Download Aladdins Stuffit Expander 5.5 For Mac
Stuffit Expander, from Aladdin Systems, is a freely redistributable tool for extracting Stuffit 'SIT' archives on Apple Macintosh computers. Most Macintosh file archives are in this format. Unlike ZIP, Stuffit preserves special resource fork and creator type information required by Macintosh file systems. For the Microsoft Windows version, please see Aladdin Expander.
Version 5.5 requires MacOS 7.1.1 or later with a minimum hardware requirement of a Mac II (68020 CPU). Supports PPC Macs.
Stuffit Expander Download
StuffIt Expander 5.5 was the most commonly used archive extractor in the later 90's on Mac OS 8 until the standard edition 7.0 came bundled with Mac OS 9. Until version 7, StuffIt Expander 5.5 was a must have tool especially for people surfing the web as everything was compressed and archived in.sit or.hqx as a way to preserve resource forks. StuffIt Expander® is a free download or included as a feature of StuffIt Deluxe®. StuffIt Expander® Mac free file extractor can be downloaded separately or as an included feature of StuffIt Deluxe®. In addition, Aladdin has posted the freeware Aladdin StuffIt Expander 5.5 and the shareware Aladdin DropStuff 5.5. These also include fixes for Mac OS 9. These also include fixes for Mac OS 9.
Version 5.5 is the last that will run on m68k based Macs, and is the most popular version for vintage Macintosh abandonware.
Installation instructions
Free Stuffit Expander For Mac
The 'bin' file is primarily for use with virtual Mac hard drive image management tools. Inserting this file in to a Mac volume will automatically create the required resource fork and creator information. On a real mac, bin files can be extracted with BinHex.
The 1.44mb disk image may be written with a USB floppy drive (the target Mac must also have a 1.44mb drive), and the ISO may be written to a CD-ROM or mounted in an emulator.