What format is ".toast"?
 

Hi-
I've just downloaded a file that ended with -
".toast.sit".
When I unstuffed it I was left with the ".toast". What IS that?
Thanks,
dzash

Guess what? It's ---- TOAST, that is, it is a Toast CD image for which you need the program Toast to burn. I do not know if DiskCopy is able to read a Toast image, since I have Toast, but it might be worth a try.

Thanks,
Will I be able to open it with Toast - I don't have a burner. So is Toast replacing Stuffit? I guess it shows - I am clueless.
dzash

Toast isn't replacing StuffIt. But since most folks have CD burners nowadays, it is a very convenient way to transfer data. Open Toast, drag the toast image to the window, click and burn. As I mentioned, you might try DiskCopy, whichi s already installed on your Mac, or at least should be.

Thanks again-
I tried DiskCopy. It doesn't recognize the .toast format. I changed the name of the file to end in .smi (which I think is DiskCopy's favorite) but it didn't recognize that either. Any other suggestions? Will ResEdit work to make it a correct format for DC?

If I just ran Toast without a CD burner - would I get the desired result of uncompressing this .toast file so I could install it? Will Toast work without a CDburner attached to the machine?

dzash

Hello!

Maybe your version of Toast is to old to open it maybe you need Toast Titanium 5 or atleast Toast 4.1.3.You will need a cd burner to open that file since Toast requires you to mount a image or temporary partion on the desktop in which you should place the file and then burn to a cd and then from that cd extract the files(Atleast that is what I have heard but maybe someone else have a different experience).

But in the future you should stay away from double extension files since they are much more risky and could contain a hidden virus.Personally I think that people should not expect to much on what other people migh have on their computers and should always distribute files in a industry standard format and since Stuffit Expander is the standard for Macs then data files should be delivered as compressed Stuffit archives only and you should not need any extra program.

The misstake the person who made file available have done is to insert a CD created in Toast and then directly form that volume dragged the file to Drop Stuff.Resulting in a double extension file that can only be opened if you have Toast and a cd burner.What he should have done was dragging the file to the Desktop and wait for the data to transfer and then dropped the file onto Drop Stuff to be stuffed after it had been moved out of the image.

It shouldn't be necessary to have a CDRW drive in order to use the .toast image. If you have a copy of Toast, you can use Toast to mount the ".toast" disk image. It should mount on your desktop just like another hard drive or floppy disk. Once it's mounted, you can then use Disk Copy to create a disk image of that mounted volume. This Disk copy ".img" file will be quite similar to the ".toast" image file, except that it can be opened with Disk Copy instead of Toast.

Actually, you may not even have to do that. Once the image is mounted with Toast, simply drag the icon of image (a disk icon) onto your hard drive, and all the files on that image will be copied to your hard drive, where you can then use them.

Hope this helps....

Yes. I found out from a friend that Toast will mount the image just like any other volume, and the program will open even if it doesn't find a burner -- so Toast with no toaster is fine! It behaves like DiskCopy in this regard, but its format is -- yes-- proprietary -- so DiskCopy can't open it, though Toast can open .img files. I just thought it might be worth a try.

Joakim, there is a Carracho server that only has .toast images of stuff. A lot of people like the convenience. I agree that stuffing a Toast image is overkill, but I don't see why there should be "hidden viruses" lurking about. An evil invisible file can be stuffed or "toasted" just as easily as a combination of the two.

It works!!
 

Thanks to all -
I just wanted to close the loop on this Toast thing - I did succeed in opening the file with Toast just as described on this forum.
Good advice - it's a beautiful thing.
thanks -
dzash