![]() Though files on the Mac platform did not require file extensions, StuffIt archives used the SIT file extension so that archives could be stored on other platforms such as Windows and Linux. ![]() Though StuffIt was available as shareware or paid software, in order to make SIT files more widely compatible, a freeware decompression application called StuffIt Expander was released during the 1990's and has since become preloaded as part of the Mac operating system. StuffIt was originally developed by Raymond Lau in 1987 to provide a one-step process for archiving and compressing files on Mac, and also offered an improved compression ratio over alternative utilities at the time. Though very uncommon, the SIT file extension may also be used to denote a Sinclair emulator snapshot, or PDP-10 Fortran-77 compiler source code file. SIT files were originally used exclusively on the Apple platform, though Smith Micro StuffIt is now also available on the Windows platform. ![]() SIT files are similar to ZIP or RAR files in that they contain complete file and folder structures in a single, compressed archive. SIT file extension is most commonly associated with a StuffIt archive file.
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