgrade and the version jumps are in no way justified in comparison to the new features which are basically non existent.

For 4 month now i have banned StuffIt delux 12 from my computer and only use the FREE The Unarchiver.app which does everything I need and is much better with rar files then StuffIt.

StuffIt is obsolete software.  
(Version 13.0)

GANNET  Couple of things new in v13 that aren't mentioned:

- MacFUSE plug-in, allowing you to browse archives as if they were disk images (read and write).

- 7z support finally! Limited to expansion only (can't browse). Also LZMA compressed tar.

My opinion of StuffIt has not changed though and is just the same as all the other comments here. They have the mindset of a Windows developer. They would be wise to drop their Mac line and focus entirely on Windows where they will fit right in along with the zillions of other malware products.  
(Version 13.0)

MACINTOSH SAUCE  This is absolutely ridiculous! I am being asked for $29.99 to upgrade for a bloody bug fix from version (and get this) 12.0.2. Figure that one out... This software is being removed from my Mac Pro with AppZapper soon.  
(Version 13.0)

KOSOVAR1  STOP ALREADY WITH PROMOTING THIS OUTDATED SOFTWARE PACKAGE THAT HAS NOT OFFERED ANYTHING REALLY NEW OR USEFUL IN THE LAST FEW MAJOR UPGRADES. SMITH MICRO IS ONLY MISINFORMING UNSUSPECTING USERS WHO HAVEN'T YET REALIZED THAT THIS UTILITY, WHICH WAS ONCE GREAT, HAS BEEN RENDERED ESSENTIALLY POINTLESS. SO PLEASE, JUST GIVE SD A DECENT BURIAL AND STOP MILKING US FOR OUR $$$.

WANT TO COMPRESS A FILE? CHOOSE "COMPRESS" UNDER THE FILE MENU IN THE FINDER. 'NUFF SAID. UNCOMPRESS? DOUBLE-CLICK THE ZIPPED FILE.  
(Version 13.0)

MISHA  Am I really not seeing an upgrade price for version 12 users? In this day and age of built-in compression and cheap hard drives, it's hard to justify paying $80 every 12-18 months for marginal new features. Check out BetterZip (shareware) or BetterZip QuickLook Plug-in (free, let's you quicklook inside .zip files)... both are listed under "Other People Suggest" above.  
(Version 13.0)

TOGGLEMEDIA  There is nothing compelling about this new version. May be unlucky 13 for Stuffit...I can't actually remember the last time I used .sit or .sitx to send an archive to a client or supplier. I mean, Stuffit claims to have greater compression, but who cares if I can make a file a few kilobytes smaller. I know I don't. Poor SmithMicro, they have no clue what they've bought into.  
(Version 13.0)

BEIGE  lol - BUY OUR QUICKLOOK STUFF THAT OTHER PEOPLE GIVE AWAY FOR FREE.  
(Version 13.0)

JOYSTICK  If you use Symantec Norton AntiVirus, do not install this software. It breaks AntiVirus.

Patch from SmithMicro's don't work on Tiger.  
(Version 12.0.1)

MACMAN8  An update from my last comment... I never give up, and after four attempts downloading, the last one was successful, and it installed properly. Be aware of the fact that where the MacUpdate notes state that the file is about 28 MB, the file is actually 51 MB for the update.  
(Version 12.0.1)

MACMAN8  Well, for the first time in my life, I'm very frustrated with a download. I tried this last night, and it stalled at SmithMicro's site halfway through the download and stopped there. I tried again this morning, made it through, and the dmg file refused to mount. I will NOT spend money on a CD for a download I deserve as a longtime customer of Stuffit and SmithMicro products. Maybe I'm just lucky this has never happened to me before, but I now understand the frustration others have felt encountering this problem with other applications.  
(Version 12.0.1)

WANDERER  I only have Stuffit Deluxe because clients insist on using it.

The built-in ZIP feature of OSX is fantastic.  
(Version 12.0.1)

8OO8  Hmm, I've received several emails from Smith Micro over the past couple of months offering to to sell me Stuffit Deluxe at the special price of $30.

That's $50(!) off their retail price.

That tells me that they're getting very few buyers for their bloated piece of fecal matter, heh, heh. Doesn't surprise me, though.

I just won't buy it at any price.  
(Version 12.0)

RPAEGE  The FREE Stuffit Expander, downloaded from Macupdate and NOT obtained through the make-you-pay-unless-you-cancel "demo" registration at Smith Micro's Stuffit.com,

works just fine for unstuffing more pointlessly upgraded Stuffit files you receive from duped customers.  
(Version 12.0)

TOMSTRAUS  I would really like to read opinions of how the software works from people who have tried the new StuffIt Deluxe 12.0, rather than from those who are offering criticisms of the company or the pricing.  
(Version 12.0)

MUMUNOL  Nothing really new... I bought various versions in the future, until v.10. But discovering that no free updates would be provided against what can be considered as an important bug but some $$$ upgrades.. tired with paying again and again to see some bug fixed and minor enhancements, I looked for another complete compression utility. I found it ;-)  
(Version 12.0)

WHITEROCK  Lovely. Another annual $80 tax for StuffIt. No new features, maybe more efficient. Version 11.0 was so bad it trashed older compressed files and crashed while attempting to compress large files.  
(Version 12.0)

WHYME?  This is one of fave mac web sites, so i was real disappointed to find the $59 offer was not what the checkout charged. For what I use the stuffit portion of this software, ie: the amount of times (1) so far, it isn't even worth 20.00 to me. But being there was a special offer and I do love macUpdate I thought what - why not? So I did e-mail this site, but haven't heard anything. Still hoping maybe on my statement I will find a credit. I think and for me this what it come down to stuffit itsn't worth 80.00. I don't use all the other bits, and in the past found plenty of freeware for .rar etc.. If my credit comes I will post.  
(Version 11.0.2)

DAYCARE  crashes the finder as long as the contextual item is installed. After the first reboot, crashed DragThing (only the first time).

