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eatinwokout · Jan 9, 2005, 07:46 PM

ok i started having this problem today. i've repaired permissions twice, uninstalled and reinstalled three times, but still can not get the app to work. if i try opening stuffit expander or try and expand a file that i've downloaded, the app freezes and does not respond. upon opening, the app will bounce in the dock a few times then stop. clicking on the icon does not bring the app into focus. the only way to close it is to force quit.

im running osx 10.3.7 and the latest release of stuffit expander (9).

any help would be appreciated.

thanks.

mac15 · Jan 9, 2005, 07:48 PM

I'm having the same problems too

eatinwokout · Jan 9, 2005, 07:50 PM

i read some of the other posts below and read that i should turn off automatic updating.. the problem is is that i can't even access the app to get into preferences.

Goldfinger · Jan 9, 2005, 07:54 PM

Happened to me as well today.

eatinwokout · Jan 9, 2005, 08:02 PM

so is this a problem for stuffit standard? will the problem persist with stuffit deluxe?

Goldfinger · Jan 9, 2005, 08:12 PM

Originally posted by eatinwokout:
so is this a problem for stuffit standard? will the problem persist with stuffit deluxe?

Nah, I have deluxe and stuff expands fine with it.

wjdennen · Jan 9, 2005, 09:29 PM

same problem here!

Stuffit Expander just won't launch. It bounces... bounces... and keeps bouncing. Then it stops. Weird.

reemas · Jan 9, 2005, 09:31 PM

same problem. i did just about everything and more as the original poster. it just wont load at all. i even tried installing previous versions and all.

i came here and saw it wasnt just me.

eatinwokout · Jan 9, 2005, 09:32 PM

ok so is there any other app that we can use instead of stuffit to access sitx and other stuffit required files?

reemas · Jan 9, 2005, 09:35 PM

also for .bin files as well. i wonder if this has to do with internet access? it can't be coincidence a lot of us are having this problem today.

TETENAL · Jan 9, 2005, 09:41 PM

Originally posted by eatinwokout:
ok so is there any other app that we can use instead of stuffit to access sitx and other stuffit required files?

There is none. Stuffit is a proprietary format.

Unplug Ethernet and modem cables from your computer, disable AirPort, run StuffIt Expander and simply disable the update check feature in the preferences.

mac15 · Jan 9, 2005, 11:26 PM

Thanks for that it works like a charm now

Targon · Jan 10, 2005, 12:30 AM

How should we go about encouraging developers to use .dmg or .zip, .tar archiving instead of a proprietary closed format like stuffit?

I have always really hates Stuffit on OSX.

BTW Little Snitch didnt pick up on it trying to connect to the network, and im sure i disable version checking in the first place.hrmmmmmm

Eyenovation · Jan 10, 2005, 01:15 AM

God damn it, Stuffit. Get your stuff together. Arghhhhhhhhhh.
*Looks to get alternative*
You'd think they'd be on top of this by now.

Wevah · Jan 10, 2005, 02:15 AM

I cringe when I see OS X software distributed as .sit or .sitx; I really don't see the point at all.

TETENAL · Jan 10, 2005, 03:27 AM

SitX offers excellent compression rates, is cross-platform, supports long files names, HFS metadata including Unix permissions and resource forks. It's actually a very good compression format.

Targon · Jan 10, 2005, 09:11 AM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
SitX offers excellent compression rates, is cross-platform, supports long files names, HFS metadata including Unix permissions and resource forks. It's actually a very good compression format.

The format maybe fine but when there is only 1 POS app that can dcecode the format then its useless!!!

Wevah · Jan 10, 2005, 01:49 PM

That and the fact that it's proprietary are what irritate me the most.

Wevah · Jan 10, 2005, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
SitX offers excellent compression rates, is cross-platform, supports long files names, HFS metadata including Unix permissions and resource forks. It's actually a very good compression format.

OS X software does not need to be compressed in a cross-platform format, and .dmg (which can then be .gz'd or .bz2'd if you really wanted to) supports long filenames, HFS metadata, UNIX permissions, and resource forks just fine.

So again, I don't see the point for OS X software.

grayware · Jan 10, 2005, 11:21 PM

Originally posted by TETENAL:
There is none. Stuffit is a proprietary format.

Unplug Ethernet and modem cables from your computer, disable AirPort, run StuffIt Expander and simply disable the update check feature in the preferences.

I was having the same problem. Thanks Tetenal!

sailor41 · Jan 11, 2005, 03:02 AM

While pissing away an hour on the OS and reinstalling expander, MacNN (TETENAL) had the problem tagged and solution already.
When will I learn.....MacNN first..........Thanks