Modern MacBinary Tool for MacOS 26

[lundpk]

I often get files off Macintosh Garden downloaded to my MacBook Pro with MacOS 26. How do I get these files onto a disk immage that can be read by mini Vmac? It seems the no Stuffit Deluxe or MacBinary tools exists for newer ARM based Macs to prep file to be moved to disk images.

 

[Macsimus]

Use the ImportFl application from the Mini vMac Extras pages:

https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/extras/importfl/index.html

Then you don't need to add files to disk images first in order to copy them into the VM.

 

[Mk.558]

I use a "swap" disk image. A .dmg image file that works like a transfer disk. Open it on macOS, drop what you got in there, unmount it, drag the .dmg into Mini vMac, extract it. As long as you don't try to open the image in two environments at once, you won't get corruption.

 

[thecloud]

I use a "swap" disk image. A .dmg image file that works like a transfer disk. Open it on macOS, drop what you got in there, unmount it, drag the .dmg into Mini vMac, extract it. As long as you don't try to open the image in two environments at once, you won't get corruption.

That doesn't seem to work for me. There isn't a filesystem that the disk image can use which will be recognized by both the host macOS computer and Mini vMac. Mac OS 8.1 or later is needed to understand the HFS+ filesystem, but Mini vMac doesn't run OS versions past 7.x. Modern macOS hasn't been able to read a standard HFS volume since Catalina (10.15) and hasn't been able to write to one since Snow Leopard (10.6).

The main problem I encounter with ImportFl transfers is that it loses the file type/creator info. You need to use a tool like ResEdit or FileTyper within Mini vMac to change the imported file's metadata so it can then be opened with StuffIt Expander or whatever.

I've used a different emulator (SheepShaver) to accomplish this: dump a folder full of files into its transfer folder, then run Disk Copy within SheepShaver and create a HFS disk image from that folder, making sure to copy the image itself back to the transfer folder when done.