The finder-crash occurs all the time, meaningless if installed on PowerPC or Intel  
(Version 11.0.2)

FRINGEWOOD  Bloatware at its very worst.

The automatic assumption that this monster should takeover Mac's default system duties without a care to personal settings is pure arrogance.

The insistence on adding "Folder" to an expansion without a user option to negate it has been a major issue with me since 2.0. It used to be fairly easy to hack in OS 9, but no longer.

They want to dictate far too much how things are done with very few user options. It's getting more like Windows with every version.

I could go on and on and on, but it's not worth wasting my breath.

This is one of the worst product cases of not being able to leave a good thing alone and charging upgrade prices for the insult.

Expander is all you need, the rest is a shining example of everything that is wrong with 3rd party software progress today.  
(Version 11.0.2)

PIRX  On the website they advertise a price of USD 59.99, but when you go through the purchase process they still try to charge you USD 79.99.

Factual on December 1, 2006, several attempts.  
(Version 11.0.1)

VEGGIEDUDE  I had no such trouble on my Titanium 1Ghz PowerBook running 10.4.8.  
(Version 11.0.1)

TOGGLEMEDIA  Version 11.0.1 locks up Finder after installation and logout. I've reproduced this behaviour on a number of machines. FYI.  
(Version 11.0.1)

JAMESKITTY  is it really time for version 64.3 already? Seems like only last year they were on version 8....  
(Version 11.0.1)

GENERAL HONEYPOT  This product is a piece of junk. I have Tiger 10.4 and stuffit keeps freezing/crashing on me.

It's too bloated and it's install method is to scatter files all over your system. BEWARE!

Developers need to stop using this format.  
(Version 11.0)

GRAHAM BERKS  Do not touch this if you have filevault enabled. Once you have purchased you'll then see in the readme

Known Issues:

An issue exists with Apple’s FileVault security feature in Mac OS X that can prevent installers from correctly placing items in your Home folder. If you have enabled FileVault encryption on your current Home folder StuffIt Setup Assistant will fail when attempting to install StuffIt features.

Now in the process of getting a refund, shame they dont mention this major flaw before you purchase !

What a joke !  
(Version 11.0)

KAIOMAI  Once again a useless update from our 'friends' at Allume. I think the had to change the name because they scammed all of the magic out of Aladdin's lamp. Seriously, do not encourage them by paying for th upgrades every 6 months. this should be called "Stuffit Deluxe 8" at best. there are still leftover graphical parts from Stuffit 5 in the software. If this was 6 versions advanced of that then there would not be any remnants of OS 9 programming. Allume needs to get a clue. Better yet users need to stop buying the useless upgrades so Allume would get their act together.   
(Version 11.0)

LEOOFBORG  I see nothing compelling in their feature list to warrant this as an 11.0. It's barely a 10.1.

Sorry, but I'm not donating to the beast formerly known as Aladdin at this time.  
(Version 11.0)

THANASIS  You can download directly from the ftp server:

ftp://ftp.stuffit.com  
(Version 11.0)

MACERICG  Anybody know if the Archive Assistant will now work with directories other than the User's Folder?

One big disappointment with my last upgrade was finding out that this automated feature wouldn't work with my secondary drive because of this limitation.  
(Version 11.0)

TASKMAN  A great software. Expands almost any format I know, and works in a reliable way. I just wish the dialog didn't show "About 12345678 hours remaining", when we all know (hope?) this isn't true.  
(Version 10.0.2)

TTLCNTRLPRINT  Sticking with 9.x.x, the cycle of updates for Stuffit Deluxe seems like a company just fundraising. Also Apple has albeit lame encryption utility in Tiger, which will probably get better and better features.

totalcontrolprint  
(Version 10.0.2)

BLUESTAR  I totally hate Stuffit Expander not remembering window positions. It insist on expanding stuff smack in the center of my monitor - meaning the progress window. I move it, but it comes back to my main display into the center. If I'm downloading something in the background and working on something / reading a webpage... it will pop-up right in the center of my screen annoying the hell out of me. Come on!!! In previous versions it remembered the window position. Allume is LAME!  
(Version 10.0.2)

ORION MK. V  Update works fine. Wish Stuffit wasn't such bloatware -- used to be fairly lean -- but no complaints. Until a 3rd party tool comes along to open .sit files, Expander's still a necessity for Mac file exchange.  
(Version 10.0.2)

APPLECRYPT MODS  never had any troubles here, though i always do wish it was quicker. hmm.. anyhow, great program and recommended  
(Version 10.0.2)

M PREWITT  I don't know why others are experiencing so many problems. I have used StuffIt Deluxe since at least version 7 or 8, and from OS 9 through 10.2, 10.3, 10.4. It does not crash or hang on my system at all, and never has. It has never caused any problems whatsoever that I can remember, and I use it practically every day.

Having said that, the reasons for using StuffIt seem to be dwindling. The compression is good but not remarkable. It does support some file attributes that, as far as I know, zip does not support. But then again, there are other formats besides sitx and zip, which seem to offer similar if not better functionality.

I do like the Finder integration, and the ability to easily convert archives from one type to another. Also the ability to compress a file or archive simply by renaming it. I don't know of any free options out there that offer these benefits, which are features that I use all the time.

