Is BOMArchiveHelper better than using Stuffit Expander?
YES.
Stuffit in it's latest version (8.0) STILL can't do more than one thing at a time! It's still horribly threaded and inefficient.
BOMArchiveHelper doesn't do much, but what it does it does well. Open another zip file while one is expanding? No problem! The progress window expands just like it would for disk images.
Speed? Well, an archive that took 4 seconds to expand natively took 17 seconds in Stuffit Expander. I think that alone speaks for itself.
Stuffit in it's latest version (8.0) STILL can't do more than one thing at a time! It's still horribly threaded and inefficient.
BTW: for those running 8.0: you definitely need to update to 8.0.1. There is a rather serious bug in 8.0 that will disregard permissions on certain .sit-compressed files (notably applications) and will render an application unusable. I had problems with Thoth and Sound Studio and thought it was Panther. Turns out it was Stuffit!
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Remember: it's a Good Thing? that Apple has put this in as a separate app rather than bloating up the Finder.
is it working properly?
Originally posted by dstranathan
Yes it works BUT what is it? an App? Where is it? Who made it? Is it in Linux, Unix too?
I just told you what it is.
Yes.
/System/Library/Core Services
Apple.
No.
Originally posted by eVo
Is BOMArchiveHelper better than using Stuffit Expander?
YES.
Stuffit in it's latest version (8.0) STILL can't do more than one thing at a time! It's still horribly threaded and inefficient.
BOMArchiveHelper doesn't do much, but what it does it does well. Open another zip file while one is expanding? No problem! The progress window expands just like it would for disk images.
Speed? Well, an archive that took 4 seconds to expand natively took 17 seconds in Stuffit Expander. I think that alone speaks for itself.
Compress and expand files and folders directly in the Finder using the standard gzip format.
Originally posted by Brad
YES.
Stuffit in it's latest version (8.0) STILL can't do more than one thing at a time! It's still horribly threaded and inefficient.
BTW: for those running 8.0: you definitely need to update to 8.0.1. There is a rather serious bug in 8.0 that will disregard permissions on certain .sit-compressed files (notably applications) and will render an application unusable. I had problems with Thoth and Sound Studio and thought it was Panther. Turns out it was Stuffit!
Originally posted by ZO
Stuffit is at 9 already? Crikey, just hit 8 a few weeks ago!
Heh, I guess you loaded the thread before I could correct my post. I meant 8.
Why isn't it names "ZIP Extreme"? or "iZIP" or something more "Appleish"?
I think it uses .zip, not .gzip...