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Hi there,

I am newish to Macs, OSX experience only, and have never used a classic Mac until today. I installed Basilisk II as per the instructions and now have a classic Mac running on my Mac.

I'm trying to install two applications

* Trapeze 2.1
* Wingz

Both came as SIT files. Using Stuffit produced an error message that the file could have been uncompressed if I had Stuffit Deluxe. A good chase for that lead me to move the files to the Shared directory and run BetterZip on them and copy the result over to the MacOS753 desktop.

If I attempt to run either of them I receive this error message -- the document xxxxx.IMG could not be opened because the application that created it could not be found. Could not find a translation extension with appropriate translators. Although a web search has only left me more befuddled, I assume that people familiar with Classic Mac OS will know what this means and how to install / open the programs.

Thanks in advance for your help, Terry
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If it has a file extension of .img, it's a disk image file, not a runnable application. Add it to your list of disk images, or use Disk Copy under 7.5.3 to mount it virtually from inside the emulator.
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thank you. I'll try this in the morning
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Anxious to see Trapeze working I did not wait for morning.

However I found that Disk Copy is an additional utility (Google) and downloaded two versions: 4.2 & 6.3.3, neither of which seem to work on Mac OS 7.5.3

Does anyone have a solution to offer or an appropriate version of Disk Copy?

Thanks in advance for your help.
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Most .img disk images can be mounted in BasiliskII by simply adding the files to the volumes list in the BasiliskIIGUI. Then no Disk Copy application needed.
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Thank you so much! Trapeze and Wingz are both working. I have a lot of reading and experimenting ahead -- Mac OS, both of these applications, and likely several more apps --- all of which shall be a pleasure. Thanks again.
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