.sit

StuffIt archive, Aladdin Systems' classic compression format widely used on classic Mac OS

Dedicated renderer

Format facts

MIME type

application/x-stuffit

Apple UTI

com.allume.stuffit-archive

Stock Quick Look

no stock preview

Planned approach (census)

special-renderer

Icon hint

generic-icon

Prevalence

rare

Renderer note (from the census)

parse StuffIt header for file count

Census note

Mac historians encounter StuffIt; native macOS shows nothing for these vintage archives.

Gotchas: vintage Mac

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