How to I extract a SIT file in Mac OSX SL?

[mrsir2009]

How to I extract a SIT file in Mac OSX SL? It opens on my iBook G3 running Mac OS9... So I guess its an "old" sort of file compression type. Is there any way I can extract SIT files on Mac OSX SL?

BTW when I try and extract them on OSX it says it can't open this filetype.

Thanks!

 

[MacUser2525]

How to I extract a SIT file in Mac OSX SL? It opens on my iBook G3 running Mac OS9... So I guess its an "old" sort of file compression type. Is there any way I can extract SIT files on Mac OSX SL?

BTW when I try and extract them on OSX it says it can't open this filetype.

Thanks!

The Unarchiver should do it for you.

http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html

 

[mrsir2009]

Thanks, it worked! Mac OSX should come with something like that.

 

[Dalton63841]

I use Stuffit Expander. From what I gather that is where .sit came from (stuffit). Not to mention it unarchives pretty much everything.

 

[GGJstudios]

Thanks, it worked! Mac OSX should come with something like that.

Mac OS X does come with a built-in compressor/expander, but .sit files is a proprietary file type used by StuffIt, so it's not expected that Mac's built-in expander would open every file type.

 

[MisterMe]

Thanks, it worked! Mac OSX should come with something like that.

For longer than a decade, it did. However, Apple and Stuffit's developer had a falling-out. At any rate, Stuffit Expander is free as is The Unarchiver. Neither are critical because .zip is now used for most file-based compression of MacOS X files. However, I have Mac files going back to 1989. I keep my installation of the fee-based Stuffit Deluxe up-to-date.