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Once upon a time, I could load old (classic Mac) disk images with DiskImageMounter, which came with the operating system. Now I find that they don't open. DiskUtiiity can't do it. And DiskImageMounter is nowhere to be found.
How can one open these disk images on a modern Mac?
DiskImageMounter is in...
/System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?27725-What-program-to-use-for-dsk-images-on-Mac
Under Classic Mac OS (before Mac OS X)
Mac OS 8.5 to Mac OS 9.2.2: Toast 5 Titanium
Mac OS 6.0 to Mac OS 7.6: DiskDup
Under Mac OS X
Use Disk Utility bundled with every Mac OS X environment: Launch Disk Utility > FILE menu > Open disk image...
https://www.macintoshrepository.org/articles/192-what-is-a-dsk-file-diskdup-image-and-how-to-use-it-
how to mount .dsk files / what even happened to DiskImageMounter?
