.daa files (Direct Access Archive)

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.daa files (Direct Access Archive)

Is there any way to open a .daa file on a Mac? If you can't open it, can you mount it somehow, and then take the contents out?

Sorry if this wasn't the right forum to ask, but I've been looking and I've spent so much time worrying about where to ask the question I probably could have asked it once and been told to ask it elsewhere, then gotten it answered there in the time I've taken!

Thanks.

MacBook Pro 2.33GHz Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Apr 24, 2007 1:47 PM

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Klaus1

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Apr 24, 2007 2:38 PM in response to nyblueblue

There is an explanation about .daa files here:

http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/downloadingfiles/f/playingdaafiles.htm

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varjak paw

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Apr 24, 2007 2:39 PM in response to nyblueblue

DAA is a format proprietary to PowerISO, and that appears to be Windows-only. The only way, to the best I can discover, to get access through those files is through running PowerISO under Windows, either on your MBP or on another system.

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nyblueblue Author

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Apr 24, 2007 2:43 PM in response to Klaus1

Thanks, I did read that and the WIki article on them, along with a few others and some message board posts. I just thought perhaps a true Mac expert would know a way to do it without involving Windows in any way. I saw someone on a message board mention mounting them, and I thought it might be possible to do that, or even burn the file to a disc and then somehow get the files.

MacBook Pro 2.33GHz Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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nyblueblue Author

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Apr 24, 2007 2:47 PM in response to varjak paw

Thanks, I guess I was kind of looking for one of those Mac cracker solutions with the elegantly simple ways to handle the Windows stuff. I'm not planning to mess up my new MBP by putting Windows on it, and I'm not going to go to the trouble of bowing before a Windows-centric proprietary file format, so I guess I'll boycott for the time being. 🙂

But if anyone knows or does come up with a solution, please post! I know there are a lot of other Mac users out there asking, because I've seen them.

MacBook Pro 2.33GHz Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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varjak paw

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Apr 24, 2007 3:29 PM in response to nyblueblue

The only other possiblity I can find would be to somehow get AcetoneISO to run, perhaps through Fink, and convert the DAA image to ISO. But what would be involved in getting AcetoneISO to run I can't say.

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