StuffIt Expander is a very powerful archive decompression tool. It looks a bit deceiving, and I bring this up because when I first used StuffIt Expander I didn't think much of it.
The file format support of StuffIt Expander is impressive. It supports all the most popular formats. It has support for password-protected files, sequenced files and more.
Uncompressing files on Mac is a totally different experience. You simply uncompress a file and its contents are automatically placed wherever you like. I associated all archive files with StuffIt Expander, so I can simply double-click a file on the Finder and it will automatically be uncompressed. I even set the app to delete the archive after it has been uncompressed, so I don't have to worry about that.
StuffIt Expander is free for download but it also comes as a part of the StuffIt Deluxe suite. These days I think the best two apps for uncompressing files on a Mac are The Unarchiver and StuffIt Expander. They both work equally well and you can't go wrong with either of them.
Pros
- Support for multiple encryption types
- Automated archive processing
- Preview option
Cons
- No partial unpacking
BEST APP EVER! History lesson: First it was owned by Aladdin Systems then Allume then Smith micro!
This Stuffit Expander is quite reliable and effective when expanding all types of compressed files, it simply hasn’t failed me yet.
The program is very comfortable to use to extract compressed files. You can manually specify the directory to extract files to. Besides I like the simplicity of interface.