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StuffIt Deluxe 3.x - 7.x
Almost from its inception in 1987, StuffIt became the standard tool for file compression on the Mac. By combining resource fork handling with compression, Raymond Lau gave Mac users a one-stop solution for archiving their files. Although StuffIt left its shareware roots after version 1.5.1, some form of StuffIt Expander has always been free and freely available.
Available DL's from the top down:
- StuffIt Deluxe 3.0.7 (68k only) [1993],
MD5 checksum & filename: 60AC40FB4CDF8F1CCFAA94944578BF07 *stuffitdeluxe307_dsk.zip
- StuffIt Deluxe 3.5.1 (68k only) [1995], Original floppy disk images, self extracting archive in ".bin" wrapper.
MD5 checksum & filename: 7d560fb7ed8b720a55f232abfcc8c768 *stuffit-deluxe-351-sea.bin
- StuffIt Deluxe 4.01 (68k only) [1996],
MD5 checksum & filename: 59D364D63D1458E57F68A6BB679FBAE8 *STUFFITDLX401.SIT
- StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 (68k & PPC) [1997],
MD5 checksum & filename: 38103EB195E3123FB8D9E43A2E74C3FD *STUFFITDLX45.SIT
- StuffIt Deluxe 5.1.5 (68k & PPC) [1998],
MD5 checksum & filename: CBCFD378421272214F5636BE50AB1E20 *STUFFITDLX515.SIT
- StuffIt Deluxe 5.5.1 (68k & PPC) [1999],
MD5 checksum & filename: 27A0B498F5CD7A892E44241DB30B2A42 *STUFFITDLX551.SIT
- StuffIt Deluxe 5.5.1 CD-ROM (68k & PPC) [1999],
MD5 checksum & filename: FB08955E9D32A96D3E60070CF0F61022 *STUFFITDLX551_CD.SIT
- StuffIt Deluxe 6.0.1 (PPC only) [2000],
MD5 checksum & filename: 198A456BB2FAB1711383B9CCC13F5A14 *STUFFITDLX601.SIT
- StuffIt Deluxe 6.5.1 (PPC only) [2001],
MD5 checksum & filename: 76FF345EFD58ECF32F3396AFAB08FA25 *STUFFITDLX651.SIT
- StuffIt Deluxe 7.0.3 (PPC Classic only) [2002],
MD5 checksum & filename: 7cec7ff83e2bbe984a2b5a152c466e8d *STFDLX703CLASSIC.SIT
- StuffIt Deluxe 7.0.3 Classic Update (not required for full 7.0.3 install, above),
MD5 checksum & filename: 46c3a187ebee7a3780e19f2969f87e4a *STFDLX703UPCL.SIT
[Updated]:
Have split the original download into separate components (as per IIGS_User's request) for easier access to the version you need.
- The StuffIt Deluxe 5.5.1 CD-ROM contents:
- Various non-Aladdin software:
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, ShrinkWrap 3.5.1, Sundial 3.0 Demo, and WeatherTracker 3.0.6
- StuffIt Deluxe 5.5 installer and StuffIt Deluxe 5.5.1 updater.
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC
Version 3.x - 4.x runs well within vMac and Mac OS 6 and 7.
Version 5.0 - 5.5.x runs on 68020 or newer CPU, SSW 7.1 or later.
Version 6.0.x runs on PowerPC CPUs only, Mac OS 8.1 or later.
Version 6.5.x requires Mac OS 8.6 or later.
Version 7.0.3 (Classic) requires Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2
Important:
If you are new to classic Macintosh and require a version of StuffIt to access ".sit" files and you do not have a copy of StuffIt already installed or know how to go about extracting ".sit" archives including the archives on this page, then:
Install the StuffIt Expander v5.5 from here. This is the easiest method to place a version of StuffIt onto your Mac or emulator and can access many of the archives found here. Note: If you are running Mini vMac you will need to use an earlier version of StuffIt (v 4.x or earlier).
See Also:
Comments
This is so helpful, thank you!
not sure why it's not posted here, but i managed to dig out this serial for v5.5 CD-ROM from an ancient-looking webpage:
DLXG-9122-933973
confirmed working.
What's the serial number for this? Can't install without it!!!!
