Mac tools

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This page contains a list of mostly old Mac tools. Needs cleaning up, downloads need clear identification of binary type for each (classic, ppc, x86, x86_64)

Main tools

  • CDRTools{cdrecord} (i386 Intel) - A package of freeware unix command line programs for burning and manipulating cds. Created by Jorg Schilling under GNU GPL.
  • CDRecord (PowerPC) - A freeware Mac OSX unix command line program for burning cds. Created by Jorg Schilling under the GNU GPL.
  • CDIRip 0.6.3 - use this to disassemble CDI images for burning on the Macintosh. 64-bit Intel only.
  • CDIRip 0.6.2 - use this to disassemble CDI images for burning on the Macintosh. PPC only.
  • CDIRip 0.6.1 - an older version of the above tool.
  • CDIRip 0.6c - an even older version of the above tool.
  • ISOFix - (i386 Intel) - fixes ISO images with starting LBA other than 0, making it possible to extract the contents with another program.
  • ISOFix - fixes ISO images with starting LBA other than 0, making it possible to extract the contents with another program.
  • Weepel's New Selfbooter - An easy-to-use OS X utility used for creating self-booting image files from Plain File Archives. An alternative for MDT. Created by Weepel. [URL dead]
  • CDI Converter - use this tool to convert v2 DiscJuggler CDI disk images into v3 images.
  • mkisofs 1.13 (i386 Intel) - use this to create ISO files for a data track on a Dreamcast disk.
  • mkisofs 1.13 - PPC - use this to create ISO files for a data track on a Dreamcast disk.
  • Make IP.BIN - for classic MacOS, this program allows you to create custom bootsectors for Dreamcast disks.
  • (de)Scrambler (i386 Intel) - use this to scramble and descramble Dreamcast binaries.
  • (de)Scrambler - PPC - use this to scramble and descramble Dreamcast binaries.
  • Dummy Creator 2 - use this tool to create highly-compressible dummy images to pad out vital data to the outside of a CD.

Mac Dream Tool

Mac Dream Tool is a program that allows users to create Dreamcast CDs on their computers running Mac OS X. You can put multiple emulators, games, demos, applications, and so forth all on one disk using SBI files; you can also create single-program discs using SBI files or plain binaries. Created by [gbadcdev.dcemulation.org I.M.Weasel].

Intel 32-bit

OS X PowerPC

Mac Dream Tool Services

Mac Dream Tool Services is a program with tools that allow you to perform certain Dreamcast-related tasks such as converting PNG images to the MR format for custom bootsector logo insertion, injecting a .mr image into a ip.bin binary bootstrap file, creating Selfboot Inducer packages, inserting a bootsector (IP.BIN) into a CDI image, and a ROM renamer for SMS ROMs for use with SMSPlus screenshots. The DreamSnes ROMS.LST creator has been removed in the 1.3.3 Version.

Intel (i386) Macs (10.4/5/6 & maybe above)

PowerPC Macs

This version includes the ROMs list creator file for use with DreamSNES.

Mac Pack

The Mac Pack is a collection of tools used for creating Dreamcast disks manually on Mac. This is not for new users, as these tools require an understanding of the layout of a Dreamcast disk.

Development Tools

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