OS9 Scrapbook files

Hi, janesprando -

Welcome to Apple's Discussions.

There is only one file available to Scrapbook at a time in OS 9. It is named (oddly enough) Scrapbook File and can be found loose in the System Folder. There can be more than one Scrapbook File, but each would need to be swapped out in turn with the one in the System Folder in order for Scrapbook to recognize it.

I don't know of a program that can extract items (images, text, etc., each a separate page) from the Scrapbook File. The way to retrieve an item is to open Scrapbook from the Apple menu, which automatically selects the file named Scrapbook File in the System Folder. Go to the page you want to extract; with it visible, select Copy from the Edit menu. This places the item on the invisible Clipboard. You can then paste the item into an appropriate document.

A word processor document is a good choice to copy an item into, because it can then be selected and dragged out onto the desktop as a stand-alone clipping.

[Lemkesoft’s +Graphic Converter X+|http://www.lemkesoft.com/content/188/graphicconverter.html], of which a free trial version comes pre-installed on many Macs (or used to at least), can extract images from a Scrapbook File. Choose the “PICT Resource” filter when navigating to the file; it should open as a listing-window which you can browse for the image to extract. Once captured it can be saved in any of the wide variety of raster formats the app supports.

(Sorry, I guess I missed the editing deadline.)

P.S. Adobe Photoshop, if you happen to have it, can also get into the Scrapbook: choose File > Import > PICT Resource.

Hi, Odysseus1479 -

Thanks. I don't have Graphic Converter X since I don't use OS 9, but I tried using the OS 9 version of GC and it, too, could open the Scrapbook file. It listed, and could extract, the image files in Scrapbook, but not the text or sound files.

Given that text files are easily replicated manually (unless they are very complex and long), that should not be a problem.

Following the thought line of using GC, I tried using Sound Extractor to grab the sound files from the Scrapbook file - and it worked fine.

In case janesprado needs sources for those two programs -

Graphic Converter - Graphic Converter download page
- for the OS 9 version click the link lower on the page for Older versions
- Note - GC is one of those utility apps that is well worth the small price asked for it. It has a tremendous set of features.

Sound Extractor - http://www.riccisoft.com/files/soundextractor-131.hqx
- this is OS 9 only, and is a direct download link, file size about 100MB