CodeWarrior Pro used to come with classes for opening StuffIt archives. These classes were based on the StuffIt 5.1.2 SDK. This allows to open StuffIt archives, but no StuffIt X archives. I search a StuffIt SDK that can open StuffIt X archives. Has this ever existed for OS 9?
Ok, thank you! I'll change my settings accordingly.
Not so obvious for everyone.
When you click on the link "StuffIt Standard Edition 7.0.3", you can read this on that page:
Sorry if this is really obvious, but do all classic Mac OS versions of Stuffit after Stuffit 5 make Stuffit 5 compatible archives?
View the page entry under "Important:", above.
Or, for more modern computer systems, a .cdr.zip file that contains the StuffIt application, in un-compressed form inside.
That is a bit silly, but the files do need to be compressed, or at least encoded, in some form.
On a newish computer you can download the current version of StuffIt Expander for free from the developer's website:
I am trying to download this because I need to "unstuff" a .SIT file......... The Stuffit programs here are in .SIT files...... soooo..... lol
If I search in archives, then I first choose creator and type and then the file name, because if I search on file name then it's pretty slow. If you want to search in many archives then it's better to copy them to a Windows PC and search there. On www.OldVersion.com they have StuffIt Deluxe 9.0.0.21 for Windows. Password: WSDD-S5R242V-38786040 It has an archive search feature (spy glass at right bottom). This program is much faster than the version for OS 9.
Installed the version 6 in Sheep w/ OS 8.1, when I run the app, it complains that CarbonLib could not be found. I double checked that CarbonLib *IS* in the Extensions folder???
Not for the 7th version, Deluxe or Standard. However, SpaceSaver is present in the 3.5.1 version. And it seems that it's installed from version 3.x.x to version 6.5.x, but I have not verified.
Is SpaceSaver included with these versions?
@mmmmna: Yes this is a problem, but its not the end of your options. You can run Basilisk II or SheepShaver (and later versions of StuffIt) to do the decompression, saving to a HFS drive container that you can share with Mini vMac. You can also decompress archives on your host PC - if the .sit file contains disk images, fine, these you can usually mount in Mini vMac by dragging them into vMac's running window.
It would be good if others would use earlier versions of StuffIt when creating archives intended for earlier Mac OS's and hardware or Mini vMac's M68000 CPU. I do and so do a few others, but most are unaware of the issues or are not in a position to.
Hmm. I encountered a few archives that their owners claimed 'will open in 5.1', but I was only able to open the archive using a later Stuffit version which would not run inside my emulated Mac Plus (miniVmac, 7.0/7/1/7.5.3/7.5.5). I believed the issue was a compression mode in a later Stuffit which was not available in the older version, but nobody sees the problem because they only have the later Stuffit in their host OS, as opposed to an earlier version of Stuffit inside a Mac Plus 7.X environment.
I was hoping to get Deluxe so I could make segmented archives to help transfer data over to one of my vintage Macs. I have an iMac G3 running OS 9, so I'll try 6.5 on that, and that should work.
None of the above DL's are for OS X, at this point in time.
You can try a native OS X version 7.0.3 on your al PB. Its linked above, under the Compatibility section paragraph, beginning "See Also:" which links to the "StuffIt Standard Edition 7.0.3" page.
I've tried both 6.0 and 6.5, and I can't get either of them working under Classic mode in OS X 10.4. They both install just fine, but when I try to open the program, I get an error saying the Stuffit Engine can't be found. I've made sure Classic boots with extensions turned on; no dice. What's going wrong here? I'm on an aluminum PowerBook, so no ability to boot into OS 9 natively.
I thought 6.0 and 6.5 could run natively in OS X, but I was only able to install them under Classic.
Sorry if i am missing something but is there any other reason that we don't have Stuffit 6 besides the "Never install Stuffit Deluxe 6; this is total and dangerous crap" comment in the middle of the page?
I have uploaded zipped toast images from the Old Mac Archive which are suitable for bootstrapping an emulator.
The preexisting .sit files are not useful unless you already have copy of Stuffit Expander or Deluxe. A chicken & egg problem.
W-T-F are all those downloads above?? =>NEVER mind--what a mess this page is.
Btw, StuffIt Deluxe 5 is of limited use as i don't believe it will open/view files compressed with the newer StuffIt 7. Might open them if you specified older compression.
