![]() Right-click the SIT5 file and select Information.Selecting the first-choice application in Mac OS Finally select Look for another app on this PC, point to the folder where StuffIt Expander is installed, check the Always use this app to open SIT5 files box and conform your selection by clicking OK button.Click Choose another app and then select More apps option.Choose the Open with entry from the file menu accessed by right-mouse clicking on the SIT5 file.Selecting the first-choice application in Windows The method is quite simple and varies little across operating systems. If you have the latest version of StuffIt Expander installed and the problem persists, select it as the default program to be used to manage SIT5 on your device. All of the file formats that were handled just fine by the previous versions of given program should be also possible to open using StuffIt Expander. If you have an older version of StuffIt Expander installed, it may not support SIT5 format. It may also happen that software creators by updating their applications add compatibility with other, newer file formats. If you already have StuffIt Expander installed on your systems and SIT5 files are still not opened properly, check if you have the latest version of the software. Check the version of StuffIt Expander and update if needed ![]() The safest method of downloading StuffIt Expander installed is by going to developer’s website (Smith Micro Software, Inc.) and downloading the software using provided links. The full list of programs grouped by operating systems can be found above. Select StuffIt Expander or one of the recommended programs (for example, StuffIt Deluxe) and download it from appropriate source and install on your system. The main and most frequent cause precluding users form opening SIT5 files is that no program that can handle SIT5 files is installed on user’s system. The following is a list of guidelines that will help you identify and solve file-related problems. In most cases they can be addressed swiftly and effectively without assistance from a specialist. On the bright side, the most encountered issues pertaining to StuffIt 5 Archive Format files aren’t complex. ![]() Note: The file "STUFFIT551_CD.SIT" is a compressed StuffIt archive containing a ".toast" image file of StuffIt Deluxe 5.5.1 CD-ROM also contains other software such as: ACTION Files 1.5.2, AportisDoc Mobile, AportisDoc Reader, BrainForest Mobile, Gravity Simulator, Groovysoft Software, Acrobat Reader 4, BBEdit 5.1.1 Demo, Internet Explorer 5, Josh's Apple Game, On Guard 3.3.1, Tex-Edit 2.7.2, Biggy Demo, FontAgent 8, Snitch 2.6.5, and Tex-Edit Plus 3.0.1), Aladdin products goodies (GoBar 2.2, HotTime 1.3, InstallerMaker 6.5.2, DropStuff 5.5, Expander 5.5, Tuner 3.0, Desktop Magician 1.0.1, DragStrip 3.7.1, FlashBack 1.130, MacTicker 1.6.3, IntelliNews 2.0.1, MacHeadlines Pro 1.9.1, MacHeadlines Lite 1.9.1, ShrinkWarp 3.5.1, Sundial 3.0 Demo, and WeatherTracker 3.0.6.ĭownload StuffIt Deluxe 1.5.x - 8.There can be multiple causes why you have problems with opening SIT5 files on given system. zip format became the standard on Windows computers. sit format stayed forever the #1 choice for archiving old Macintosh files/applications whereas. It also took care of storing such Mac files on a Windows computer for instance. Therefore, StuffIt took care of bundling resource forks along with the binary data constituting the file and allowed for uploading/downloading from or to a web server. ![]() Macintosh applications (and most documents) all contain resource forks which are not binary safe nor transfered using standard FTP or HTTP tools such as web browsers. It became so much of an essential tool when downloading basically *anything* from the internet. It began as shareware and then it went commercial but StuffIt Expander (the decompression tool) always remained free and was even bundled by Apple on Mac OS release CD-ROM's starting from the mid-90's, coinciding with the popularity of the internet in homes. StuffIt was the most versatile and used compression suite on the Mac since 1987. ![]()
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