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StuffIt Deluxe for Mac

File compression tool.

$19.95
In English
Version 16.0.5
2.7
Based on 55 user rates

StuffIt Deluxe overview

Note: This application is not being sold anymore. This listing is only for people with valid license information.

StuffIt Deluxe packages your files and sends them where you want them as easily as drag-and-drop. Need security? Destinations uses strong AES 256-bit encryption. Destinations combines DropStuff and StuffIt Expander into one powerful tool. It's an expansion tool that supports nearly any file type you download from the Internet or receive as an attachment. Destinations can create Apple Disk Images (.dmg), Zip (.zip), StuffIt X (.sitx), compressed Tar archives (.tbz2) and can upload and share files through our SendStuffNow file hosting service, your MobileMe iDisk, or FTP server. Compress files to CD/DVD or send compressed attachments. Tailor your Destination's tiles: Choose a destination, a compression format with or without encryption, and notification option. Then drag and drop a file onto a tile and it's off. Just set it once. Destinations is the newest member of the StuffIt Family for Mac, which includes free StuffIt Expander 2011, StuffIt 2011 and StuffIt Deluxe 2011.

StuffIt Deluxe enables you to work with a wide variety of compressed and encoded file formats. StuffIt can expand over 30 formats including RAR, 7zip, split and segmented archives. With StuffIt Deluxe, you can also browse archives, preview images and selectively extract just the files you want. StuffIt can even browse encoded archives and compressed tar files. You can extract individual files from tarballs in one step, no need to decompress it first.

Are you getting "Operation Not Permitted" errors when you try to open a Zip archive? Use StuffIt instead. StuffIt can open those password-protected Zip archives. Need to send files securely? StuffIt can create encrypted Zip archives, too.

Do you want to send a Zip archive to a Windows user? Use StuffIt to Zip archives that don't include extraneous Mac data.

With the StuffIt Quick Look plugin, you can preview the contents of an archive right in the Finder. Preview compressed attachments right in Apple Mail without saving and expanding them first. You can even preview archives backed up with TimeMachine. No need to launch anything just to see what's inside.

With the StuffIt plugins for iPhoto and Aperture, you can take advantage of StuffIt's patented JPEG compression: Archive your photos and burn them to CD/DVD or compress and upload them easily right from within iPhoto and Aperture. Compress your JPEGs up to 30% with no loss in image quality.

Upgrade from ANY previous version for $29.99!

Other features:

  • Create disk images in one step with MagicMenu or the StuffIt Contextual Menu.
  • Use Destinations to create multiple Preference settings and save them as Tiles to meet your needs: Make encrypted Zip and upload to FTP server. Make StuffIt X archive and burn to DVD. The customization possibilities are nearly endless.
  • Schedule backups with StuffIt Scheduler. Automatically backup archives to CD/DVD, or upload them to FTP, or your MobileMe iDisk
  • Automate StuffIt with Automator Actions, AppleScript, and command line tools
  • With the StuffIt Plugin for Google's MacFUSE, you can mount archives in the Finder and browse the contents as virtual disks.
  • Create Mini-Installers with SEA Maker. With the Remote Payload feature, you can create small mini-installers that download their parts from an FTP or MobileMe iDisk.
  • Innovative technologies such as our patented data recompression and duplicate detection.
  • StuffIt 2011's engine enhancements improve performance and create smaller archives. StuffIt can now recompress WAV files.

What’s new in version 16.0.5

  • Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

StuffIt Deluxe for Mac

$19.95
In English
Version 16.0.5
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Swo
Swo
Aug 7 2023
16.0.5
0.0
Aug 7 2023
0.0
Version: 16.0.5
By the way, Stuffit Deluxe isn't compatible with Mac OS X Ventura, but Stuffit Destinations (part of the Stuffit Deluxe suite) is which means you still have that backward compatibility if you were a prior user of Stuffit and want to continue doing so.
Swo
Swo
Feb 6 2021
16.0.5
0.0
Feb 6 2021
0.0
Version: 16.0.5
I actually like Stuffit Deluxe and I think that it sucks that they're no longer developing it (though the writing was on the wall for awhile). Though I'm running a Mac with High Sierra (Mac OS 10.13.6) and it works just fine.
Swo
Swo
Sep 26 2020
16.0.5
0.0
Sep 26 2020
0.0
Version: 16.0.5
This app is officially dead (as in no longer supported or developed) that they continue to charge for it is a bit shady.
anonymous-ox
anonymous-ox
Dec 4 2019
16.0.5
0.0
Dec 4 2019
0.0
Version: 16.0.5
Stuffit has officially reached end of life. https://support1.smithmicro.com/portal/kb/articles/stuffit
anonymous-ox
anonymous-ox
Dec 4 2019
16.0.5
0.0
Dec 4 2019
0.0
Version: 16.0.5
Stuffit has officially reached end of life. [url]https://support1.smithmicro.com/portal/kb/articles/stuffit[/url]
nostrand
nostrand
May 4 2023
16.0.5
4.0
May 4 2023
4.0
Version: 16.0.5
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67fabrice67
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4.0
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2.5
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1.0
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2.0
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2.5
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1.8
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1.8
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2.0
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2.0
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2.5
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