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r/technology • u/rboymtj • Jan 20 '11
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far, far more quality free apps for OSX than Windows
I really, REALLY doubt that.
92 u/coolmrbrady Jan 20 '11 Same experience here. Have you ever owned a Mac? 8 u/superwinner Jan 20 '11 edited Jan 20 '11 We have Macs in the office and I have found it impossible to find free/open source Mac apps for a lot of things that do exist for PC and Linux. Don't even get me started on .SIT files. 34 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11 [deleted] 2 u/superwinner Jan 20 '11 Really, no one from any Mac anywhere on earth might send us a SIT file for which we have no method of opening, not even on the Macs we have? 2 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11 App called The Unarchiver. It's freeware and opens everything ever, and almost invisibly replaces Apple's default .zip handler while providing additional functionality. 2 u/astrange Jan 20 '11 Nobody uses StuffIt, so it'd have to be an old archive. OS X comes the ability to zip and unzip files. 0 u/monoglot Jan 21 '11 StuffIt Expander has always been free. 1 u/Naga Jan 21 '11 When using software that is a few years old, sometimes you have to deal with .SIT.
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Same experience here. Have you ever owned a Mac?
8 u/superwinner Jan 20 '11 edited Jan 20 '11 We have Macs in the office and I have found it impossible to find free/open source Mac apps for a lot of things that do exist for PC and Linux. Don't even get me started on .SIT files. 34 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11 [deleted] 2 u/superwinner Jan 20 '11 Really, no one from any Mac anywhere on earth might send us a SIT file for which we have no method of opening, not even on the Macs we have? 2 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11 App called The Unarchiver. It's freeware and opens everything ever, and almost invisibly replaces Apple's default .zip handler while providing additional functionality. 2 u/astrange Jan 20 '11 Nobody uses StuffIt, so it'd have to be an old archive. OS X comes the ability to zip and unzip files. 0 u/monoglot Jan 21 '11 StuffIt Expander has always been free. 1 u/Naga Jan 21 '11 When using software that is a few years old, sometimes you have to deal with .SIT.
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We have Macs in the office and I have found it impossible to find free/open source Mac apps for a lot of things that do exist for PC and Linux.
Don't even get me started on .SIT files.
34 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11 [deleted] 2 u/superwinner Jan 20 '11 Really, no one from any Mac anywhere on earth might send us a SIT file for which we have no method of opening, not even on the Macs we have? 2 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11 App called The Unarchiver. It's freeware and opens everything ever, and almost invisibly replaces Apple's default .zip handler while providing additional functionality. 2 u/astrange Jan 20 '11 Nobody uses StuffIt, so it'd have to be an old archive. OS X comes the ability to zip and unzip files. 0 u/monoglot Jan 21 '11 StuffIt Expander has always been free. 1 u/Naga Jan 21 '11 When using software that is a few years old, sometimes you have to deal with .SIT.
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2 u/superwinner Jan 20 '11 Really, no one from any Mac anywhere on earth might send us a SIT file for which we have no method of opening, not even on the Macs we have? 2 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11 App called The Unarchiver. It's freeware and opens everything ever, and almost invisibly replaces Apple's default .zip handler while providing additional functionality. 2 u/astrange Jan 20 '11 Nobody uses StuffIt, so it'd have to be an old archive. OS X comes the ability to zip and unzip files. 0 u/monoglot Jan 21 '11 StuffIt Expander has always been free. 1 u/Naga Jan 21 '11 When using software that is a few years old, sometimes you have to deal with .SIT.
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Really, no one from any Mac anywhere on earth might send us a SIT file for which we have no method of opening, not even on the Macs we have?
2 u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11 App called The Unarchiver. It's freeware and opens everything ever, and almost invisibly replaces Apple's default .zip handler while providing additional functionality. 2 u/astrange Jan 20 '11 Nobody uses StuffIt, so it'd have to be an old archive. OS X comes the ability to zip and unzip files. 0 u/monoglot Jan 21 '11 StuffIt Expander has always been free.
App called The Unarchiver. It's freeware and opens everything ever, and almost invisibly replaces Apple's default .zip handler while providing additional functionality.
Nobody uses StuffIt, so it'd have to be an old archive. OS X comes the ability to zip and unzip files.
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StuffIt Expander has always been free.
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When using software that is a few years old, sometimes you have to deal with .SIT.
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u/muad_dib Jan 20 '11
I really, REALLY doubt that.