Mark Lim has permitted me to host a download site for his four (4) Mac
OS X / MacOS Utilities for Apple II Disk Images, Archives and Graphics Files.
I think you will find these to be of very high quality. I certainly
consider them such.
They are: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. CiderXPress
- utility for both creating and working with Apple II disk images
akin to Andy McFadden’s CiderPress for Windows
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly finding and viewing the contents of Apple II disk images
2. NuShrinkItX
- utility for both creating and working with Apple II archive files
(e.g. - .shk)
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly finding and viewing the contents of Apple II archive files
3. SCIIBinX
- utility for extracting an Apple II file from a BINSCII file or
email segment containing BINSCII content
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator
4. QuickViewDHGR
- utility for viewing Apple II graphics files
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly viewing the contents of Apple II graphics files
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Find them all here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
Thanks again to Rob for bringing these to everyone's attention, and to
Mark for allowing them to be released.
Hugh Hood
Also, your AppleWorks Pre-Launcher - Stops crashes from GS/OS Finder – what is this actually doing to ensure AppleWorks launches properly?
Mark Lim has permitted me to host a download site for his four (4) MacExcellent news.
OS X / MacOS Utilities for Apple II Disk Images, Archives and Graphics Files.
Find them all here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
Mark Lim has permitted me to host a download site for his four (4) MacThank you for making these available for download! What format do HD disk images need to be in for CiderXPress? I've tried .2mg, .hdv, and .dsk without any luck...
OS X / MacOS Utilities for Apple II Disk Images, Archives and Graphics Files.
Nice work getting these really useful utilities out there Hugh!
But wait, there's more! :-) Ask Mark about QuickView SHR and
LZ4CompressorX! Let's get them added to your site as well.
Also, your AppleWorks Pre-Launcher - Stops crashes from GS/OS Finder –
what is this actually doing to ensure AppleWorks launches properly?
On Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 9:40:08 PM UTC-6, Hugh Hood wrote:--- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114
Mark Lim has permitted me to host a download site for his four (4)
Mac OS X / MacOS Utilities for Apple II Disk Images, Archives and
Graphics Files.
Thank you for making these available for download! What format do HD
disk images need to be in for CiderXPress? I've tried .2mg, .hdv,
and .dsk without any luck...
Todd
When control is returned to AppleWorks, the stack pointer is in the
wrong place and a crash to the monitor occurs.
Well !!! This is disappointing. I had dragged these applications--- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114
all into a folder to compress them, to send them to your, and now
both CiderXPress and NuShrinkItX don't work. I now get a message
"The document “DELIVSRC.PO” could not be opened. CiderXPress cannot
open files in the “Apple ][ disk image” format."
I put them back into their original location and still don't work.
So far I have restarted the computer which automatically fixes
permissions, redid the security preference to allow CiderXPress and NuShrinkIt to be allowed to run.
I am at a loss to get these working again. Is this my pennance for
uploading these files?
Anyone have any other ideas what to do on a Mac?
Mark Lim has permitted me to host a download site for his four (4)
Mac OS X / MacOS Utilities for Apple II Disk Images, Archives and
Graphics Files.
I think you will find these to be of very high quality. I certainly
consider them such.
Try this. Since both of those register file types in the LaunchServices database (and have Spotlight and QuickLook), drag both the applicationsThat didn't work but it did lead down the right path. When CiderXPress and ShrinkItX were moved out of Applications, It turns out that Virtual II had not only hi-jacked the disk image icons, but they also made it so that any file associated to it could not be opened by other, or even the original, Applications. Dirty !!!
to the trash, empty the trash, and shut down the system.
Then re-start and re-install both CiderXPress and NuShrinkItX to the applications folder.
Finally, re-start the Mac so that it will re-read the file types handled
by the applications back into the LaunchServices database. Then try
using them again.
Mark Lim has sent me four (4) more of his Mac OS X / MacOS Utilities for Apple II graphics and file compression.
They are:
1. QuickViewSHR- utility for viewing AppleIIgs SuperHires graphics
(packed and unpacked) files -- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly viewing the contents of Apple II SHR graphics files
2. IIGSGraphicsConverter- utility for converting unpacked AppleIIgs SHR graphics files to a packed format
3. LZ4CompressorX- utility for general file compression
4. CompressIIX- utility for compressing ordinary Apple II graphics files
-- supports compression to Andy McFadden's file types (LZ4FH)
Find all eight (8) here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
Thank you for folllowing up and getting in touch with Mark. Make a
note to people too, not to use Virtual II in conjuction with these Applications.
Here are a couple of suggestions:1. Good to know. I don't use SportLight or QuickLook much, so I don't know much of their inner workings. I am more of a "having a hundred text files open at the same time" kind of guy.
1. Before putting Virtual II in the applications folder, right-click and 'show package contents'. Tunnel down and find both the SpotLight and QuickLook folders and delete them, or move them somewhere where they
won't be recognized.
2. Locate a file type you want Lim's applications to open (instead of Virtual II), do a 'Get Info', and select the application you want to
open it, and also tell it 'all' files like that.
And, #2 might not be necessary if you add Virtual II _after_ having
added Lim's application. I think LaunchServices will use the first one
as the default.
I have completed reviewing the source code of IIGSGraphicsConverter....
Three of the utilities are affected and had been re-build with v10.6 frameworks. The deployment target is now v10.6 (previously v10.5)
Mark Lim has permitted me to host a download site for his four (4) Mac
OS X / MacOS Utilities for Apple II Disk Images, Archives and Graphics Files.
