Yes, the file size is important to me. I want it to be as small as possible.
So should I just use the windows version of stuffit to change the .bin file to
a .sit file? What kind of compression difference can I expect?
-Jay
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From: Seth Willits <seth at freaksw dot com>
Reply-To: Getting Started <gettingstarted at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:15:37 -0700
>On Jul 29, 2004, at 5:02 PM, Jay Rimalrick wrote:
>
>> I am using the RB Windows IDE to build for the Mac. The file it
>> creates is a .bin file. When I open this file on a Mac it uses
>> stuffit expander to create the application (executable) file.
>> However, I see that most people post Mac programs in the .sit
>> compressed file type. Do I have to copy the file from windows to a
>> Mac, uncompress it, then recompress it to a .sit file every time, or
>> is there an easier way?
>
>As long as it uncompresses, we don't care. We ALL have StuffIt Expander
>and it can decompress and decrypt just about everything. So using a bin
>is fine, but it won't have as good of compression as a StuffIt file
>will.
>
>
>Seth Willits
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