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    Macintosh Retropie emulation

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      briandamico @mediamogul
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      @mediamogul i found a site that had games as a .sit
      it presented the SAME error when trying to open them.

      i have a feeling its something bigger with this error.

      its saying "the application program that created it cannot be found, could not find translation extension with appropriate translators"

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        mediamogul Global Moderator @briandamico
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        @briandamico

        Have you been able to use Stuffit Expander at all yet on the Pi? Assuming that it's operational, you might try highlighting the .sit file, press whatever button combo equates to 'apple+i' or 'cmd+i' and make sure that the file is set to open with Stuffit in the resulting window.

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          briandamico @mediamogul
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          @mediamogul

          i can try all of this but what i am most curious is why i don't have to do any of this via basilisk on the mac?

          i have some photos I'm going to post in a few of my mac version of basilisk which is ALL the same stuff as it is on the pi

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            mediamogul Global Moderator @briandamico
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            @briandamico

            can try all of this but what i am most curious is why i don't have to do any of this via basilisk on the mac?

            It's just a guess, but as stated above, it could be due to how OSX handles files.

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              briandamico @mediamogul
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              @mediamogul
              http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l137/briandamico/nes/Screen Shot 2017-05-17 at 6.00.05 PM.png

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                mediamogul Global Moderator @briandamico
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                @briandamico

                Are those files being run from within the Basilisk Mac environment, or just from the linked folder in OSX?

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                  briandamico
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                  in the environment, they are in the unix folder in a folder called games

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                    mediamogul Global Moderator @briandamico
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                    @briandamico said in Macintosh Retropie emulation:

                    they are in the unix folder in a folder called games

                    Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the unix folder reside in OSX. If that's the case and it's the same setup your working with on the Pi, then that's definitely the problem.

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                      briandamico @mediamogul
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                      @mediamogul
                      ok so your saying the fact that i have all the same files i used for the mac basilisk version which I'm using for the pi is the problem?

                      but how else was i suppose to get the OS on to the pi if not preparing it via the mac first?

                      if you could be so kind as to break it down for me what i did wrong and what i can do to fix it i would be forever grateful

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                        mediamogul Global Moderator @briandamico
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                        @briandamico

                        Not exactly. On the Pi, the unix folder should only ever be considered as a portal. No games or files should ever be run from it. The files should be fully copied to the Basilisk Mac environment before working with them further. The reason this is not necessary on the Mac OSX side is likely due to it's ability to preserve classic Mac files.

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                          briandamico @mediamogul
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                          @mediamogul ok, well i did move the games folder over all together at one point to the Macintosh HD on the pi and nothing happened.
                          i moved the games folder to the macintosh HD on the mac version of basilisk and it works just the same as it was if it was in the unix folder

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                            mediamogul Global Moderator @briandamico
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                            @briandamico said in Macintosh Retropie emulation:

                            i did move the games folder over all together at one point to the Macintosh HD on the pi and nothing happened.

                            Somehow or another the files were probably corrupted along the way. It could be something else, but from what you're describing, it sounds like the most possible scenario.

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                              briandamico @mediamogul
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                              @mediamogul

                              i don't know how tiny kb files (93) of them can be corrupted when they were dragged and dropped via a shared folder.
                              it has to be something else we are not seeing.

                              aside from starting from scratch again to create a new OS img. it still doe not explain why the game files show an image icon on the mac vs a plain white image on the pi

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                                mediamogul Global Moderator @briandamico
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                                @briandamico said in Macintosh Retropie emulation:

                                it still doe not explain why the game files show an image icon on the mac vs a plain white image on the pi

                                It was the explanation when I was setting up mine, but it could indeed be that you're experiencing a separate issue.

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                                  briandamico @mediamogul
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                                  @mediamogul

                                  how did you go about setting up your so i can maybe compare what you did to what i did?

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                                    mediamogul Global Moderator @briandamico
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                                    @briandamico

                                    I setup Basilisk on OSX, making sure that Stuffit Expander and Disk Copy were functional and then transferred that setup to the Pi. Since then, everything I bring in is both fully copied over to the Basilisk Mac disk and able to be extracted using the aforementioned software. Using that workflow, I haven't run into anything yet that hasn't at least installed.

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                                      briandamico @mediamogul
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                                      @mediamogul

                                      ok i have nothing to loose but to try again.

                                      any suggestions where i can google for .sit stuff? if thats what you recommend
                                      did you look at emaculation where i got my stuff? do u think that will be ok?
                                      i just don't want to go through all of this again if the existing files are poop, you know?

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                                        mediamogul Global Moderator @briandamico
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                                        @briandamico

                                        I believe you used all the information that I used. @edmaul69 and I have compared notes in the past and I think our setups are pretty similar. I wouldn't think that you have to start over. Just make sure those two pieces of software are functional and that you never run anything out of the unix folder or alter any file at all until it has been safely copied over to the Mac classic environment.

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                                          briandamico @mediamogul
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                                          @mediamogul well i am starting again for sure
                                          the only way to make sure i am not missing a step

                                          but for the 2 pieces of software, where do i get those to install ?i assume they are necessary? which versions of each too?

                                          ps i am using this video as reference

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                                            briandamico @mediamogul
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                                            @mediamogul ok both are installed properly i think

                                            disk copy does nothing unless i have an image
                                            and stuffit has its own folder

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