

sit format stayed forever the #1 choice for archiving old Macintosh files/applications whereas. It also took care of storing such Mac files on a Windows computer for instance. Therefore, StuffIt took care of bundling resource forks along with the binary data constituting the file and allowed for uploading/downloading from or to a web server. Macintosh applications (and most documents) all contain resource forks which are not binary safe nor transfered using standard FTP or HTTP tools such as web browsers. It became so much of an essential tool when downloading basically *anything* from the internet.

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It began as shareware and then it went commercial but StuffIt Expander (the decompression tool) always remained free and was even bundled by Apple on Mac OS release CD-ROM's starting from the mid-90's, coinciding with the popularity of the internet in homes.

StuffIt was the most versatile and used compression suite on the Mac since 1987.
