.bin files

faceman

I downloaded AOL AIM for mac. Its a .bin file. However when i try to install it, i get an error message saying "Quicktime can play movie"!! How to i install apps with this extension?

fade2black

You could convert it with this:

http://www.vcdgear.com/download.html

Although I know nothing of macs so it's possible this is not the advice you're looking for.

faceman

what does the download do?

fade2black

It basically converts the file to an MPEG which is somewhat easier to use.

patto_chan

.bin is a compressed archive format. Use Stuffit Expander to decompress the file and install AIM.

Stuffit is a must-have mac utility.

Urban Weigl

Kind of off topic, but I'd recommend using iChat over the official AIM client. It's a lot less commercialised.

BuffyBot

and the official AIM client can be quite unstable too

Oriel

Fade2Black, Reread the original post.

smcelhinney

If you can, download a version of Stuffit 9 to open bin files. There's a known issue with v11 that causes some (*edit) bins to take hours to expand.

Also, depending on your type of Mac, AFAIK .bin files are historically not Universal Binaries. They normally use the standard disc image format for Mac (.dmg) for this.

If you want to run older binaries, try the Classic OS utility in OS X.

triple h

patto_chan wrote:

.bin is a compressed archive format. Use Stuffit Expander to decompress the file and install AIM.

Stuffit is a must-have mac utility.

great, i love to hear of must-haves, thanks.

weeder

anybody , any idea why stuffit isnt bundles with macos anymore

big_moe

i have a .bin file that wont open with stuffit. its a movie part of a .cue file. stuffit says it is not a compressed file...

any ideas how to get the file to burn to dvd then i can go from there..

cheers
moe

pa

Both Burn and Toast will handle bin/cue files.