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Lion's App for compressing files.

I accidently deleted Lion's built in App for compressing and expanding files.

The one that does what "Stuffit" did in the old days.

Is there a way to reinstall it without doing a complete Lion reinstall?

I can't recall the name of the Application however i think it started with a "A".

Thanks.

Brian

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Apr 30, 2012 9:47 AM

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Posted on Apr 30, 2012 10:12 AM

The compression/decompression feature in Mac OS X is not a separate application, it's a system service, and could not be deleted (not without a lot of work). I think you're mistaken in what you believe you've deleted. What leads you think you deleted the compression/decompression feature?


Regards.

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Apr 30, 2012 10:12 AM in response to bam4

The compression/decompression feature in Mac OS X is not a separate application, it's a system service, and could not be deleted (not without a lot of work). I think you're mistaken in what you believe you've deleted. What leads you think you deleted the compression/decompression feature?


Regards.

Apr 30, 2012 10:20 AM in response to varjak paw

I was deleteing some Apps that were not being used on my MacBook Pro.

One of them was at the beginning of the App List when viewed in alphabetical order.

It was a green colored icon but seemed to be an Apple App.

You might be correct inthat it wasn't even an Apple App.

It could have come with a program I downloaded in the past.

I will download a large compressed file and see if it decompresses.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Lion's App for compressing files.

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