05-07-2005, 06:21 PM

Hi
I just upgraded to the tiger OSX. I am trying to open a file that is compressed (.sit). After doubleclicking on it it gives me a msg: "Sorry, Expander will not work without the stuffit Engine. Please reinstall from the original installer."

What does it mean? I have a suffit. It used to work. Is there something I have to adjust or download/install some other aplication?

Thanx for any help

05-07-2005, 06:29 PM

Stuffit expander works fine on my system with 10.4. I suggest that you download the latest version and re-install it. Here is a link:

http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/download.html

It's free !!! :cool:

05-07-2005, 06:29 PM

So you upgraded from Panther or did a clean install? Tiger no longer comes with Stuffit Expander installed, but if you upgrade, it should use the one in Panther. It worked for me and others who upgraded.

I would suggest either going to Version Tracker or www.stuffit.com and grabbing the Free Expander. I am still not sure why Apple chose to remove it from Tiger as there are so many Mac files in .SIT format, but it's an easy fix.

05-07-2005, 06:56 PM

I should think that they removed it because you can now archive files in zip format with the system and 'stuffit expander' program inclusion would have been costing Apple extra money.

05-07-2005, 07:41 PM

thank you guys for such a quick response.
It worked out fine.