Unfortunately it is, IMO, very expensive ... to the point of almost absurd ... for what it does. I would think $20-30 would be the max someone should have to pay for this type of application, and less for an upgrade. Especially when there are so many free alternatives. I sincerely hope, for Allume's/Smith Micro's sake, that they will reconsider their pricing.  
(Version 10.0.2)

PIRX  I am also disappointed.

It seems that the developer tried to do a too good job, and thereby things went wrong. Error messages while downloading software, because stuffit tries to unzip it during the download process, sometimes crashes during normal unzip processes, etc.

I would say that less automation is more.  
(Version 10.0.1)

TSCHUTT  Let me chime in here as well... I used to be a big stuffit fan. I purchased my first copy at Version 3.5.

This has turned into horrible software. I implore developers to please stop using it, because a good 70% of the time, your archives dont even decompress correctly.  
(Version 10.0.1)

ZWILLIAMS  I don't know what the guy with review below is on, but whatever it is; it must be damn strong.

SITX is one of the worst archive formats I've ever had the displeasure of using. Only one set of applications from one company can open them. Their compression ratios are far from great.

StuffIt itself is an incredibly poor application. Allume releases software that wouldn't most developers wouldn't even deem a late beta. This thing has so many problems, it crashes, its slow, its ETA measurements are horribly inaccurate, it clogs up a machine like a half ton of doughnuts in someones heart.

I would suggest people look elsewhere and not fall for the SIT(X) lock-in. There are plenty of options. Tar, Zip, 7zip, Rar, Par, Dmg, Gzip, and others.

I have been using StuffIt since 4, and it just went downhill fast. I'm sorry Allume, but this software is a waste of time.  
(Version 10.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Why doesn't Apple just buy them out?

Then we can have the wonderfull compression of SITX with the stability and speed of MacOS X instead of the bloat of ZIP with the stabiltiy and speed of MacOS X.

Please Apple do the world a favor and purchase Stuffit technology! SITX has the best file compression ever, least you could do is make it open source. Could be a good revenue stream if it was cleaned up to be usable as the de-facto standard like .sit used to be!  
(Version 10.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Latest version of Expander, downloaded direct from Allume, unexpectedly quits on load EVERY TIME under 10.4.3. How am I supposed to get at my archives now?

Nuts to Stuffit. I'm zipping stuff in future.  
(Version 10.0.1)

MIKE RICHARDS  Had to trash 10.0.1 and reinstall 10.0 to get at my largeish sitx files. Vers 10.0.1 would quit saying there was an error - none of my files would open. Piece of crap!  
(Version 10.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  When having multiple items right highlighted in the finder, when I right clicked it would take at least 25 seconds to bring up the normal right click menu, processor was going at 100% Never had this problem before, and I don't any more since I uninstalled Deluxe  
(Version 10.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  you know what's really sad? StuffIt Deluxe used to be a rock solid utility. I don't know why it's transformed into a bug-ridden joke. I de-installed StuffIt Deluxe 8.x a long time ago and I now use Apple's ZIP archive.  
(Version 10.0.1)

MR. DIZZZAPOINTED  2 days ago I installed different kind of software on a girlfriend of mine new iBook. Then I needed to unzip a few packages, and I found out that the new preinstalled Tigersystem didn´t have Stuffit Expander, so I downloaded it from the the Allume-site, but, after installation it just crashed. Had to use other unzip-software. Crappy software you make. Why?

Hope your new updates will fix it. Good luck :-)

Now get the €uç{ out of my face!  
(Version 10.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Hi,

I had StuffIt Expander 10.0 for a short while.

It seemed to work fine. Disable the auto-update feature in the StuffIt Expander menu.

Also, please check your disks with Disk Utility to make sure your disk are in good shape.  
(Version 10.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  My Expander crashes permanently on Mac OS X 10.4.2, as other users already reported!  
(Version 10.0)

TOMIS  Piece of junk. Most SIT archives decompress with all of the contents being set to invisible. They decompressed fine with 9, what gives?

Aladin/Allume has consecutively gotten worse over the years, I wish someone with some software design sense and a taste for quality would just buy them out, like say, Apple.

Extremely Disappointed in StuffIt, as usual  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  There's a bug in Stuffit 10 (surprise, surprise) that causes crashes if IPv6 is turned off--check out the Macintouch article for a workaround.

http://www.macintouch.com/stuffitx.html  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  This Stuffit Expander 10.0 is a piece of crap... When I try to open some .rar files, it will open them, but nothing comes out of it... while Stuffit Expander 9.01 works fine... I had this same problem with Stuffit Expander 9 till they update it to 9.01.. The new versions of Stuffit Expander all always useless.. You can better wait for downloading it untill a minor update like .01 or .02 comes out....  
(Version 10.0)

INGENIOUS1  Version 10.0 installs ok but it unexpectedly quits whenever I try to use it in 10.4.2. It works if I use it from the contextual menu but double clicking the package to unstuff dose not work and I can't launch the stuffit app itself as I can with 9.0.1. It quits and wants to tell apple about it. Has this happened to anyone else? Any ideas?

Not quite satisfied.....  
(Version 10.0)

SAVE YOUR COIN  Piece O' Garage. Buggier than an ant hill. Nuff said.  
(Version 10.0)

MONEY FOR NOTHING  Is this a joke?

I thought 9.0 was "completely redesigned", and it had _too much_ functionality!

This company expects their customers to rebuy their completely unnecessary, ever more annoying and bloated software about once a year!

Going to have to be something pretty spectacular to get me interested in this monstrosity again.  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  the standard Stuffit Expander version 10 installs a buggy contextual menu item. Finder crashes everytime! Running 10.4.2. Who needs Stuffit when we can use the built-in Zip?   
(Version 10.0)

FLASH1296  Absurd.

