What is the best file compression software

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What is the best file compression software

Hi
I'm about to buy some compression software but thought for starters I'd ask the forum their opinion on the best to go for.
Normal mix of files (MS Office, pdf, jpeg etc.)
I'd heard good reports of Stuffit (better at lossless compression than WinZip)

Imac, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Oct 3, 2008 8:30 AM

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LarryHN

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Oct 3, 2008 8:41 AM in response to 39new2mac

Stuffit is great and a long time Mac standard

But - why not save the money and use the Mac compression built in - right click (control click) a file or folder and select the compress command

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Oct 4, 2008 3:01 AM in response to 39new2mac

Many file types, such as JPEG and video files, are already compressed, and will not compress any further.

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dwb

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Oct 4, 2008 5:32 AM in response to 39new2mac

The Mac OS has zip compression built in. Select the file(s) in the Finder and right click (command click). You'll see the option to Compress in the contextual menu. Stuffit had/has been the longtime favorite but has lost favor in the last few years.

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