Today, the only reason to use any of these tools is either: Almost none of these projects have a single person actually setting standards, and even if there is, people aren't following them. Those two things together mean that most vintage Mac software archives come across as ill considered overall, because, well, they are. tar.gz file or why someone would have tried to image a boot CD with toast.
#Stuffit deluxe sit 5.5 rar
I can't think of any other reason why someone would put vintage mac software into a rar or.People contributing to software archives didn't necessarily prepare their files with an intent to be used where they are, and, may not have taken into account what other people have or what their workflows are like.Stuffit happened to be fine for some of the role it got in the early years of the Internet but most of that was because every single Mac magazine cover disc was still shipping with the newest version of the expander, and the expander was included in the OS and with most commercial software and with packs like the apple internet connection kit.It was a file management tool that has its roots in the specific computing environment of the '80s and '90s and most of its foibles come down to the way people interacted with it and with Macs in those decades To add to this point: Stuffit wasn't meant for long-term historical preservation.File compression techniques got meaningfully better during Stuffit's lifetime and the company took advantage of new techniques when releasing new software.I've never seen any evidence that they are not completely forward compatible, so what we're here is ultimately a symptom of two things: I like stuffit, personally, I think it's fine, and, I agree - the fact that the files aren't completely backward compatible is tough.