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Architecture: 68k PPC
DiskCopy v4.2, v6.3.3, v6.5b13
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Download DiskCopy.sit_.bin
(1.98 MB)
For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
For System 6.x - Mac OS 9
The download includes versions 4.2, 6.3.3, and 6.5b13.
DiskCopy 6.3.3 is a very useful program for mounting disk and CD images in classic Mac OS environments. It works with .IMA, .IMG files and others.
DiskCopy 4.2 is for use with System 6. It does not work with emulators, as it requires real hardware (it interfaces directly with the Sony driver).
DiskCopy 6.5b13 is the last release and is a fully functional beta. It will handle some uncompressed .DMG and .CDR formats.
Other versions:
DiskCopy 6.4
The functionality of Disk Copy 6.3 can be extended with a series of scripts available here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24879?viewlocale=en_US
Downloads for Official [US] versions of Disk Copy 4.2, 6.3.3 and extended AppleScript functionality for 6.3x etc, mirrored here:
English-North_American:Macintosh:Utilities:Disk_Copy (Max1zzz's mirror)
[Added:]
Disk Copy 6.1.2 User's Guide (PDF). This Users Guide was intended for Disk Copy 6.1.2. I don't know of an update to it but this is still an informative primer and quite relevent to later versions of Disk Copy up to the final official release of the Disk Copy 6.x series for Classic Macintosh OS.
Similar products:
Copy II Mac
DiskDup+
ShrinkWrap
Architecture: 68k PPC
Comments
Here is interesting information on DMGs and DiskCopy 6.4/6.5, and HexEdit:
http://www.computing.net/answers/mac/mac-os-91-dmg/11562.html
Here is an interesting addition to DiskCopy 6.4/6.5: DMG mechanic; this is a life safer for Mac OS 9 when a DMG went through the net and is not exactly okay anymore:
http://www.lafty.com/archive.shtml
Tags are only on floppy disks. If you have folders, just stuff them.
Using Disk Copy 6.3.3 to image 400K and 800K disks WILL cause loss of tags.
Balrog: So does using 6.3.3 and saving in version 4.2 not save the tags then? And if this is the case, is there another disk duplicator that will image a folder and save with the tags needed for 400K & 800K disks?
Thanks, Balrog, for this comment.
@IIGS_User:
For floppy disks, Disk Copy 4.2 should always be used. It saves "tags" which Disk Copy 6.3.3 ignores.
This is only important with 400K and 800K disks. 1.44MB disks don't have tags to begin with.
Tags are extremely critical with Lisa disks. Lisa disk images without tags are useless.
Bottom, I wrote:
Addition: To do so, please select 720k, 800k, 1.4 MB capacity, if possible.
SheepShaver might run Mac OS versions which runs Disk Copy 6.3 best.
Mac OS 7.0.1 and newer will run Disk Copy 6.3
I can't re-produce this yet, but I think, after some use of the images, if something strong happens, they may get somewhat damaged, so far my experience.
It is also for images I created myself.
Edit :Replaced 'xxx 7' by 'Mac OS 7' - IIGS User
@Mike Garden:
Huh interesting. Though remember: only a real Mac can read 400 or 800K disks.
I recommend Disk Copy 4.2 (NOT 6.x) for imaging ALL 400/800K disks. This is because it stores data that newer utilities ignore.
@Balrog
Interesting; The only emulator of the "big 3" that Disk Copy 4.2 does not work for me is SheepShaver.
I thought that it didn't work in Basilisk II until I set a drive letter for the floppy drive in the Basilisk GUI, now Disk Copy 4.2 works fine in Basilisk II. In Mini vMac I have no problem running Disk Copy 4.2 either.
The SheepShaver, Basilisk II and Mini vMac I use are all Windows ports. Except for one SheepShaver I run on an Intel Mac.
My Basilisk II is the original Windows port by Lauri Pesonen (still the best IMHO).
My Mini vMac is the Mac-On-A-Stick variety
@IIGS_User:
You'll get that error if you mount Disk Copy 4.2 images with a variant of mini vMac that doesn't support sony-sum.
But, where are you getting this error? Is it for images you created yourself? Try restarting with extensions off and seeing what happens.
Tired about getting that Checksum error msg, I deselected this warning in the Disk Copy' Preferences,
Disk Copy mounts the same disk image fine.
But I know, I can't upload disk images which came along with this warning,
which will confuse other users...
Yeah, as has probably been said many times before, Disk Copy v6.4 and v6.5 handle uncompressed, unencrypted OSX Disk Utility disk images.
