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		kalleboo on May 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MacRelix – Unix-like features for classic Mac OS mbin most likely refers to "MacBinary" (a format used to preserve the Mac resource fork when a file is passed around online/on non-Mac file systems)

jjuran on May 13, 2024 [–]

Indeed, I use .mbin for MacBinary, as the more conventional .bin is overloaded with other meanings.

I also use .mbim for MacBinary+, which encodes a directory tree instead of a single file.

Astraco on May 13, 2024 | [–]

I've tried different versions of Macbinary without luck, maybe I'm missing something.

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