Meshamem
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Q: Opening .bin files using El Capitan

Hello

I'm trying to open the System 7.0.1.smi file that I dowloaded from http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English -North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_S… the file's name is System 7.0.1.smi and strangely not System 7.0.1.smi.bin Saying this, I read that "The Unarchiver" app from the Mac app store that supposedly opens these kind of files. I tried and didn't work. Can anyone help me out on this one?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7), 500GB (7,200 RPM) 4GB RAM

Posted on Aug 13, 2016 5:23 PM

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Q: Opening .bin files using El Capitan

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  • by Jan Hedlund,

    Jan Hedlund Jan Hedlund Aug 13, 2016 8:53 PM in response to Meshamem
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    Aug 13, 2016 8:53 PM in response to Meshamem

    The MacBinary (.bin) acts as a protection for the contained file (in this case, the .smi).

     

    Normally, keep the .bin file completely unaltered until on an old Macintosh computer. Once there, one would use an appropriate version of StuffIt Expander to decode the .bin. The result would be an smi file.

     

    The .smi is a self-mounting image. If you double-click on the smi file (on a computer running System 7.0.1 to Mac OS 9.x), the image will mount. The mounted image in turn contains System 7.0.1 disk image files. Use Disk Copy 4.2 (the Make A Copy button) to create sector-copied floppies from the images.

     

    There may be other experimental ways of handling this, but the easiest approach (when there is an smi file involved) is to do as described above. Ask someone with a suitable older Mac for help.

     

    With certain floppy disks, available as direct 1.44 MB Disk Copy 4.2 disk image downloads (.bin, but .image without the intermediate .smi), there are some other possibilities.

  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Aug 20, 2016 9:34 AM in response to Meshamem
    Level 9 (66,776 points)
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    Aug 20, 2016 9:34 AM in response to Meshamem

    Get Stuffit Expander from http://www.stuffit.com/