Last time I looked, DiskCopy 6.5b13 was included in this archive. And there's nothing beta-like about it. It works just fine.
6.4 is here, and it handles OS X images as well. I'd rather not use a beta if I don't have to.
I have 6.5.b11, and it seems to handle OSX produced images quite well... There should be a copy here somewhere, even just for emergencies?!
Disk Copy 4.2 really was made for copying disks on the original macs. You can't even mount images with it; there's a separate utility for that. It wasn't until later that DiskCopy became such a cool and easy-to-use all-around tool.
I never understand how to use 4.2, and I never used it daily, other than 6.3
Yeah, no kidding. I couldn't even figure out how to make a disk image in 4.2.
If someone wants to play something on a real machine, they'll just have to use a real floppy.
Yes, Disk Copy 4.2 probably history meanings, as Mini vMac simply can mount Disk Copy images created in Disk Copy 6.3 or even Mac OS X Hard Disk Utility, even if Mini vMac is not currently running an original system which can read these images natively.
For historical reasions only, if someone want to put these images into a real Mac Plus.
But let our site be devoted to emulated systems, where Disk Copy 6.3 images are not a problem for Mac OS versions earlier than 7.1.1, if simply dragged onto the Mini vMac app icon or Mini vMac window.
Also, Disk Copy 6.3 is much easier to handle than Disk Copy 4.2
Emulators can use whatever kinds of disk images their developers saw fit to include support for. On a real Macintosh, DiskCopy 6.3.3 requires Mac OS 7.1.1 minimum, so users of earlier systems have to use DiskCopy 4.2 and MountImage.
There's your history lesson for today.
Edit :Replaced 'xxx 7' by 'Mac OS 7' - IIGS User
What's the difference between Disk Copy 4.2 and 6.3 images? 6.3 images work fine for me all the way down to System 1.
Two more hints regarding Disk Copy and disk images:
If you create a .dmg image using Disk Utility in Mac OS X, it shouldn't be a problem to use .dmg files within a classic Mac OS emulator.
Such images just need to be re-initialized the first time when mounted in the emulator.
Second hint: If you use Disk Copy 6.3 to prepare a Mini vMac-capable game, set it's disk image file format to "Disk Copy 4.2", then stuff this image with Stuffit version 4.x, not a newer version of Stuffit.
This is the security way, at all.
I don't know how to create .img files using Mac OS X Hard Disk Utility,
so I'm creating all .img files within the emulator, including stuffing them.
Peoples running Mac OS X *should* create Disk images of older games this way.
Plus, it's preferred to create Disk images instead of stuff particular files inside a folder and then upload, because it's easier to add Disk images to emulators than moving over particular files.
I rarely use the feature, and archive everything in .img format. Nobody would ever remember to make the .dmg uncompressed anyway. It's just handy sometimes when trying to fix something somebody uploaded in the wrong format!
Thanks Attila, but I'd like to know if this is possible under Basilisk,
since the games in Basilisk run faster (better) than SheepShaver,
I know for people using Mac OS X, the .dmg files are not a problem, but as you know most of the software here is Pre-Mac OS X,
and when users make .dmg files (in the OS X environment )
out of games that were aimed at Classic OS (7-9) which can't handle .dmg's, it makes no sense.
so if this COPY DISK version can handle .dmg files under Basilisk Systems 7- 8
then I'll eat my words
DiskCopy 6.5 (requires 9.1) will open .dmg files if they are not compressed. There might be some other qualifications too, but I know if I make an uncompressed .dmg on my G3 iMac under OS 10.2.8 and then switch to 9.1, it can mount with DC 6.5. I've never tried it in classic mode or with an emulator.
Are you sure it handles .DMG files? (under Basilisk)
how come nobody mention that before,
When I first uploaded some things to the site, I used DiskCopy images that were "read-only compressed" only to later realize that emulators can only mount "read-only" uncompressed. I wonder if that's the case with this archive.
Had a little trouble copying with HFVExplorer, but works fine directly through My Computer.
Thanks for the 6.5 addition.
Added all the documentation and extra files I could find for versions 4.2, 6.3.3, and 6.5b13.
Okay, I've added this application to the new 'Utilities' category. It's a bit similar to 'Development Tools', but I think there's a difference, we'll see how we go.
I agree, there needs to be something like "Utility" or similar, as OS was the closest I could think of since it interacts directly with how the OS works...
@ IIGS_User
Not sure if the category should be 'Operating Systems', is there another category that could be better suited?
Perfect screenshot that describes how this application works.