HJSPlit is a popular usenet tool that was created by Freebyte.com. Various programers actually created the HJSplit version for the different operating systems. HJSplit’s compatibility allows the file-splitting tool to exchange files between the different operating systems. For example, a file split/.001 files on the Mac can be joined on a Windows system. HJ Split is freeware and there is no charge for the software.
HJSplit can be downloaded directly from the FreeByte site:
The various versions of HJSplit can be found on the home page as well.
Why to use HJSplit?
Imagine that you are trying to email a very large file- 30 MB. Most email providers will not send an attachment that large. HJSplit will enable you to file-split the large file into smaller part. This allows the smaller parts to be more easily stored or sent Many times the format of the file are called .001 Files.
HJsplit can also be used to assist in the backup of large GB sized files. The usenet tool will allow you to split the large file into smaller specific files sizes (640MB, etc.) so they can be saved on CD-Rom disks.
The most important things about HJ-Split is that it can join the split files-001 files back together again. You will specifically use HJ-Join for putting together .001 and other similar split files. HJJoin is compatible with all versions of HJ-Split. You can download HJ-Join.zip here.
Read our HJSplit tutorial to learn how to install and use the program.