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I got .bin and .cue files from a friend. And was wondering how to use them on my Mac.

What are .bin and .cue files?

They are essentially CD/DVD image files. The .BIN / .CUE CD image format was made popular by the CDRWin software. Afterwards many programs have started supporting or partially supporting it, including: Nero, Blindwrite, CloneCD, FireBurner. The .CUE file contains the track layout information, while the .BIN file holds the actual data.

.ISO is also a CD image format, but is sometimes used for 'ISO9660 format' (standard, recognized by all applications) and sometimes for unique Easy CD ISO format.

So how can you open them on a Mac OS X?

Apple's DiskUtility does not support these formats. Roxio Toast or other CD burning software can open and burn from .bin+.cue files. But if you don't want to do all that, there is an easy way!

Use the bchunker command line program! You can download a Mac compiled version from James Sears' site and run a command like this to get an ISO file. This ISO file can now be easily mounted by DiskUtility.

Resources:

• .bin / .cue / .iso Frequently Asked Questions
• How to play bin and cue files?
• bchunker on Mac OS X

Are you building an iPhone app? Or have an idea? Do you want to mock it up quickly? The iPhone UI PicKit can help you!

This is a kit of widget images that you can use in your image editing software. This way you can easily create prototypes of different screens and share them with others. There is also a layered PSD available.

iPhone UI PicKit

No need for the iPhone SDK! No need to learn Interface Builder! Just grab the screens and mock your iPhone idea! Thanks Daniel!

(BTW, if you are through with the idea, let us know if you want to develop it. We do iPhone development!)

We have been struggling with zooming TextArea in Flex for 2 months now. Tried lots of combination but nothing worked. Can someone help?

Essentially, we scaleX and scaleY the TextArea as the zoom level changes. The component zooms in fine, but the text in it keeps wrapping as we keep zooming. We expect the text to stay as it is and just zoom. Not re-wrap.

Here is the text at 100%. Notice the last words on the lines.

TextArea zoom at 100%

Here is the TextArea at 150% zoom. Notice how the wrapping disrupts.

TextArea zoom at 150%

I have a live example if you want to try this out.

We have tried using zoom effect, adding line breaks at the end of each line before zooming and removing them, trying different fonts, embedding them - everything we could think of! But this looks like a bug! TextArea keeps wrapping the text as we zoom.

What could be a solution?

I was in search of a good project management system 16 months ago. And I am searching for one again!

I reviewed more than two dozen task / time tracking / project scheduling / collaboration systems this time too. The requirements are the same as last year. Something simple, usable and effective. Something that ties the different processes together. This time, we want it to support partners/contractors as well. This time, we would like to integrate the communications too.

As of now, I have three solutions in my shortlist:

• activeCollab - has good set of features, and will allow any customizations I want
• devShop - handles the main problems in software development - estimation errors, distractions and confidence score
• Intervals - superb tracking of time, and good features overall

And then, I want to hook it up with Openfire / Spark / Red5 for communications / conferencing.

Am I looking for too much? Not sure why I can't find a system that solves my problems!

What do you use?

Congratulations Kartik for becoming a Debian Developer! You make me proud! It's been a long journey. You have stayed on course despite all the odds. Congratulations!

Thanks for the graphic Kunal