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StuffIt

StuffIt

Compression software StuffItDevelopersAladdin Systems, Smith Micro SoftwareStable release16.2 Operating systemmacOS, WindowsTypeData compressionLicenseProprietaryWebsitestuffit.com StuffIt is a discontinued family of computer software utilities for archiving and compressing files. Originally produced for Macintosh, versions for Microsoft Windows, Linux (x86), and Sun Solaris were later created. The proprietary compression format used by the StuffIt utilities is also termed StuffIt. In December 2019, Smith Micro Software, the product's most-recent owner and developer, officially announced that StuffIt had reached its end-of-life and that StuffIt products would no longer be developed. There was one final update in December 2020, adding support for the Apple M1 architecture and Intel Mac systems through a universal binary of the program. Overview StuffitFilename extension .sitInternet media type application/x-stuffitapplication/x-sitType codeSIT!, SITD, SIT2, SIT5 (depending on file version)Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)com.stuffit.archive.sitUTI conformationpublic.datepublic.archivecom.allume.stuffit-archiveDeveloped byRaymond Lau (creator), currently Smith MicroInitial release1987; 3