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ALADDIN ANNOUNCES STUFFIT DELUXE 4.5 - OS 8 COMPATIBLE, NEW EMAIL SUPPORT, AND ADDED EXPANSION FORMATSAladdin Announces Special Offer To StuffIt Users- Free and Discounted UpgradeWatsonville, CA - October 27, 1997 -- Aladdin Systems today announced that StuffIt(reg) Deluxe 4.5 is expected to ship October 31st. New upgrade includes Mac OS 8 compatibility, support for more expansion formats like MIME/Base64, encrypted ZIP, and LHA expansion, additional email program support and Private File encrypted file support. New Features in StuffIt Deluxe 4.5, include:
"The new features in StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 make Internet downloads a breeze. StuffIt covers all the common formats on the Internet, so it doesn't matter which platform you receive files from. Aladdin makes it easy to communicate," said Rakesh Chabra, StuffIt product manager. True Finder Integration The True Finder Integration(tm) (TFI) control panel acts as a central location where users can tailor StuffIt's integration into the Mac OS8 Finder. The TFI control panel adds compression, expansion, and file translation with an extensible architecture including three TFI "extensions:" StuffIt Browser(tm), Magic Menu(tm), and Archive Via Rename(tm). StuffIt Browser StuffIt Browser also makes it easier for users to archive files on their hard drive using specific criteria. Using Apple's Find File utility, users can search their hard drive for files to archive based on file name, date modified, and then drag and drop files from Find File into a Browser window or onto a closed StuffIt archive. Magic Menu Contextual Menus are now supported in StuffIt Deluxe 4.5. Clicking on a file or folder while holding down the Control key opens the Mac OS 8 contextual menu list with StuffIt's Magic Menu commands, making StuffIt's commands available from any file. Archive Via Rename Other improvements and features in StuffIt Deluxe 4.5: Internet Support
Faster Stuffing And Expansion
Other features
"StuffIt Deluxe is such an easy product to use for compression and expansion on virtually any platform found on the Internet. With StuffIt's virtually transparent compression, you hardly notice you are using it, but it is such an essential utility," said Jonathan Kahn, vice president, Aladdin business line. Availability, Pricing, and Requirements Customers can purchase upgrades direct from Aladdin's Customer Service or from national retailers and catalogs selling specially stickered boxes of StuffIt Deluxe 4.5. Registered StuffIt Deluxe owners (any version) will be offered StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 for $29.95 (plus tax and shipping), while retail purchases will be at regular price (estimated street price $79.95) with a $50 rebate for customers with proof of ownership of any previous version of StuffIt Deluxe. Also, starting Monday 11/3, registered users will also be able to order upgrades directly off the web from: http://mars.he.net/~aladdin/products/stuffit/deluxe/order.html Direct upgrade offers are the same for international customers except the shipping fee (US $19.95). Retail upgrade offers vary by country. This offer expires December 31, 1997. Contact Aladdin's Customer Service for ordering information at sales@aladdinsys.com, (408)761-6200, or Aladdin's international partners at intl@aladdinsys.com or http://www.aladdinsys.com/store/international.html StuffIt Deluxe 4.5 is a commercial software product that carries a suggested retail price of $129.95 US. StuffIt Deluxe is available throughout the US and all leading mail order and retail computer stores and is distributed by Ingram Micro, Merisel and The Douglas Stewart Company. StuffIt Deluxe is also available directly from Aladdin. Check Aladdin's web site for the international channel partners: http://www.aladdinsys.com/store/international.html. For more information on StuffIt Deluxe go to http://www.aladdinsys.com/deluxe/index.html. StuffIt Deluxe is compatible with any Macintosh computer with 4MB of RAM and System 7.1.1 or higher and Mac OS 8. Aladdin: Making data distribution and management transparent in
the Internet era Founded in 1988, Aladdin Systems, Inc. is the developer and publisher of award winning business and consumer products. Aladdin publishes StuffIt(tm), the worldwide compression standard; Spring Cleaning(tm), the fastest and safest way to clean up your Mac; FlashBack(tm), the ultimate safety net for any file; Private File(tm), the easiest cross-platform encryption software. Other Aladdin products include: InstallerMaker(tm), the Macintosh installation standard and ShrinkWrap(tm), the quickest and easiest way to create and distribute disk images. Aladdin products are designed to help users take full advantage of their computers by making life easier. Aladdin is located at 165 Westridge Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076, USA; telephone: (408)761-6200; URL: http://www.aladdinsys.com; e-mail: info@aladdinsys.com ### StuffIt Deluxe, StuffIt SpaceSaver, StuffIt Expander, StuffIt InstallerMaker, StuffIt Browser and True Finder Integration are trademarks of Aladdin Systems, Inc. All other products or brands are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
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