I have run the updater TWICE and each time it claims that it has done its job; and each time the version number and modification date indicate that NOTHING has transpired at all !!!

Resulting "Get Info" indicates that I am still deling with version 9.0.1 with creation / modification dates of April 14 2005 !  
(Version 9.0.2)

GONE TO THE DOGS (LITERALLY)  Unfortunately, SmithMicro has acquired Allume. Most of us who have been around long enough realize that this spells the end of StuffIt as SmithMicro made FaxSTF (once the best fax software program for the Mac) into garbage after acquiring that company, with a constant amount of poor updates that they charge each time for. The sooner we all migrate away from StuffIt file formats, the better off we'll all be.  
(Version 9.0.2)

JOHANNES F.  Horror !!!!

My Stuffit apps quit on open.

Help Alume !!!

My Stuffit Deluxe 9.0.2 does not work with 10.4.1  
(Version 9.0.2)

CALABAR  This peace of software is not needed in Tiger anymore with Tiger. It is buggy.

You may read this review:

http://www.tgr.com/weblog/archives/000361.html  
(Version 9.0.2)

JAX  cannot get 9.0.2 to open in Tiger  
(Version 9.0.2)

MIKE COOPER  Cannot get 9.0.2 to install over 9.0.1 in Mac OS Tiger  
(Version 9.0.2)

DJ  Stuffit does everything i want and more. Works great and well integrated with my Mac. I like and it's not the bad app all you lot seem to like to sl@g! Why??

Anyhow, if i had a moan, it would be the slightly-too-high pricing plus i'd want more speed with compressing. Still way slower than Tiger Zipping

cheers for a great app!  
(Version 9.0.2)

I LONG FOR THE ORIGINAL  StuffIt has come so far from where it started, and it is no longer what it set out to be--it is now a poorly run commercial venture that needs an overhaul and some serious software revamping.  
(Version 9.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  can not find 9.0.1 — I even drug it into the same folder.  
(Version 9.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Updater ran OK here, but then it dropped an RTF readme file on the desktop with plain text file typing, so it opened as a pageful of garbage and formatting commands in BBEdit. Laughable.  
(Version 9.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  If only there were an app that would create compressed DMG files that wasn't as pricey as DropDMG, the Stuffit market would collapse. Sigh.  
(Version 9.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  This .app is full of Bug! Be careful to use it.

Sometime I can't get back my original data!  
(Version 9.0.2)

RAYNEHEM  It does not find version 9.0.1 even when its in the same folder. Dumb.  
(Version 9.0.2)

TNH  If you read the documentation in the installer you will see that it updates the framework and not the applications versions. If you look at the modified date on stuffit deluxe and stuffit expander (in drag and drop), you will see that those 2 files have a modification date of today. That's because those are the things which will expand the jpeg recompressions from winstuff and sitd is the app w/ the newer compression. I don't know how it can't find a version on a machine. Mine is buried inside a folder called conversion and it worked fine. I'd make sure there aren't any other stuffit versions on the machine and re-install the deluxe version.  
(Version 9.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  This is a joke - I tried to update, the updater doesn't detect the 9.0.1 version; when i go to the support page, the server can't find it! And to think that I paid for this thing...  
(Version 9.0.2)

WROSS3  After trying to install this update on 4 machines, it does not actually update version 9.0.1? I can not evaluate the update as I can not get it to work.  
(Version 9.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  The updater simply doesn't detect the version 9.01 installed on my computer. If I want to download the full trial version (I am a registred user since version 5.5), I need to give my credit card number which will be automatically charged after 30 days !!!

Regarding performance, opposite to what is said in their advertising, it is MUCH slower than the integrate zip compression in OSX for similar compression rate.

This was a unavoidable in the past (before OS X). Luckily this is not the case anymore.  
(Version 9.0.2)

WHERE'S' THE BEEF?  Man, ever since the change in ownership, all of the StuffIt apps have lagged waaaaaaaay behind. Tiger is out and all the good Developers'--be they small or large have already addressed their apps with Tiger releases.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ILGAZ  Works perfectly on HFS+ exclusive systems as OS X. Extremely good compression ratio while higher rates require patience.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  It is slower and slower. I got more errrors than uncompressed files. A real pain.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Stuffit can simply stuffit--Allume the hacks the now own this software (check out other Allum-"inum" products here) have this frickin' piece of crap call home to them upon every operation. There is no need for this invasion of privacy. It's none of your business what we unpack. STAY AWAY FOLKS.   
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Be careful, StuffIt 9.x is really buggy! If you don't want to loose your files better use zip or dmg compression tools.

I did encounter it nor for the second time, with files over 500 MB in size, that the compressed sitx archives could not be opened!

What's the point of a super-efficient compressor engine, if I can't get back my original data?

Maybe that's why Allume is now going to *lossy* jpeg compression. ;-)  
(Version 9.0.1)

SEVUR  What happened to stuffing items individually when you are compressing more than one item? This use to be an option under Preferences. Now it's gone! I hate having one big ol' archive stuffed file.  
(Version 9.0.1)

GOSTCODER  If you're really just looking for Stuffit Standard, which includes decompression AND compression, the link for that is http://www.allume.com/downloads/files/StuffItStandard9.0.1.dmg , it's a 7.5MB dmg, instead of a bloated 16MB Sit file

As previous posters mentioned, turn off the dumb version check, it freezes the app.  
(Version 9.0.1)

DJ  sorry u guys, but i don't get these troubles... i find stuffit deluxe an excellent allround package. I couldn't use the mac without this installed.

