[muglo] Re: STUFFIT

I have this problem from time to time with my older 6800. What I do is open
Stuffit independently and then open the stuffed files from stuffit's menu.
Extra work, but it does work for me.

Garth.

> Re: Stuffit 7.0.3 not opening.
> 
> It could be that this is a file that was "updated" by Apple's updater. One
> of the flaws of Apple's software install in OS X 10.3 is that it'll place
> files in places where it _thinks_ the host application folders should be.
> Thus, if you move iTunes out of the Applications folder (e.g. to a
> sub-folder like I have) the updater will place updated iTunes file in a
> make-shift iTunes.app folder in /Applications/ when it can't find
> /Applications/iTunes.app/. This means that you'll still have your un-updated
> iTunes.app sitting somewhere else and a non-functional iTunes.app in the
> Applications folder which contains only updated iTunes files. You can fix
> this by manually moving the files from the "updated" iTunes.app container to
> the "unupdated" iTunes.app.
> 
> Why do I speak of updated files? Well, Unix (& OS X) doesn't use "resource"
> files anymore (OS 9 used resource forks to store such things as application
> graphics, code, menu bars, warnings, etc. in easily edited formats and data
> forks for, well, data (like text documents, pictures, etc.)). Such info is
> stored in files which are contained within a folder which OS X treats as an
> application. When an app gets updated most of the stuff is left alone (e.g.
> menus, graphics, etc.) and only a few things need changing. Thus, only those
> few files are changed.
> 
> Eric.
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