Quick Tip: Decompress Files with Stuffit Expander

For most purposes, Mac OS X's built-in Archive utility is good enough to handle your regular Zipping and Unzipping needs. But if you have a compressed file that ends in something else than .ZIP (or sometimes a .ZIP file with a password), you can use the free Stuffit Expander utility from Smith Micro Software:

• Stuffit Expander from the Mac App Store
• Stuffit Expander from the Smith Micro website

Here are the file extensions that Stuffit Expander can open:

• .7z, .cb7
• .as
• .arc
• .arj
• .hqx
• .btoa
• .bz2, .tbz, .tbz2
• .cab
• .cpt
• .gz, .tgz, .tar-gz
• .lzh, .lha
• .lzma, .tlzma
• .bin, .macbin
• .mime
• .pf
• .rar, .cbr
• .sit, .sitx
• .tar, .gtar, .gnutar, .ustar, .cbt
• .Z, .z, .taz, .tar-z
• .uu, .uue
• .ync, .y
• .zip, .cbz