If i had to complain about one thing tho - it's the speed! Ignoring Deluxe's many features, expanding/compressing files is much slower than the panthers zip feature. I'm finding myself using this, where possible, more and more...

Just get the thing FASTER!!! Come on..  
(Version 9.0.1)

DANY  Stuffit Deluxe under Mac OS X.10.3.7 as well as it's applications (Expander, DropStuff ...) seems to stall at lunch (Actually it just takes very long time to start, up to 2 minutes).

The problem can be fixed immediately by disabling "Allow version checking" under every components preferences.

For those who do not want to wait until the application starts, One can use the terminal to modify the preferences to disable version checking:

To disable the delay: type in the terminal the following text in Quotations:

for stuffit Deluxe: "defaults write com.stuffit.Deluxe allowVersionChecking -bool NO" [press RETURN]

for stuffit Expander: "defaults write com.stuffit.Expander allowVersionChecking -bool NO" [press RETURN]

for DropStuff: "defaults write com.stuffit.DropStuff allowVersionChecking -bool NO" [press RETURN]  
(Version 9.0.1)

JONATHAN POOL  I was finding that DropStuff 8.0.2 and StuffIt Express PE 7.0 took 2 minutes just to launch under OS X 10.3.7. I updraded to StuffIt Deluxe 9.0.1. Now the 9.0.1 versions of both these applications also take 2 minutes to launch. StuffIt Deluxe itself launches promptly. I haven't seen any other reports of this, and Allume's support site is dead.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  biggest piece of garbage. slow or doesn't work on 10.3.7. why do developers still save as sit files? gz or zip would be great, ya know?  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Has anyone experienced a problem with expanding via rename in Stuffit Deluxe 9.01? Files do stuff by adding sit/sitx and so on but they won't expand by deleting the suffix.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Stuffit is still way too slow - it takes 4 times longer to compress than the inbuilt zip engine in OS X.  
(Version 9.0.1)

DENNIS STEVENSON  I checked these reviews because I am about to subscribe to Australian Macworld. They offer a free copy of Stuffit Delux7.0.3 as part of the deal.

My chief thought, after reading many reviews, is this. Why are there many comments which include remarks that are offensive or put downs?

As Mac enthusiasts, let's set a higher standard? Surely we can be more understanding of other people's views. Let's write reviews that only contain intelligent comment and perhaps a llittle humour? This can take more ability and time, but would be far more useful, would it not?

When one has an ability to write well, one can make any point brilliantly, without resorting to put downs.

Being non-judgemental and more discerning in life has many rewards.

Love Light and Laughter

Dennis  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  This is a great app.

The best for MacOS X.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Look for stuff as individual items in DropStuff. It's never been in StuffIt Deluxe.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Look for delete originals in DropStuff. It's never been in StuffIt Deluxe.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  I'm not seeing either the "Delete Originals After Stuffing" or the "Stuff Items as Individual Archives" option in both Magic Menu preferences and the Stuffit Deluxe preferences... :(  
(Version 9.0.1)

BILLY  you know, i do love this package. It's gr8 to use and full of features - but it's sooooo slowwwwwwwwwwwwww to use.

how come i can use other archiving programs on both the mac and pc and they're always much faster! Wots going on???? :-/  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  The 9.0.1 update installed just fine and is working, but I'd love to know what's changed.  
(Version 9.0.1)

BUG HUNTER  Hey Allume Systems!

Where is the list of fixed bugs and/or added/changed features!?  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  I like it. Just the Interface is still a little Classic. They should get a good Designer. Apple didnt fix there Panther-Zip compatibility problems so i will continue using the nice Stuffit Deluxe  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  The comparisons to Panther-zip are off the mark in one respect: You cannot send a file zipped with Panther's built-in zip utility that has Mac resources (such as a custom icon) to a user of Mac OS X 10.2 or below or a "classic" MacOS user without risking it expanding incorrectly there. If special measures aren't taken, the archive will expand with the resources separated from the files, in a useless directory. Now, you can preserve these resources if you first create the archive as a disk image, but probably few people want to go to that trouble if they don't develop software. So Stuffit will still have legitimate uses until all of the Mac world is at 10.3 or later.  
(Version 9.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  panther zip is MUCH faster  
(Version 9.0)

KERI  Hi

I have never upgraded my stuffit, I am still using stuffit 5.5. It lives on my desktop, and runs through classic. no installation problems, no corruption of dtata, it troggs along quite nicely.

I was thinking of upgrading, but after reading the reviews, I think I heed my grans advice..

"if it aint broke don't fix it'

Besides, I don't want to end up as bitter as some people who have written reviews!  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  speedy? hmmmm

still no where near as fast as Panther's Zip feature!  
(Version 9.0)

GRADUS  Many improvements under the hood, many new features, and a lot of value for your money. Stuffit might have lost part of its relevance now that you have compression features built into your system, but the Stuffit suite has such a luxurious wealth of archiving and backup features to offer that the premium price is well justified.

There is only one problem with SD 9.0: if you use the contextual menu to browse the contents of compressed archives, the contextual menu deamon (or whatever it's called) starts to hog the processor and doesn't release it. You have to kill the process in Activity Monitor in order to get your machine back. Anyone else having this problem?  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Not great for expanding RAR files, on top of the rest it's troubles.

