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DiskCopy 4.2 floppy images; raw images (.dsk, .img, .hda, .toast, .iso), including Apple partition maps and ISO/HFS hybrid CDs; UDIF .dmg images, compressed or not; and images wrapped in MacBinary. Inside them it reads HFS (Mac OS Standard) and MFS volumes, and the ISO 9660 side of CDs. Choose File › Open Image, or drop an image on the window or the Dock icon.

Vintage Disk Reader reads image files, not disks. With the disk in a USB drive, open Terminal and type diskutil list to find it (for example /dev/disk4). Then type sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk4 of=~/Desktop/old-disk.img bs=512 and enter your password. Double-check the disk number, because dd copies whatever it’s given. Then open old-disk.img in Vintage Disk Reader.

HFS+ images already open in Finder, so double-click them there. Encrypted images need to be opened in Finder with their password first. DiskCopy 6 (NDIF) images and StuffIt archives aren’t read yet; The Unarchiver opens .sit files.

No. Images are only ever read. Extracted and converted files are new files in the folder you choose, and nothing is overwritten.

MacPaint and bitmap PICT pictures become PNG or PDF. MacWrite, MacWrite II and Pro, ClarisWorks and AppleWorks text, Word for Mac, WriteNow, SimpleText and about 40 more word processors, and WordPerfect documents (DOS and Windows 4.2 to X, and WordPerfect for Mac 1 to 3.5), become Word (.docx), RTF, PDF or plain text. ClarisWorks, AppleWorks, Microsoft Works, BeagleWorks and GreatWorks spreadsheets and databases become CSV (values, not formulas). PICT pictures made of lines and text, and MacDraw and ClarisWorks drawings, are drawn on a best-effort basis. A single document can be dropped on the empty window to convert it without a disk image.

Old Mac files have two parts, and many keep their icon, fonts, sounds or styled text in the second one, the resource fork. Mac files keeps it the way macOS stores it, the best choice on a Mac. MacBinary (.bin) suits emulators like Mini vMac, Basilisk II and SheepShaver. AppleDouble writes a ._ file beside each file, the way Macs write to USB drives. Data fork only is fine for pictures and text.

Yes. Vintage Disk Reader’s Quick Look extension previews MacPaint, PICT, MacWrite, ClarisWorks, Word for Mac and WordPerfect files in Finder. Files extracted as Mac files keep the type codes it uses to recognize them.

Extracting files with their resource forks and converting them, one at a time or a whole disk at once. Opening images, browsing, searching and previewing every file work without a key. It’s a one-time purchase on Gumroad, with no subscription, and the license key works on up to 3 of your Macs. Without a key, Vintage Disk Reader keeps working as the free version.

Choose Vintage Disk Reader › Vintage Disk Reader Pro…, paste the key from your Gumroad receipt and click Activate. To move it to another Mac, click Remove from This Mac there first. Updates install from inside the app (Vintage Disk Reader › Check for Updates…).

Gumroad handles payment. Reply to your Gumroad receipt or email k.fitzgerald310@gmail.com.

No. One license key works on up to 3 of your Macs. Download the app again from your Gumroad receipt or library and enter the same key.