How to open .bin files in Mac?

Question

I have a .bin image file with me that I want to mount on my Mac. How can I do it?

Solution

".bin on a Mac" sounds like MacBinary.

I believe Stuffit Expander can extract these for you.

Comments

[JRobert]

If 'image' means a photograph, rename it to reflect it's internal format, e.g. '.jpg'. Otherwise, what kind of binary image is it and what are you trying to do with it? Does it contain a file system that you're trying to mount and access? Or are you just trying to view the contents of some other kind of binary file? 'less' will (sort of) display binary files. 'strings' will display ASCII strings in a binary file. There are hex editors that will let you examine and modify a file. I think we need more information to help you better.

[Arjan]

Given the word "mount" you're using, I doubt it's simply an executable script or program that you could run using Terminal? Otherwise something like chmod u+x myfile.bin followed by ./myfile.bin might be all you're looking for. But before trying that, maybe tell us where you got the file and what it is that you expect?