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Some CD Images are packed in the ECM file format. This can only be read by programs explicitly designed to deal with ECM files. Luckily, there are tools available that allow you to convert these files into much more usable formats such as ISO or Cue/Bin files. This guide shows you how to use ECM Tools to accomplish this conversion.
Press 'Shift-Command-N' to create a new folder in the Finder. Name the folder to match the content of the MacBinary file. Copy and paste, drag and drop, or move the BIN file into the new folder. FreeArc by Bulat Ziganshin is a free-to-use application that can help you easily create and extract various types of archives. Even if there is no version of FreeArc for Mac available on the market, there are plenty other archive managers you can use to do this job. Unzip a RAR file email attachment. If you receive a.rar file as an email attachment, simply double-click to open it. UnRAR files on your Mac from the Finder. If you have saved a.rar file in the Finder, double-click it to open. After opening it, you can view some or all of the contents by highlighting the files and pressing Command+Y.
The reason why some files come in ECM format is because this format compresses the CD image substantially in an effort to not only save disc space, but also bandwidth in the process. That is why some of these files come in ECM formats. Decompressing these files is very straight forward once you have the tools needed. For this guide, we will be using ECM Tools.
First, you need to download ECM Tools which can be located here The RAR archive contains all the files needed to decompress ECM files. (Update May 13, 2020: Old link is now dead, try this).
Find a convenient place on your hard drive for your ECM needs. Next, open the archive and drag and drop the files into this folder. Once done, you’ll have a set of files ready to use. To use ECM tools, find the ECM file in question and drag and drop it over the unecm.exe file. Unecm.exe will automatically open up the ECM file, decompress the file, and close after.
That’s it! You now have a useable CD image that has been decompressed!
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