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Snubluck
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I need help opening a .bin file on a mac. It says it's not compressed, any suggestions?
Sep 21 2006 6:32PM
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bigair182
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what is it supposed to be, movie or app? If it is a movie you can use vlc to open and watch it. If its an app I think you can use Toast to mount it, and then you can get the data from there
Sep 21 2006 7:07PM
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IHOP
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Actually i don't think you can play .bins with VLC player because a .bin file is an image(i think). What you need to do is burn the .bins and .cues to a CD. Because .bin files are actually NERO files, but i think you can pretty much burn it with any CD recording app. So yeah, you just burn the image -- make sure you not just burning the .bin file as a data to the cd make sure your burning the actual image -- and open the cd through your computer and it should all be there decompressed.
Sep 21 2006 10:20PM
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Ender
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are you using stuffit?
Sep 21 2006 10:32PM
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Al_Smith
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It probably comes with a .cue file in which case it will work on VLC media player. Even if it doesnt you should download VLC anyway because it will play anything quicktime wont, like avi.
Sep 21 2006 10:34PM
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freezed
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nah man, VLC player is so extreme, it can even play .bins.
Sep 21 2006 10:38PM
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french_fry
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yes VLC will do it, although im not sure there's a mac version. Otherwise mount in on a virtual drive with daemon tools.
Sep 22 2006 12:14AM
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acoustikrage
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daemon tools on a mac? it's pc only.

all you need to do is mount the .bin image with a virtual drive program or burn the image to a cd and use the cd. i have no idea how you go about doing that on a mac, but that's what you do.
Sep 22 2006 1:25AM
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bigair182
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vlc for mac:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
Sep 22 2006 7:50PM
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