Destinations Allows you to change the Archive Settings, Destination, Encoding, and more to create an individual "Profile" target that you can drop your files and folders on.StuffIt lets you create archives in three formats and customize your compression settings. When posting files to a web or ftp site for public download, then portability is king.
If you're just grouping a bunch of related files together, speed may be the thing. If you're trying to fit files onto a CD, or a USB Flash drive, then size may be the most important factor.
For the most secure passphrases, avoid using common names, or words that can be found in a standard dictionary. Stronger encryption methods simply allow you to use longer passphrases. When you see encryption methods rated by strength (40bit, 128bit, 512bit, etc) the number used indicates how many "bits" your passphrase can contain. Tip: Any encryption method you use to protect your files is only as strong as your passphrase.
STUFFIT SOFTWARE ZIP
While the StuffIt utilities can expand encrypted Zips, many tools including the Zip utilities built into Windows and OS X cannot. Support for expanding encrypted Zip archives is limited.
STUFFIT SOFTWARE PASSWORD
A password is required to view or expand the contents of the archive. Also, the encryption in StuffIt X encrypts the entire archive. StuffIt X offers four different encryption methods, but defaults to the stronger 512-bit RC4 encryption.
In addition to browsing the contents of archives, the Archive Manager application allows you to extract individual files or folders, or a selection of files and folders, from the archive without having to expand the archive in its entirety. The contents of the folder will be displayed underneath the folder icon, indented slightly to the right. To view the contents of a top level folder, simply click the disclosure triangle next to its name. By default, the window will contain all the items located in root (or top level) folder of the archive. When you browse the contents of an archive in Archive Manager the folder structure of the archive is represented hierarchically. You can even edit StuffIt and Zip archives WITHOUT expanding, as well as: You can also open an archive to browse its contents by dragging and dropping onto the Archive Manager icon on your Dock. By default, when you double-click on one of the supported archive types in the Finder, Archive Manager will open a browse window and display the contents of that archive. And it allows you to modify the contents of Zip and StuffIt archives.
STUFFIT SOFTWARE RAR
Look inside & edit archives without expandingĪrchive Manager allows you to browse the contents of StuffIt, Zip, Tar, and RAR archives, including encoded archives, and compressed Tar archives (tarballs).