Gets errors and chokes where a simple shareware like UnrarX will bypass the error and recover all files in the archive but the damaged one.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  If this group of developers lived down the street from me, there would be some very serious trouble in my neighborhood. They have done nothing but cause problems for us Mac users over the past years (at least four years now, with every update there are unwarranted issues that the developers in their great and gracious ingnorance have visited upon us all) and they haved the UNMITIGATED NERVE TO CHARGE EVEN MORE MONEY. The way I see it, they owe us Mac users for the abuse we've suffered at their hands for some several years now.  
(Version 9.0)

DANA SUTTON  I'm astonished at a lot of the vituperative reviews for what is essentially an extremely good product that most Mac users find necessary. I only have one bone to pick v. 9. While the idea of having automated uploads to .iMac is a great one, the way it is implemented is that each new compressed upload is assigned a new name. When it is uploaded, the old one is not deleted. This means that pretty soon your .iMac storage gets choked up and you have to go there and delete your old uploads manually, which sort of takes the point of automating the process in the first place. Or am I missing a trick? The documentation is very weak on interacting with .iMac  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Stuffit Deluxe v9 requires OS 10.3 or better and will not install on machines running OS 10.2X. Ditto for Stuffit Standard v9. The major portion of Mac users have not upgraded to 10.3 yet and at this point, will probably wait for Tiger OS to come out before upgrading. So, for the majority of users, this application is useless at this point.  
(Version 9.0)

GOUGED  TARPIT BEATS STUFFIT IN BOTH SPEED AND FILE SIZE!

TarPit is a minimal but slick little GUI for the OS X included TAR, BZIP2, GZIP and ZCompress tools, and will encode using MacBinary to retain Mac info.

I tried compressing several groups of files and folders with TarPit using Macbinary + Tar + BZIP, with "level" maxed, and compared it with Stuffit's SitX format maxed.

TarPit consistently took less, or about the same amount of time to finish, and ALWAYS yielded a smaller archive!

9.0 is nowhere NEAR $30 worth of upgrades over 8.x! NO average consumer needs this bloated mass.

If you want to make compact archives quick;

USE THE OS X TOOLS!

-- My ratings are improvement based. --  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  What?

Does a $30 surplus need it again?

Therefore, it may have been told that I should rename the name of the company like that in "Aladdin.sit"!?  
(Version 9.0)

GREGJ  I downloaded the " Free Upgrade " as I bought my Stiffit deluxe 8.0.3 after August 4th 2004. I went through the runaround about getting to the " Free Site " and downloaded the img file. following all instructions, I installed it and guess what ?

NOTHING !!! It didn't work, and I got very little help from tech support when they finally decided to return my many calls.... Forget this upgrade Stick with v 8.0.3, at least that works 9.0 is a death trap  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  I used to like Aladdin, but then they got way the heck too ambitious with StuffIt Deluxe, tried to make it do everything and be the family dog as well.

I'm going to put everything in DMG's from here on. Disk Copy is a lot less intrusive and doesn't load the system with tons of frameworks and other stuff I'll never use that only conflicts with the Mac Finder and system.

I'll use Expander when absolutely necessary, but the rest can vanish for all I care.  
(Version 9.0)

SILVERDR  Has anyone asked himself (or even the manufacturer) why on Earth the company that grew up on Macs is willing to charge twice (or more times) the price for Mac version?! What justifies that? I did ask twice. I was willing to pay the Windows price for Mac version. They didn't even bother to reply... I find the Windows price still acceptable. But $80 for the ability to create the highly deprecated .sit archives and some improvements in the handling of other archive formats???  
(Version 9.0)

M COOKE  Works as advertised. How about trying control click on an iten or folder or right click to compress and decompress that thow the mac interface works never need to use the drop boxes. Or highlight the items to compress and right click or control click vola compression to the destination folder or the reverse. DOH!!  
(Version 9.0)

S2I  Annoying! DropZip and DropStuff in one. I'm unable to create .zip and .sit archives in one drag&drop.

I have to use that SILLY "dragwindow" and fiddling that menu to choose the method i wanna use.

Forget it..  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  There is now a workaround for this you can follow at:

http://support.allume.com/techsupport/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9076#9076  
(Version 9.0)

TOM SAWYER  Redesigned DropStuff? Well, hot dog! Here's my Visa! Updates for all my friends!  
(Version 9.0)

FLARCH  Yet another $30 for more bells and whistles?

I DON'T WANT a version 9!

I want an 8.1 which does and has what 8.0 SHOULD have!

Or how about something even simpler and slicker with a Mac elegance; something that does it's job quickly and reliably with a nice sleek interface.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  i can't remember the last time i actually BOUGHT this sheeitware..  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Exactly how many times do we have to keep paying additional money to keep this OLD crud up to date?  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Start adding up all the releases. Do you have a $300. + compression utility like I do!

"Faster" is not something that should cost us. It should just be that way inherently. Thisi program still causes havoc when sending to any Windoze platform.

I'm migrating to another "shareware". Alladin company, if you think I'm going to shell out another $30. for this YOU can STUFFIT!  
(Version 9.0)

BOOMSTICK  i love it!

VERY FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shame it's taken 9 versions, but hey.....  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  a half-baked upgrade of StuffDrop: can't disable drag-drop window  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Can't we all be rid of Stuffit now? Why can't mac programmers just stick to the available built-in options like DMG, Zip, GZ, and Tar? Why do we still need this crappy program?  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  "A redesigned user interface for DropStuff"

In typical Aladdin fashion, there's no further documentation of this. Anywhere.

After a while, I decided to try the old OS 9 method of holding down "Option" while dragging an item to DropStuff, and this opened the one-time options dialog box as it did in old versions on OS 9.

Is this the "redesigned" interface? Am I missing something?  
(Version 9.0)

AD  Cannot upgrade online!

