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Summary
Name	Stuffit Archive File
Version	5
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/x-stuffit Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.stuffit.archive.sit PUID: fmt/639
Family
Classification	Aggregate
Disclosure
Description	The Stuffit Archive file format is a proprietary file compression format originally developed by Raymond Lau in 1987. It supports storing the Resource Fork alongside other files and is commonly used in Mac environments, though a Windows version has also been released.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	14 Feb 2014
Source description
Last updated	16 Oct 2021
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