About
StuffIt Deluxe is a once-popular archiving utility for Mac OS X. With StuffIt, you can open and create archives in the CAB, GZIP, LZH, MIME, PF, RAR, SIT, TAR, UU, UUE, and ZIP formats—including, of course, SIT (which was practically the standard for archiving on the Mac platform)—as well as the newer StuffIt X compression format. Additionally, the program can open ARC, PAK, ARJ, and BinHex (HQX) files.One of its key features is its modular architecture; essentially, StuffIt is not a single standalone application, but rather a suite of programs.
Another notable feature is the ability to apply robust encryption to archives.The software is available in several different editions; of particular interest in the Deluxe version—a utility absent from the standard edition—is StuffIt Express. This tool allows users to automate sequences of commands—for instance, archiving specific files, uploading them to an FTP server, and subsequently sending notifications to designated recipients informing them that the archive is available for download.Program Features:
• Patented 24-bit image compression technology
• Specialized compression for TIFF, PNG, GIF, and BMP images
• Optimized compression for PDF, MP3, and other formats
• Re-compression of Zip archives and MS Office documents
• JPEG photo compression of up to 30% without loss of quality
• Creation of StuffIt, Zip, and TAR archives
• Archive browsing without file extraction or the creation of temporary folders
• Conversion between Zip and Sitx archives
• Thumbnail previews of images within archives
• Adding, deleting, and modifying files within archives
• One-click file extraction from archives
• Extraction support for over 25 compression formats
• Archive search by name, date, and other parameters
• Decryption of Zip and StuffIt archives
• Use of metadata for archive backup purposes
• Built-in tools for file transfer via FTP and email
• Robust 512-bit and AES 256-bit encryption
• Burning archives to CD, DVD, and Blu-ray discs
• Support for Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 plugins
• Direct file backup to an FTP server
• Creation of cross-platform compatible archives
• Support for multi-processor and multi-core systems
• Extraction of segmented Zip archives
• Extraction of 7z archives
• Creation of self-extracting (EXE) archives with remote payloads
• Added support for any MAPI-compliant email client
• Scheduled backup creation via the context menu