Here is international catch:

In Israel, the credit card authentication stage is PC-oriented (and in Hebrew). It works only with Internet Explorer which, unfortunately, does not support Hebrew on the Mac. Altogethr, this leaves me, a Mac fanatic and a loyal Stuffit Deluxe customer, with no upgrade options. Is there a way to bypass this catch?  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  i think that "Stuffit Deluxe 9.0" is the best.

But Stuffit Standard is more easy.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  to all the people dissing version 9: I hope you wrote your reviews/comments based on having installed and used version 9 yourself. otherwise you need to get your heads examined. I just installed it and it is a MAJOR improvement to 8. MAJOR. And it is fast. FAST.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  So i see a lot of people bagging Stuffit. But what alternatives are there ? I thought Stuffit on Mac was like WinZip on a PC. What else is out there that can be used instead of Stuffit ?  
(Version 9.0)

OLDIES, BUT GOODIES  Why? And who cares? Really. Reboxed oldies, but no goodies any longer.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Stuffit 9.0 crashes Pathfinder.   
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Stuffit is about 20 times (!!!!!!) SLOWER than your free Apple Disk-Tool. It gives you a .sit-file that is even bigger than the .dmg-file.

The Uninstaller doesn't work (Menu-Item remains).

CRAP, CRAP, CRAP  
(Version 9.0)

TOILET_J  I never use it, when I learn to program I'll make one simpler, faster, free... And for now all i use is terminal :)  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Die Already! There is absolutely no reason to buy this when a better solution is 1 click away.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  i understand that many people are unhappy with the price - i can't blame them, $80 is way too much for what this does.

but the statements about it not being functional are unfair - i have been a user of Stuffit 8 for a while now, and the things like Archive Via Rename, and contextual menu archiving have been used VERY often.

i do agree though - the cost of this is through the roof  
(Version 9.0)

SMKSENSEI  WAY too much! I see the price for such a little needed app and I read no further. I only post this comment to hope the developers see why they're running out of time.  
(Version 9.0)

D9  What a pathetic money-grab from a company that has changed little from version to version... and certainly doesn't deserve more compensation. I agree w/ the previous post, Apple's system solution at the least makes the upgrade from previous StuffIt versions unnecessary. What little I've gained from version 8 more than suffices for any future needs I may encounter.

It seems this company lacks the vision and/or development team to come up w/ new, innovative software for Mac. So instead, they attempt to milk the old cash cow StuffIt one more time. Good riddance, Aladdin... or whatever you call yourself these days.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Just bought 8.0.2 and now I have to pay "only" 29$ for an upgrade? Forget it. Nobody really this tool really. There was only one feature why I bought this (to have a browsing view for archives), but even if this tools should have a high level of maturity it has some strange behavior that is not really user convenient. My personal conclusion: the price for this tool is much to high and the update policy shows that they don't like old customers...  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  I can think of no compelling reason why developers or anyone else for that matter would want to stick with this product when OS X has effectively obsolesced it.

Doesn't anyone remember that Stuffit upgrade fiascos have been the norm since, what, version 4.5 or so?

Dump Stuffit.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  maybe YOU should read... that comment was for version 8.0.2 regarding version 8.0 owners...  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Registered owners of version 8.x or earlier can upgrade to the new version for only $29.99. Order Now!

Maybe YOU should follow your own advice?  
(Version 9.0)

153957  9? already?  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Should I still keep StuffIt Standard, when I got StuffIt Deluxe?  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  To the previous poster,

This update is FREE to ALL StuffIt Deluxe 8.0 users.

One word of advice:

Read before garbage comes out of your mouth!  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  This update should be free to users of Stuffit Deluxe 8.?. What a ripoff.  
(Version 8.0.2)

STILL STUFF'N  I've never had a download/install/update anything with StuffIt. I've always heeded the warnings and followed the instructions. Still a great product and I'm glad that Aladdin gets StuffIt Deluxe around for us. Much better than the Apple basic .zip feature.  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  I wasted my time to download this .dmg file but found out that the file unable to mount!  
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Dunno why people are grumbling. Downloaded in 5 mins flat, works like a charm, have been using since version 4 or so... great program, and upgrade prices are ever so reasonable. This is a great little company, and has always been responsive.  
(Version 8.0.2)

MATREYA  The sooner Apple support this format, the sooner we can dump Aladdin's crappy software.

And why is their server so damn slow? maybe they should dump xand.com as their site host.  
(Version 8.0.2)

JAMES WALL  Does anyone actually inform the developer of problems? I posted to the Aladdin forum and got a reply within minutes that it would be handled. If you don't tell someone who can do something you're just blowing smoke.   
(Version 8.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Not only has Aladdin gone down the crapper, they can't even serve this file without it timing out.  
(Version 8.0.2)

HOLMES FUTRELL  All I have to say is that Aladdin was incredibly irresponsible for releasing 8.0 without sufficient testing. As a result, I spent much of my personal time replying to email's about why my software wasn't working on clients computers, and how they could fix it (upgrade Stuffit). After a while, we moved our products to .dmg compression, smaller, faster, integrated, and most importantly, it actually works! Thankfully, once 10.3 becomes widely adopted, the zip compression built into the finder will render this product USELESS, and it will finally DISAPEAR.  
(Version 8.0.1)

TOM  The last review was mine, I forgot to write my name, sorry.

But I just want to say a good thing: StuffItDeluxe8 on my box didn't produce any KernelPanics as mentioned in other threads(threats) here. Neither the useless AVR thing nor the menu part of StIDL. But I don't have to install software just to have no NEGATIVE effect on my OS. To whom it may concern: pay your programmers a little bit more money and maybe they'll do their job. Maybe. Or leave the whole thing to people who already know their job.

