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I have a bin file and I want to mount it without having to burn it in my mac like my iso-files. How do I do that?

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  • Daemon Tools works well.
    – Gaʀʀʏ
    Jul 12, 2014 at 18:01
  • Just tried in El Capitan: Open Disk Utility, File->Open and select the image file. .img extension works, haven't tried if it takes .bin.
    – schieferstapel
    Jul 13, 2016 at 10:55
  • Neither Daemon Tools nor Disk Utility will open a .bin file in Sierra.
    – Andreas
    Sep 12, 2018 at 15:18
  • I've used AnyToISO mac app to convert bin/cue files to iso. bchunk didn't work for me as I understand it's for converting audio files, but I wanted to convert Warcraft2 game image
    – Lev Lukomskyi
    Jul 19, 2021 at 9:35

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You can use the bchunk, which should be in MacPorts (alternatives are: bin2iso and isodump), to convert that .bin/.cue pair to .iso, and then mount ISO file. With bchunk, the command (run in console) would be

bchunk image.bin image.cue image.iso

There's also ccd2iso, but I believe it doesn't support .bin files - only .img.

Further, I'll be talking from a Linux perspective, but as long as Mac is a FreeBSD derivative, it may work. You may want to use the console mount command (run man mount to read the manual) together with cdfs or cdemu. These will require lots of manuals reading and console love, and success will depend on what kind of kernel Macs use. Only try this as a last, really-desperate method.

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    with homebrew you can install bchunk with brew install bchunk
    – cwd
    Nov 4, 2011 at 11:46
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    use bchunk -w image.bin image.cue track to output to wav files
    – norq
    Jan 29, 2018 at 21:33
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If you have Toast, add the bin file in Toast and save as image .toast file. Rename .toast extension to .dmg. Double-click to mount on desktop and copy content to hard drive.

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Ctrl + click on the .bin file then select Open With -> Disc Utility.

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    This does not work for me on Mac OS X 10.9.
    – herzbube
    Jan 31, 2014 at 16:15
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cabextract is a package that provides utilities for using .bin files. It's available through MacPorts. It allows you to extract files from Microsoft cabinet files.

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A similar SuperUser question was asked here: How to open .bin files in Mac?

The answer that worked for me for the particular .bin file I had downloaded was to simply rename it to end with ".iso" and then to mount it via the normal .iso mounting mechanisms available on macOS. In my instance (on macOS Mojave), I right clicked on the newly renamed .iso file and selected Open With -> DiskImageMounter (default)

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