Browse Archives
Look inside archives just like you look inside a folder - no expansion necessary
StuffIt Deluxe let's you browse archives just like you would a regular folder. No more having to remember what you put inside, or expanding an archive just to check for something. Archive Manager gives you easy browse access to the contents of your archives. Browse the contents of StuffIt, Zip, Tar, and RAR archives, including encoded archives, and compressed Tar archives (tarballs).
You can even EDIT StuffIt and Zip archives WITHOUT expanding
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...quickly browse archive contents
...add files to an existing archive
...extract single files from an archive
...rename items in an archive
...delete items from an archive
Easy access to view the contents of your archives.
Archive Manager allows you to browse the contents of StuffIt, Zip, Tar, and RAR archives, including encoded archives, and compressed Tar archives (tarballs). And it allows you to modify the contents of Zip and StuffIt archives. By default, when you double-click on one of the supported archive types in the Finder, Archive Manager will open a browse window and display the contents of that archive. You can also open an archive to browse its contents by dragging and dropping onto the Archive Manager icon on your Dock.
Look Inside Archives just like you look inside a folder - no expansion necessary
When you browse the contents of an archive in Archive Manager the folder structure of the archive is represented hierarchically. By default, the window will contain all the items located in root (or top level) folder of the archive. To view the contents of a top level folder, simply click the disclosure triangle next to its name. The contents of the folder will be displayed underneath the folder icon, indented slightly to the right.
Extract individual files from SIT, SITX, ZIP, TAR, Compressed TAR, CBZ, CBR, CBT & JAR archives without expanding them
In addition to browsing the contents of archives, the Archive Manager application allows you to extract individual files or folders, or a selection of files and folders, from the archive without having to expand the archive in its entirety. Use the Toolbar to select and expand a single file, or the Menu actions, or simply right-click on the file and choose to expand it, or even drag and drop it to the Finder - all four methods are used throughout Archive Manager. Pick whichever is most convenient for you.
Add Comments to your StuffIt Archives
You can use comments to note information about the contents of the archive, or to give directions to a recipient of the archive. When expanded, the comments will be saved as a separate text file. Just click the "Comment" button in the lower left corner of the archive window.
Get Info about your Archives - More Info for StuffIt Archives
In addition to basic information about the Name, Kind, Original and Compressed Size, Dates of Creation and Modification, and Label for the file, the Archive Manager Get Info window includes a number of advanced attributes that relate to advanced features of the StuffIt file format:
- Original: In StuffIt X archives, the Original attribute provides information about the original location of the file before it was added to an archive. StuffIt Expander can then use this information to "restore" the file back to its original location on the hard drive. This information is only recorded for each top level item in an archive. The location for lower level items is calculated based on the item's relationship to its top level folder. Archives created with StuffIt Scheduler contain Original attributes.
- Preview: StuffIt X archives created with JPEG Compression and one of the thumbnail options enabled contain JPEG previews. The Preview tab allows you to preview the thumbnail of the compressed image without having to expand it from the archive.
- Comments: Just as you can assign comments to the archive as a whole, Archive Manager also allows you to assign comments to individual files in the archive using the Comments field in the Get Info window.
