hi, can some one tell me how to unzip a "sit" file on my pc, i used to be able to do it on my old puter but now that i have done a upgrade i do not seem to be able to use the file, is there a programme i did not back up from old puter? many thanks

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This may sound sarcastic, but you don't Unzip a Sit file. You unzip zipped files with Winzip and other zip programs. Sit files are a Macintosh file compression format. I guess you can still use the contents, but you need another program to handle the sit files. I am posting a link for one of the major download sites. You will be able to find a program to handle sits easily there. I think you can try Aladdin Expander. As for me, I don't Sit Still for sits. If I download them by accident, I delete them.

You can download it here: http://www.stuffit.com Stuffit Expander handles much more than just .sit files. It unzips your Winzip files too. I've downloaded some freestuff that was in .sit format and I would not want miss it.

"Sit" is far, far better than "zip"... and Alladin's Stuffit is one of the greatest programs for ease of use, flexibility, number of file types handled, etc.. I don't use winzip even on my Windows boxes. I have 5 computers (both types) and, believe me, the Macs are better behaved and their software is, too! Carolly

It really is a bit of a shame that .sit is not very popular on PC - it's simply the fact that WinZIP comes pre-installed on virtually every PC and StuffIt does not. Alladin claims that .sit is typically 20% smaller than .zip and most "real world" magazine tests (and my own experiences) backed this. I know there is a battle about compression filesizes going on, and it certainly isn't worth skipping a well-established format like .zip for an obscure new one which occasionally saves you just a few bytes, but 20% on average is a lot... :-)

I use Powerdesk Utilities for file management (I hate the Windows explorer junk. They still don't seem to know how to do the job well.) Powerdesk has a builtin zip tool, and Quickview which allows me to view most files right in the file manager. It's so easy to pretty much have one program to handle all that stuff. Sit is something associated with a Macintosh. In my estimation, Macs are a good idea. But Apple just never really managed to get the Mac to the point where they equalled the PC in the marketplace. I used to work for a computer store, and I saw first hand how badly Apple handled their products. Another long story for another day perhaps. I walk into a computer superstore, and look for Macintosh stuff. You'll find it in a corner of the store somewhere. The PC stuff occupies the rest of the store. I'll stick with PC's. I'll stick with zip.

Alright alright, not that religious war again, please... Alladin is a commercial company releasing freeware, shareware and commercial products for both the PC and the Mac. When .sit is 20% smaller than .zip it means that a 5MB .zip file could be a 4MB .sit file instead. This saves the creator 20% bandwidth and the user 20% download time/costs. If people know about this and still prefer .zip for whatever reason, it is perfectly fine. However, if people just don't know about it (but would like use the 20% for something good or better) I think it is just a bit sad and it'll be a good idea to simply tell them about it. That's all. None of this has anything to do with Apple - a .sit file compressed on a PC is still smaller than a typical .zip file... :-)

I would hazzard to guess that PC'ers use .ZIP and MAC'ers use .SIT because the extensions themselves denote on what the platform the file is more LIKELY to run. I myself, prefer .RAR :)