Installing StuffIt on OS 8.1

Welcome to discussions.
Do you have a floppy-drive on the 1400? Then you could get Stuffit on your PB with MacDisk.exe via PC.
You may try to get an older version of Stuffit(5.5) on ebay on CD otherwise.

Hi, eltakko -

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The latest version of Stuffit Expander that you can use is probably 5.5; I believe versions 6.0 and later require a version of CarbonLib which won't work in OS 8.1.

You can find such a version of Stuffit Expander in uncompressed form on any OS 9 Install CD, OS 9.1 or earlier - you need not boot to the CD, just insert it, locate the program and copy it from the CD to the hard drive.

You'll find it in the Aladdin Software folder on the CD - on OS 9.0 CDs, that folder is in the Internet folder in Software Installers; on OS 9.0.4 and 9.1 CDs, the Aladdin folder is 'loose' in the Software Installers folder.

I suspect there is also a copy on all OS 8.x Install CDs, but I don't have one to examine - if you have such, dig into it and look for it.

Hi, eltakko. On a Mac OS 8.5 installer CD, look in Software Installers>Internet Access>Parts>Aladdin>Stuffit Expander 4.5 Folder. See whether the same path exists on your OS 8.1 disc. I don't have one to examine for you. Or just search the disc for "Stuffit" with your Find File utility.

Found older versions of Stuffit(3.5.2,4.0.1) on Cd's from MAC-Magazine(in Germany) that you can use,too. The 4.0.1 version also is on the Mac.Disk.exe-and works with older sit.files.