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Opening Unix executable documents on my Mac

I have a new iMac os v 10.6. I recently received some documents on a CD that has an icon indicating it is a UNIX executable file. (black icon with green letters in the top right that says 'exec'. Is there a way I can open these documents on my Mac?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Nov 3, 2010 9:40 AM

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selven

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Jan 9, 2011 6:51 AM in response to kamazka

"/Users/jesseharwig/Downloads/Folx/Maison.De.Himiko.avi.006:"

huh, that's part of a spanned video file, you need to drag drop that on vlc and see what you get.

Also, might be that it has been spanned using zip or rar or something like that use zip or rar to get the full file.

Jan 11, 2011 10:13 AM in response to Larry Kunz1

Hi.
I'll use this topic instead of opening a new one, since I have the same problem...

I got a DVD, it is supposed to work on both PC and Mac. If I open it I find (among other files) a .exe file named START_WIN and a file named START_MAC whose icon is the black rectangle with the "exec" written in green. If double-clicked, the Terminal says "cannot execute binary file" and nothing happens. How should I open this file???

Csound1

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Jan 11, 2011 10:36 AM in response to kamazka

If they are .avi files you can play them in VLC player.

Jan 11, 2011 11:09 AM in response to Csound1

It is not an .avi file, I pretty sure. These 2 files are of the same kind, one (.exe) should work on PC, and the other on Macs. But I don't know why my Mac can't open it. Again, its name is START_MAC so it is supposed to be the "Mac-compatible version" of the .exe file...

Jan 15, 2011 4:53 PM in response to Jeffrey Jones2

I just got .trm files on a CD from a court. They are audio of oral arguments before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the USA. The instructions say to download "TheRecord Player 5.4" from www.ftrgold.com, an Australian company that appears to disdain OS X and Linux, supporting only Windows.

So, with this bit of added information, can anyone point me to an audio player for the Mac that can handle .trm audio files, or a separate program that can convert them to a usable codec?

Mar 26, 2013 8:19 PM in response to CopyOwner

.trm court files can be converted by simply dragging and dropping them to All2MP3 which is a free dowload app.

Apr 1, 2013 10:52 AM in response to RickKoerber

Just had a more detailed version of this conversation with a solution in some circumstances... here - Any .trm file players for mac -- or a way to convert them to wma files

Vuillard

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Sep 16, 2013 9:02 AM in response to Larry Kunz1

I had this same problem yesterday. I had old Claris Works files and Apple Works Files dating back to 1995 on floppy discs and I needed to save them to my current computer. Nothing would open them. I found this software:

http://www.libreoffice.org/

The software works like a charm! It opened up the file and I was able to save it to Word. It was very fast and easy. They ask for a donation on the website, but I think the download works even if you don't give a donation. The software works so well to convert the files that I didn't mind giving them some money. I had tried everything else and Libre Office was the only thing that worked for me.

Opening Unix executable documents on my Mac