I have DropStuff 3.5, StuffIt Expander 4.0, and StuffIt Expander/DropStuff 5.5 installed in my system disk image which I use with multiple emulators. Before I installed DropStuff 5.5, I used HFVExplorer to rename the "StuffIt Engine" which is part of DropStuff 3.5 to "StuffIt Engine 3.5" (not the Finder to rename it because this "StuffIt Engine" is installed "name-locked", preventing renaming of it in the Finder), and when I want to use DropStuff 3.5, I rename the "StuffIt Engine" and "StuffIt Engine PowerPlug" which are part of DropStuff 5.5 to "StuffIt Engine 5.5" and "StuffIt Engine 5.5 PowerPlug" and rename "StuffIt Engine 3.5" to "StuffIt Engine"
Because it also includes the DropStuff installer (and serial), making it a far more useful addition than the straight 5.5 install on the page you linked to. That page is for those who need an accessible Stuffit Expander 5.5 for any situation, yesterday.
Please do not take it upon yourself to remove the Stuffit Expander 5.5 from this page like the original zipped archive you removed from the page you linked to. That was not a nice way to go about it. You should have added your files to the page as additions, not removed what was already there (for good reason).
Why is StuffIt Expander 5.5 here in StuffIt format when it could have been available in formats meant for people who really need it (and now is at http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/stuffit-expander-55 in RAW 1.4MB HFS disk image and MacBinary I formats)?
Wow!
That true, xy.
Compatibility of StuffIt versions prior to 7.0:
StuffIt/UnStuffIt/Classic 1.x: 68000-68020 with System 4.0-7.5.5.
StuffIt Deluxe/Lite/Expander/SpaceSaver 3.0.x: 68000-68030 with System 6.0-7.5.5.
StuffIt Deluxe/Lite/Expander/SpaceSaver 3.5.x: 68000-68040 with System 6.0.5-7.6.1.
StuffIt Deluxe/Expander/DropStuff/SpaceSaver 4.0.x: 68000-68040 or PowerPC Macintosh with System 6.0.7-8.6.
StuffIt Deluxe/Expander/DropStuff/SpaceSaver 4.5: 68000-68040 or PowerPC Macintosh with Mac OS 7.0-9.0.4.
StuffIt Deluxe/Expander/DropStuff/SpaceSaver 5.x.x: 68020-68040 or PowerPC Macintosh with Mac OS 7.1-9.1.
StuffIt Deluxe/Expander/DropStuff/SpaceSaver 5.5.x: 68030-68040 or PowerPC Macintosh with Mac OS 7.1.1-9.2.2.
StuffIt Deluxe/Expander/DropStuff/SpaceSaver 6.0.x: 68040 or PowerPC 601/603/604/G3/G4 Macintosh with System 8.1-10.1.
StuffIt Deluxe/Expander/DropStuff/SpaceSaver 6.5.x: PowerPC 603/604/G3/G4 Macintosh with System 8.6-10.2.
Edit: Replaced 'xxx7' with 'Mac OS 7' - IIGS User
Very true; only those intermediate updates of a version should be uploaded here which, for some reason, might be- instead of the latest update of a version - of use for some people, especially since intermediate updates are often no good or buggy which is the reason why they have been updated in the first place!
Here are definitions of a couple of words I would like people to think about before uploading to the site:
Quantity-- an indefinite amount or number
Quality-- a peculiar and essential character, a degree of excellence, a superiority in kind
I have the collection of StuffIt items. Will be uploaded later:
- StuffIt Deluxe Updaters (3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.5, 3.0.6 Comp Update, 3.0.7, 3.5.1, 4.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1.5, 5.5.1, 6.5.1)
- StuffIt Deluxe Installers (3.5, 3.5.1, 4.0, 4.5 CD, 5.0, 5.5 CD (the larger size one), 6.0.1, 6.5)
- DropStuff Installers (3.5.1, 3.5.2, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5)
- StuffIt Expander (1.0, 1.0.1, 3.0, 3.0.3, 3.0.7, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 4.0.1, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0.1, 6.5)
- StuffIt Lite installers (3.0b2, 3.0, 3.0.3, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.5, 3.6)
- StuffIt SpaceSaver updates (1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 Comp Update, 1.0.6)
- StuffIt SpaceSaver installers (4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5)
- StuffIt (1.10, 1.20, 1.20 Doc, 1.31, 1.31 Doc, 1.40A, User's Guide 1.40A, 1.40B, 1.5.1, Classic 1.6)
- UnStuffIt (1.0, 1.40, 1.5.1, 3.0.7, Deluxe 1.0.)
