How do I stop Fetch from expanding every Zip and StuffIt archive?
Normally Fetch automatically expands Zip and StuffIt archives and other encoded or compressed files after downloading them. To stop Fetch from expanding or decompressing all files, uncheck the Allow automatic decoding of downloaded files checkbox in the Download Preferences pane. You can also tell Fetch to stop automatically expanding just certain kinds of files. For example, if you want to stop Zip files from being expanded: Connect to your server, select a file whose name ends in “.zip”, choose RemoteGet Info, and uncheck the Automatically decode files like this checkbox in the Transfer Options pane of the info window. To stop decoding of StuffIt archives, select a file whose name ends in “.sit” and follow the same steps. For more information, see the decoding files automatically help topic. You can also follow these steps to in order make Fetch save the original Zip and StuffIt archives (and other compressed files) after downloading and expanding them. For more information, see the
