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Convert SIT to HQX

Can you convert SIT to HQX?
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Is it possible to convert SIT to HQX?
No - not a direct conversion.

BinHex (.hqx) was a text wrapper for emailing classic Mac files; converting a .sit to .hqx is obsolete (modern transfer is binary-safe). If you RECEIVED a .hqx containing a .sit, decode it with StuffIt Expander/The Unarchiver instead.

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Converting SIT to HQX

A .SIT file and a .HQX file hold different kinds of data, so there is no direct way to turn one into the other.

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About these formats

.SIT StuffIt Archive

A SIT file is a StuffIt archive -- the Mac equivalent of ZIP, used from the late 1980s into the 2000s for distributing Mac software. To open one on a Mac, use the free StuffIt Expander or…

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.HQX Macintosh BinHex archive

A .HQX file is associated with Macintosh BinHex archive, a encoded file.

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