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Introduction
As a consequence of the explosion of the CD-ROM burning tools (hardware andsoftware), CD-ROMs are now ubiquitous and are used heavily to transfer datafiles amongst computers. However, Macintosh CD-ROMs keep some mystery (inparticular for PC users) and aren't always well understood. Why are MacintoshCD-ROMs different? Is it possible to read them on a PC? Can Macintosh computersread classical CD-ROMs (conforming to the ISO 9660 standard)? Is it possible toproduce on a PC a real Macintosh CD-ROM? With whichtools?
This page presents answers to these questions and contains links to all relevantpages of this site. See also the part of our site mapon CD-ROMs.
What is a Macintosh CD-ROM?
A Macintosh CD-ROM, as all other Macintosh storage media, is organized accordingto the HFS standard. The acronym HFS means Hierarchical File System. Thisis the name of the Macintosh file system, introduced after the first 'flat' one,used on the 400 KB floppy disks.
Contrary to the PC, where CD-ROMs (ISO 9660 CD-ROMs, to be more precise) followa specific storage scheme and aren't formatted like MS-DOS or NTFS media,Macintosh CD-ROMs are like other magnetic disks and are in fact often images ofreal (physical) magnetic disks.
Can a Macintosh CD-ROM be Read on a PC?
No. Better said, not without some special software, like ourMacDisk.
It can happen that you get a CD-ROM from a partner without knowing whether itis an ISO 9660 CD-ROM or something else. How to ascertain the very nature ofthe disk?
Under Windows 95 and NT 4, when you try to open a HFS CD-ROM in the Explorer,you get the message:
A device connected to the system doesn't work correctly.Hill Rom Status Board
(This is a translation back to English of the French message, but you shouldget it right).
Under Windows 98 and higher, the behavior of the operating system may lead tomisunderstandings, because it displays an empty window and even gives it a faketitle of 'CD'.
It can also happen that the Macintosh user burnt a CD-ROM as an ISO partitionwith Apple and/or Joliet extensions. In this case, you can get crippled filenameswithout real extensions and have no clue about the real contents of the files.See our page on such ISO volumes produced on a Macintosh.
In all those situations, your best bet is to try our MacDisk,which can manage all kinds of disks produced on the Macintosh.
Can Macintosh Computers Read ISO 9660 CD-ROMs?
Yes. Again, better said, under some conditions and with some restrictions.
The Apple Macintosh computers can read two kinds of CD-ROMs: first, HFS CD-ROMs(see above). Then (if the correct extensions are loaded), ISO 9660 CD-ROMs.Depending on the version of the operating system, the Macintosh accesses theJoliet long filenames or not (there is anextension written by Thomas Tempelmanto alleviate those problems). Again, depending on the settings of the computer,the very nature of the data files will be recognized or not (the Macintosh filesystem doesn't use extensions to characterize the files, butsignatures). Therefore, the user may be able orunable to open a file by double-clicking on the file icon.
Last but not the least, Macintosh programs are generally stored in the resourcefork (see our page on forks for more information onthis aspect). Since no one of the major CD-ROM burning software packages on thePC manages Apple extensions to ISO 9660, it it not possible to install a Macintoshprogram on an ISO 9660 CD-ROM.
MacImage (version 7) now features such a mode.
Three Reasons to Burn Real Macintosh CD-ROMs on a PC
Those three reasons (accessing long filenames, identification of the file contents, installation of Macintosh programs) are enough to justify the effort of producing Macintosh CD-ROMs on a PC. This is even more true if you are a professional and want to distribute your CD-ROMs to potential customers without knowing their computer equipment, their computer knowledge and the like.
We present on this site a range of solutions to produce Macintosh CD-ROMs on a PC.
Other CD-ROM Pages
We publish on this Web site numerous other pages on CD-ROMs. The list below canbe used as a little sitemap of all those pages. Some of them are rather general,while other ones pinpoint some often ignored questions:
- How to put a Web Site on a hybrid CD-ROM (a CD-ROM which will be read on a PC and on a Macintosh)?
- How to produce a CD extra with audio tracks in a first session and a data session autorunning on Mac and PC?
- See also our pages on Flash and Director.
- Installation of Macintosh programs, how to install Macintosh applications (programs) on a CD-ROM (HFS or hybrid HFS/ISO 9660), with several walkthroughs.
- CD-XRay, a low-level explorer for CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and image files.
- MacImage, our software to produce Macintosh (HFS) CD-ROMs on a PC. From this page, links to several walkthroughs showing how to use the software to produce several kinds of CD-ROMs.
- MacImage FAQ, an addition to the main page of the software.
- CD-ROM FAQ about numerous little questions on CD-ROMs.
- Hybridator, a free utility to produce images of Macintosh magnetic media. From this page, links to several walkthroughs.
- ISO 9660 CD-ROM used to transfer data file between Macintosh and PC.
- ISO 9660 CD-ROM used to distribute data files to Macintosh users.