Stuffit

I had the same problem. Use the non-carbonzied version of Stuffit. The carbonized version sucks ass. It corrupts the installer and you sit on "pre-processing script". Now, when you get it installed, tell me how to set it up.

I've deleted everything with the word stuffit in it and the finder still crashes. ...

hi crash hapin on mac i thout nevir crash. :) Sorry, I love those threads. Configuration as in signature, but I will post from crash reports. I have just noticed that since the recent updates Firefox will crash. Then, with the last Safari update, the same thing. I have--based on the thread on 10.5.8--tried rebooting in Safe Mode and repairing permissions. I have...

As I said - stuffit will not install anything - it's just a file expander, and not a very good one at that. "The Unarchiver" has much more flexibility, among other choices. It also does not provide a way to install other software. If you right-click on that .pkg - what are your choices in the menu after clicking Open With ?

As others have said, leave Windows Media Player alone. For other .sitx files and other archives, download and install Stuffit Expander. ...

hi. i have OS X version 10.5.7 I tried downloading Microsoft Media Player but it's a .sitx file and I can't seem to open it. I tried to find out what's wrong online and websites have recommended two things. One that I shouldn't download WMP but Flip4Mac instead, and two to download stuffit. Should I do both these things or is there something preprogrammed on my laptop? Also...

There was a problem with constant Finder crashes and having a certain version of StuffIt installed, although I thought it only affected 10.5 Leopard... ...

I've done a search and something called Stuffit AVR is installed. ...

Do you, perchance, have any version of StuffIt installed? ...

Double-clicking an installer (usually a .pkg file) shouldn't be getting interference from stuffit - which is not an installer at all. Right-click on that installer .pkg - then choose Installer from the Open With menu Does that start the installer properly?