I think you will find these to be of very high quality. I certainly
consider them such.
They are: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. CiderXPress
- utility for both creating and working with Apple II disk images
akin to Andy McFadden’s CiderPress for Windows
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly finding and viewing the contents of Apple II disk images
2. NuShrinkItX
- utility for both creating and working with Apple II archive files (e.g. - .shk)
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly finding and viewing the contents of Apple II archive files
3. SCIIBinX
- utility for extracting an Apple II file from a BINSCII file or
email segment containing BINSCII content
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator
4. QuickViewDHGR
- utility for viewing Apple II graphics files
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly viewing the contents of Apple II graphics files
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Find them all here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
Thanks again to Rob for bringing these to everyone's attention, and to
Mark for allowing them to be released.
Hugh Hood
Mark Lim has sent me new builds of his CiderXPress, QuickViewDHGR and IIGSGraphicsConverter for Mac OS X / MacOS.
I can't say for certain what changes were made (if any), other than what
Mark said:
I have completed reviewing the source code of IIGSGraphicsConverter....
Three of the utilities are affected and had been re-build with v10.6
frameworks. The deployment target is now v10.6 (previously v10.5)
Find them all here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
For my use case, I find CiderXPress and NuShrinkItX to be the most used
among Mark's utilities (and they are quite good), but your mileage may
vary, particularly if you are an Apple II graphics guy.
Hugh Hood
On 11/30/23 9:39 PM, Hugh Hood wrote:
Mark Lim has permitted me to host a download site for his four (4) Mac
OS X / MacOS Utilities for Apple II Disk Images, Archives and Graphics
Files.
I think you will find these to be of very high quality. I certainly
consider them such.
They are:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. CiderXPress
- utility for both creating and working with Apple II disk images
akin to Andy McFadden’s CiderPress for Windows
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly
finding and viewing the contents of Apple II disk images
2. NuShrinkItX
- utility for both creating and working with Apple II archive files
(e.g. - .shk)
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly
finding and viewing the contents of Apple II archive files
3. SCIIBinX
- utility for extracting an Apple II file from a BINSCII file or
email segment containing BINSCII content
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator
4. QuickViewDHGR
- utility for viewing Apple II graphics files
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly
viewing the contents of Apple II graphics files
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Find them all here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
Thanks again to Rob for bringing these to everyone's attention, and to
Mark for allowing them to be released.
Hugh Hood
Mark Lim has sent me a bug-fix version of his CompressIIX utility for
Mac OS X / MacOS.
CompressIIX is a utility to encode ordinary Apple II graphics files to output compressed files in one of three (3) different formats: (i) LZ4 compression format; (ii) Apple IIgs PackBytes format; or (iii) LZ4FH format.
It can also inflate the compressed files.
Find it, as well as Mark's other utilities here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
Find it, as well as Mark's other utilities here:
<http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
So, Mark is still working on them then? Is he taking requests? Can
you ask him to put the "View File" into CiderXPress like he has in NuShrinkItX? >
I am spending some time looking at the source codes of some of those utilities with the aim of releasing them on github.com. If I come
across a bug, I would try to fix it.
As for adding features, that takes a back seat. Reason: might break
things which nobody wants.
Mark Lim has sent me a bug-fix version of his CompressIIX utility for
Mac OS X / MacOS.
CompressIIX is a utility to encode ordinary Apple II graphics files to output compressed files in one of three (3) different formats: (i) LZ4 compression format; (ii) Apple IIgs PackBytes format; or (iii) LZ4FH
format.
It can also inflate the compressed files.
Find it, as well as Mark's other utilities here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
Hugh Hood
On 1/11/2024 1:20 PM, Hugh Hood wrote:
Mark Lim has sent me new builds of his CiderXPress, QuickViewDHGR and
IIGSGraphicsConverter for Mac OS X / MacOS.
I can't say for certain what changes were made (if any), other than what
Mark said:
I have completed reviewing the source code of IIGSGraphicsConverter....
Three of the utilities are affected and had been re-build with v10.6
frameworks. The deployment target is now v10.6 (previously v10.5)
Find them all here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
For my use case, I find CiderXPress and NuShrinkItX to be the most used
among Mark's utilities (and they are quite good), but your mileage may
vary, particularly if you are an Apple II graphics guy.
Hugh Hood
On 11/30/23 9:39 PM, Hugh Hood wrote:
Mark Lim has permitted me to host a download site for his four (4) Mac
OS X / MacOS Utilities for Apple II Disk Images, Archives and Graphics
Files.
I think you will find these to be of very high quality. I certainly
consider them such.
They are:
------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 1. CiderXPress
- utility for both creating and working with Apple II disk images
akin to Andy McFadden’s CiderPress for Windows
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly >>> finding and viewing the contents of Apple II disk images
2. NuShrinkItX
- utility for both creating and working with Apple II archive files >>> (e.g. - .shk)
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly >>> finding and viewing the contents of Apple II archive files
3. SCIIBinX
- utility for extracting an Apple II file from a BINSCII file or
email segment containing BINSCII content
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator
4. QuickViewDHGR
- utility for viewing Apple II graphics files
-- includes SpotLight importer and QuickLook generator for quickly >>> viewing the contents of Apple II graphics files
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Find them all here: <http://www.apple2works.com/#marklim>
Thanks again to Rob for bringing these to everyone's attention, and to
Mark for allowing them to be released.
Hugh Hood
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