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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / January 2005I can't DROPSTUFF anymore. What gives?
Hi... I'm running Mac OS X 10.3.7 and suddenly find that I can no longer use StuffIt Deluxe (DropStuff, in particular). Both StuffIt Deluxe and DropStuff no longer seem to work. They bounce around in the dock all day, but never run (application not responding, after a few seconds.) Other StuffIt apps (such as DropConvert, Secure Delete) run without problem. But, DropStuff (the most important to me) fails. It worked fine a few days ago, but I can't imagine (or remember) what I might have done in the mean time to make it fail. I was running StuffIt Deluxe 8.0.2 when I discovered this happening. I tried re-installing it but same problem. I tried re-booting, same problem. I tried Repairing Permissions, same problem. I tried a newer version of StuffIt but same problem as well. I also read somewhere that some users had to go back to 8.0.1 to fix similar problems (which I'd rather not do) when they upgraded to a newer Mac OSX, but I'm not sure how to do that anyway. I can't seem to find a 8.0.1 installer. Also...I know DropStuff worked in the last few days (well AFTER I upgraded to Mac 10.3.7 from 10.3.6) so I'm a little mystified and am NOT blaming the move to 10.3.7. Anyone have any ideas on how I can dropstuff again? THANKS! > I also read somewhere that some users had to go back to 8.0.1 to fix > similar problems (which I'd rather not do) when they upgraded to a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Anyone have any ideas on how I can dropstuff again? I just spent 2 hours with such a problem after updating stuffit. Appeared not to work, just bounced for a while and I kept force quitting it. Seems to be a bug in the 'auto version check' which is on by default. I waited it out, it timed out and stopped bouncing, about 2 minutes. Then promptly disabled the 'auto version check' in stuffit expander. Now it works as it should.  SignatureFreeMiNT http://sparemint.atariforge.net/sparemint/ [Free your mind...] Team Atari http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_21046.html L. Pursell http://www.bright.net/~gfabasic/ [AtarIRC, GFA-Basic, Hades060] That is (now, WAS!) exactly the problem I had. THANK YOU! > > I also read somewhere that some users had to go back to 8.0.1 to fix > > similar problems (which I'd rather not do) when they upgraded to a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Then promptly disabled the 'auto version check' in stuffit expander. > Now it works as it should. > Seems to be a bug in the 'auto version check' which is on by default. The server it is trying to contact has been down for a few days apparently. Ian SignatureIan Robinson, Belfast, UK - <http://www.canicula.com> Soapbox - <http://homepage.mac.com/ianrobinson/index.html> >> Seems to be a bug in the 'auto version check' which is on by default. > > The server it is trying to contact has been down for a few days > apparently. Just my opinion, but I think they should have set that option off by default. ;-) SignatureFreeMiNT http://sparemint.atariforge.net/sparemint/ [Free your mind...] Team Atari http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_21046.html L. Pursell http://www.bright.net/~gfabasic/ [AtarIRC, GFA-Basic, Hades060] > >> Seems to be a bug in the 'auto version check' which is on by default. > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Just my opinion, but I think they should have set that option off by > default. ;-) Is this option available only in the Deluxe version? I just bought the Standard version and the option is not in Preferences. HFL SignatureH. Lockwood >> Just my opinion, but I think they should have set that option off by >> default. ;-) > > Is this option available only in the Deluxe version? I just bought the > Standard version and the option is not in Preferences. I only use the FREE stuffit and after the 2 hour snafu I had with their problem, I won't be buying it. I have no clue how the other versions may or may not differ, sorry. Perhaps someone else knows that might be following the thread. SignatureFreeMiNT http://sparemint.atariforge.net/sparemint/ [Free your mind...] Team Atari http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_21046.html L. Pursell http://www.bright.net/~gfabasic/ [AtarIRC, GFA-Basic, Hades060] > I only use the FREE stuffit and after the 2 hour snafu I had with their > problem, I won't be buying it. I have no clue how the other versions may or > may not differ, sorry. Perhaps someone else knows that might be following > the thread. After it eventually opens, go to Preferences ... scroll sideways to choose Version Check (you may not spot this at first glance) ... uncheck. That should be it. SignatureAdrian > > I only use the FREE stuffit and after the 2 hour snafu I had with their > > problem, I won't be buying it. I have no clue how the other versions may or [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > choose Version Check (you may not spot this at first glance) ... > uncheck. That should be it. Thanks, Adrian. That was it. Pretty dumb of me not to have seen it before. HFL SignatureH. Lockwood > >> Just my opinion, but I think they should have set that option off by > >> default. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > may not differ, sorry. Perhaps someone else knows that might be following > the thread. Well, the free version came with my new G4 PB as well. Then after 30 days I was informed that to continue using it, I'd have to buy it. HFL SignatureH. Lockwood > Well, the free version came with my new G4 PB as well. Then after 30 > days I was informed that to continue using it, I'd have to buy it. I have never had it do that for the uncompressing part. Yes the dropstuff (to make archives) has a 30 day limit or such. I don't use that part of the package, if I need to make a zip I do it on my Atari where it's still free. ;-) SignatureFreeMiNT http://sparemint.atariforge.net/sparemint/ [Free your mind...] Team Atari http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_21046.html L. Pursell http://www.bright.net/~gfabasic/ [AtarIRC, GFA-Basic, Hades060] Thank you for solving the problem for me! m-m > > Seems to be a bug in the 'auto version check' which is on by default. > > The server it is trying to contact has been down for a few days > apparently. > > Ian > I'm running Mac OS X 10.3.7 and suddenly find that I can no longer use > StuffIt Deluxe (DropStuff, in particular). See the other active threads on this topic. |
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