.bin
Macbinary II Encoded File. Make sure to download as MacBinary or Binary.
Use
Stuffit
Expander to turn back into a
usable Macintosh file if it isn't already.
N/A
.doc
May be a DOS/Windows program or a DOS/Windows Self Extracting Archive
-
Binary
Use
MS-Word
Use
WordView to quickly display MS-Word documents
Use
WordView to quickly display MS-Word
documents
.exe
May be a DOS/Windows program or a DOS/Windows Self Extracting Archive
-
Binary
N/A
Download and launch it in its own temporary
directory, it may spawn a number of files and directories.
Self Extracting
Download and launch it in its own temporary
directory, it may spawn a number of files and directories.
Self Extracting
.gif
GIF (Graphical Interchange Format), though not the most economical, is the most common graphics format found on the Internet.
Use
GIFConverter or JPEG View
Use
Lview
Pro to view these graphics
Use
PolyView to view these graphics
.html
.htm
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the code the web is written in. Plain text file.
Use
Netscape for MacIntosh to view the file
Use
Netscape for Windows 3.1x to view the file
Use Netscape for Windows95 and Windows NT to view the
file
BinHex 4.0 - Encodes a Macintosh file into 7-bit text so it can be safely transfered. Most Mac files appear in .hqx
Use
Stuffit
Expander
Use
BinHex13 in a DOS window to un-binhex it
Use
BinHex13 in a DOS window to un-binhex it
.jpg
.jpeg
.jfif
JPEG/JFIF, a 24 bit graphic format
-
Binary
Use
JPEG
View
Use
Lview
Pro to view these graphics
Use
PolyView to view these graphics
.mpg
.mpeg
MPEG, the standard movie platform for the 'net.
-
Binary
Use
sparkle to play them, or to convert them to
QuickTime.
Use
VMPEG
with win32s to play MPEGs
.mov
.qt
.movie
.moov
QuickTime Movie, Apple Macintosh native movie platform
-
Binary
Use
Sparkle, FastPlayer, MoviePlayer, SimpleText,
MicrosoftWord...and many others. If the movie appears totaly
white, you may need to use the Apple Quicktime VR
Player to see them.
Use
QuickTime
for Windows
Use
QuickTime
for Windows
Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format, download as Binary
Use
Adobe Acrobat
Reader or Adobe Acrobat
Use
Adobe Acrobat
Reader or Adobe Acrobat
Use
Adobe Acrobat
Reader or Adobe
Acrobat
.ps
Postscript file. Plain text file, but not really human-readable.
Send
to a Postscipt printer with Laserwriter Font
Utility or view it onscreen using
Ghostscript
View
it onscreen using Ghostscript
View
it onscreen using Ghostscript
.sit
Stuffit Archive - Binary
Download as MacBinary, and use Stuffit Expander
Use
UnSit
in a DOS window
Use
UnSit
in a DOS window
.sea
Macintosh Self Extracting Archive
Download as MacBinary, and launch it. Self
Extracting
N/A
.tiff
.tif
TIFF is a very large high quality image format.
-
Binary
Use
JPEGView
Use
Lview
Pro to view these graphics
Use
PolyView to view these graphics
.txt
A plain boring old Text File
Use
Microsoft Word, Simple Text, BBEdit, whatever!
Use
the 16 bit version of Programmer's File Editor
Use
the 32 bit version of Programmer's File
Editor
.uu
.uue
A uuencoded file. Typically this is done on a UNIX
command line:
Then, after running:
uudecode EncodedFile.uu
One gets a file generated named:
SecondFileName
Using .uu as the extension is not required but is considered
politely explanatory for what type of file it is. Increasing
numbers of desktop mail and newsreading programs will handle
this type of encoding on the fly.
Use
WinCode to uudecode it
Use
ESS-Code
to uudecode it
.wav
Windows Wave format sound file
-
Binary
You
can use SoundApp to play .wav files
Use
Waveform Hold and
Modify to play it
Use
Waveform Hold and
Modify to play
it
.Z
Unix Compressed File
-
Binary
If
you are downloading via ftp most ftp servers will uncompress
for you if you drop the ".Z". Otherwise use Stuffit Expander
w/EE.
Use
WinZIP to view and extract archives.
Use
WinZIP to view and extract
archives.
.zip
pkzip, a common DOS/Windows compression format
-
Binary
Use
ZipIt,
Stuffit Expander
w/ EE, or MacUnZip
Use
WinZIP to view and extract archives.
Use
WinZIP to view and extract archives.