Thanks for your great software.  
(Version 8.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  once more: various stuff-things in progress, then I had to reboot, all proggies quit kindly, but not … you already guess … stuffit; one progress window stayed alive on the shutdown screen till the very last moment. Incredible. I'm growing angry. Compressed dmg-images are the better solution: faster, more confortable and without any probs. In theory it's a good compression program, but unusable if you have to compress more files than one.  
(Version 8.0.1)

DECIDEDLY UNDECIDED  Ah crap! Not having had a "deluxe" version since OS 9, i bought 8 when i saw it was only $30.

Now i get to deal with this execution bit not set/always set business? Curious that i've not come across it yet personally. I haven't installed 8.0.1 and i download a lot of things from this site. I haven't had any apps fail to launch. Anyone know why that would be?

I've not had any big system screw-ups or kernal panics but having the finder completely blocked when stuffing through the menu is ridiculous.

It really could use some speed improvement, as well. But overall, it's not been a bad experience so far.

I also read somewhere that not setting the execution bit was at Apple's request.

Hard to know what to do. I use command-line apps only when absolutely necessary and have issues with all these gz and tar files. I was hoping for one do-all solution.

Aladin had better get their act together.  
(Version 8.0.1)

ROBERT GRUBER  Having all the trouble with the 8.0 and 8.0.1 version, messing through the nonexistens non-international updates (german), frustrated about absolutly no reaction from the support, frustrated about doubleclicking .sits opens Stuffit Deluxe, the list can go on an on...

But what the heck, I am out of this, I use zip, most of my clients never complain when the get zip-attachments.

So, farewell Aladdin with your crap...  
(Version 8.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  >My colleagues & i have bought the Original >version and have not encountered any of the >problems of you stated. We used it heavily in >all aspects due to the nature of our jobs.

so... you used version 8.0 and were able to stuff (.sit) applications in os X without having them end up as non-executable files?

you do realize thats impossible.

don't you?

Stuffit 8.0 set no .sit files with the executable bit, and now stuffit 8.0.1 sets all .sit files with the executable bit... both present their share of problems...

if the executable bit is not set on an application, it will not launch. however if you set everything with the executable bit, then you make it easy for someone to write a virus that auto executes as soon as you unstuff it!

easy solution: set only applications with the executable bit!  
(Version 8.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  I simply do not understand why the hell....must everbody whine so....MUCH......

My colleagues & i have bought the Original version and have not encountered any of the problems of you stated. We used it heavily in all aspects due to the nature of our jobs.

If it so convenient to .tar, .untar, .gzip, .ungzip.. etc then happy typing commands each time or create your own scripts or application!

This forum is meant for reviews and constructive comments. If you wanna whine, go to Aladdin and whine, you probably get more results then!   
(Version 8.0.1)

GRADUS  The 8.0 upgrade is by far the most disastrous among the many bad point-zero versions Aladdin has released so far, but there is one thing that impresses me: their way of dealing with the many user complaints. Their support forums on MacFixit and their own site show that they take every complaint very seriously. They freely admit that Stuffit 8 has its share of bugs and that they are working hard to solve the issues, and their support staff responds kindly and understandingly even to immature insults. One could argue that this is the least they can do after insulting their customers with such a buggy release, but in fact, this kind of honesty and integrity has become very uncommon among software companies these days. They admit that they made a mistake and that they are doing everything to clean up the mess, and I can't help but giving them credit for that, even though I'm as upset as everyone by their lame QA. Remember Symantec and that "Kernel Panic Generator Pro" they had the nerve to call "Norton Utilities 8"? Did you ever hear a similarly honest response by them? No, they didn't even fix the bugs. And I'm still waiting for Macromedia to concede that there was anything wrong with FreeCrash 10 (which never saw an update, too). So give these Aladdin guys a second chance - I'm sure that unlike bigger companies with more resources, they are working round the clock to deliver an update. -

That said, the future of Stuffit under OS X with it's anti-proprietary foundation doesn't look too bright, and with .tar, .gzip, and .dmg compression becoming more popular among Mac users and file distributors, Aladdin will have to completely reinvent their flagship product with the next release. I somehow have the feeling that, all quality issues aside, they will have a very hard time to survive in the market they owned for so many years, but I wish them good luck.  
(Version 8.0.1)

WEIR2000  No one else has mentioned this, so it may just be an idiosyncrasy of our configuration; but I have noticed with StuffIt Expander 8.0 (and it persists with 8.0.1) that I must invoke SE TWICE before an archive will expand. The first time I drag an archive onto SE, SE will start, but do nothing before it finishes a few moments later. However, if I then immediately drag the archive onto SE AGAIN, SE will restart; but this time the progress bar appears and expansion actually takes place. This behavior is consistent from archive to archive.

Anyone else experiencing this? Or have any explanation for why this occurs?

(400MHz G3, OS 10.1.5)  
(Version 8.0.1)

DARYLF2  Given the serious problems with StuffIt Deluxe 8.0 (the (now fixed) permissions issue, the ridiculous kext debacle, and the very limited installer), I'm seriously considering skipping it altogether.

Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" will supposedly have built-in gzip support from within the Finder (preserving resource forks). Can anyone confirm this?  
(Version 8.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Aladdin puts out garbage software as usual. Don't even think about using Spring Cleaning btw. It will screw up your whole machine.  
(Version 8.0.1)

153957  DO NOT UPDATE my whole system preferences got deleted!! (anybody know how to fix this?????)

Almost ALLL my preferences where gone, Safari was crashing all the time..... This is BAD, Stick with 7........  
(Version 8.0.1)