- Most DAs and Utilities for StuffIt
Edit: I've downloaded the StuffIt Deluxe 5.5 CD from Pandora. Inside this CD has various non-Aladdin software (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) and 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) including the installer of StuffIt Deluxe itself and StuffIt Deluxe 5.5.1 updater. Will be uploaded later.
Found old links for Stuffit 1.5.x. These are binhex so if you're using a Mozilla-based browser, right-click on the links to avoid corruption.
http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/macintosh/stuffit-151.hqx
http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/macintosh/stuffit-15-utilities.hqx
http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/macintosh/unstuffit-15.hqx
http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/macintosh/stuffit-15-doc.hqx
Tested with Disinfectant.
If someone is doing so, could you please upload separate files to this page for each version of Stuffit?
Can someone Disinfect Stuffit 1.5.1 (use Disinfectant) and reupload? Thanks! The nVir A virus probably won't become abandonware -- even its source code is available.
I can confirm MCPs suggestion: I have Stuffit Deluxe 7, 5 and 4 as well as Stuffit Light 3.6 and Stuffit 1.5 on Mac OS 9.2.2. And I have had to be very careful about this. Stuffit Deluxe 7 is quite independent. The installer of Stuffit 5, however, overwrites older Stuffit Engines, kicks out things that are necessary for Stuffit 4, and the like. Also, there seems to be a conflict between the Preferences of DropStuff 7, 5 and 4. Further, it always helps to disable or uninstall the Menu Items control panel; especially in Stuffit 7 this tool is no good.
Never install Stuffit Deluxe 6; this is total and dangerous crap.
MCP, thanks for that input. I did a Finder search and removed everything Stuffit 5x before installing my own personal copy of SD 3.5. However I didn't search for hidden files in the System Folder. I'll take a look.
If you've had multiple versions of StuffIt on your System, there may be remaining files in the System Folder that are conflicting with each other. In fact, since you mention the mysterious expiration, I'm sure of it.
I tend to just use the DropStuff apps that come bundled with MacOS.
I've had very limited success with Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 from this download. It seems to stop working after a certain time (is it the S/N?), or something gets corrupted, but anyhow I've had to install it 5 times now and I am DONE with this. I'm using 7.6.1 on a PPC.
I've gone back to my original Stuffit Deluxe 3.5 from my personal, simple two 800K floppies that don't have the "Stuffit Finder" and "Stuffit Browser" and "Secure Delete" and all the other bloated junk that 5.5 offers. I hate Stuffit 5.5 with a passion.
I remember my first Stuffit upload which was wrapped into a .cdr.zip file. But by other uploaders this file has been removed in the meanwhile, for some reasons.
Thanks for the link.
I wonder if a list of links can be added somewhere on the Mac Garden site, like "essential Mac software links" for users who are getting older systems running? Would be pretty useful. I mean, a fairly prominent link at the top right navigation, for example, perhaps called "essentials" 
www.mediafire.com/oldmacarchive<-- expiredLook in the Essentials folder, there's lots of download options there. And don't be too harsh on what's available on the Mac Garden; there are many different users with different needs.Wow, the Stuffit program stored in a stuffit archive! Isn't that genius! How is someone supposed to get Stuffit Expander from the net without already having it???
I posted the link after his/her post.
Hey Hatta, is there a reason why you haven't used the mirror link above?
No peers :/. Can someone help?
Some users have reported a copy/paste bug in the emulator. Try typing the serial number out manually.
I just tried installing Stuffit Deluxe 5 (in the 5.1.5 image) on OS 8.1 in Basilisk II. The installer wouldn't accept the serial number when I copied and pasted it.
The versions 3.5 of StuffIt, UnstuffIt and the related drop-apps
as DropZip worked fine on Mac OS 7 machines...
Edit: Replaced 'xxx7' with 'Mac OS 7' - IIGS User
I added in StuffIt 1.5.1, as it's sort of a milestone in StuffIt history. I did not BIN the new archive, I'm not sure why it was like that.