tabath Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Which is your favourite? I find I need a few to handle all the file formats I hve come across or is there one you use that does them all? I have tried numerous but have on my machine at the moment - wnizip, winrar, tugzip,magic disk. What do you use for those files with less usual extensions like .sit and .ufi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 7Zip unzips things I didn't even realize were compressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabath Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 7Zip unzips things I didn't even realize were compressed. Yeah - don't think it works on .sit files though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickerabbo Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 We use IZArc at work and it is very useful. I have just taken a look and it does not support .ufi or .sit files but it is free, fast and supports most other file formats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beakmyn Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 For extraction I use the Universal extractor http://legroom.net/software/uniextract It'll unzip just about any type of compressed file, including installer packages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBP Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 tar works well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 tar works well Tar doesn't compress, just puts lots of files in a single file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhollyMindless Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Actually tar's "z" option will pipe through compress so it's not as off topic as you might think. But it was certainly a litty "troll-y"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 For sit and other such Mac files I say an older version of Stuffit if you can find one (try oldversion.com), for everything else I use WinRAR personally, but YMMV depending on what stuff you often decompress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Sierakowski Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Which is your favourite? I find I need a few to handle all the file formats I hve come across or is there one you use that does them all? I have tried numerous but have on my machine at the moment - wnizip, winrar, tugzip,magic disk. What do you use for those files with less usual extensions like .sit and .ufi? I second IZarc. Free, fast and efficient... and shame on anyone not compressing to .zip or .rar. I think sit and ufi are proprietary to their own programs (Stuffit and ?? (unless you meant .uif.)) Drives me nuts when people intentionally choose less prevalent file types with no apparent advantage :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBP Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Actually tar's "z" option will pipe through compress so it's not as off topic as you might think. But it was certainly a litty "troll-y"... how the fuck is that troll-y. Thats what i use, im giving my opinion, thats what a forum is about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 For windows I just use WinRAR and 7-zip. Linux, I use whatever is built in, as most files are either tarballz, lzm or some other gzip/bzip compresses or archive type file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I use 'The Unarchiver' on the Mac, Stuffit was just too much like WinRAR for me liking. I use 7Zip on windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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