Opening UIF files on OSX

There is a proprietary file format coming from the windows world. It’s a disk image similar to nrg, dmg and iso. On windows you would use MagicDisk/MagicISO to access the data. If you don’t have a windows PC available I found this little tool called “uif2iso” that converts the UIF image into a standard iso.

$ uif2iso file.uif file.iso
UIF2ISO 0.1.2p0
by Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi@autistici.org
web:    aluigi.org

- open file.uif
- create file.iso

  file size    000000002517e7b6
  version      1
  image type   8
  padding      0
  sectors      358305
  sectors size 2048
  blhr offset  0000000025177ff6
  blhr size    26560
  hash         2f55c3a2be048faf29d5cdda4a1412c3
  unknowns     00000040 00000000 00000000 00000000
  008%

Once finished processing just open the iso to access the files. While a simple “make” should do the job, I’ve also made my build of the command line version (that should work on intel and ppc) available for your convenience.

Update 1: Thanks to shazron the invalid argument problem should be gone. I have applied the changes and updated the build.

Update 2: I’ve updated the build to produce a universal binary so it should now work for intel and ppc.

Update 3: For those not comfortable using the command line I whacked together a quick and dirty version with a GUI. Just drop the UIF file onto it. Should work with Tiger and Leopard, Intel and PPC. Let me know how “uif2iso for mac” works for you.

Update 4: There is a proper project page now. Please go there to get to the download.

24. January 2008 | iso, osx, uif | DiggIt!

213 Responses to “Opening UIF files on OSX”

s8 said, on 24. January 2008 at 9:30

thanks! this tool has made my day! :)
dubstep-radio said, on 27. January 2008 at 2:56

OMG! Thanks so much for compiling this for us! I would have just given up. <3 <3 <3
You rock!
bluesup51 said, on 2. February 2008 at 4:43

thanks! it made my day worthwile! :)
Peter said, on 2. February 2008 at 9:37

Thanks a lot. And thanks to Luigi too! This is cool!
David said, on 3. February 2008 at 20:28

fantastic! now I just need to learn how to use the command line in terminal :( (google got me here, I’m not an osx alpha user)
thanks
tcurdt said, on 3. February 2008 at 20:42

Put all files into the same directory. Then open terminal and use “cd” to change into that dir. Then execute “./uif2iso file.uif file.iso” (Note the leading “./”!!) to start the process. Never thought you have to be an alpha geek for that :)
David said, on 4. February 2008 at 12:18

fantastic! worked a treat!
thanks again,
The Lawnmower Man [well getting there one baby step at a time]
andy said, on 4. February 2008 at 21:51

I have no real idea how to use terminal. You gave some instructions above but I don’t know how to do what you are saying. “Open terminal and use “cd’ to change into that dir.” What exactly do you type. cd (then what?) my files are on my desktop.

Obviously, I’m not getting what it is you are tying to say. Could you give me some further instruction?
matthew said, on 5. February 2008 at 21:58

Hey this is great. I have been trying to do this for a few days. Also its the first time I will use the terminal! Always wanted to. what other kinds of things can you do from there?
Jonathan said, on 15. February 2008 at 5:45

Here is what I did (and I’m somewhat of a Terminal newbie)
1. Open Terminal (usually found in Applications/Utilities
2. while in terminal type ls
3. You should see a list of directories. Look for Desktop. If listed then,
4. cd Desktop
5. Type ls again to insure you are on the right level of your HD and your file is there
6. type the instructions as listed above by tcurdt where file.uif is the name of the file you want to convert and file.iso is the name you want to give the converted file.
7. Press return and wait a few secs/minutes depending on the size of the file.
8. Voila! There you have it!

Thanks again for the compile!
Ilias said, on 15. February 2008 at 16:49

Is there any detailed method on how to do this in mac os?
I am trying to make it with terminal but no luck…it says error…
Ilias said, on 15. February 2008 at 20:54

UIF2ISO 0.1.1
by Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi@autistici.org
web: aluigi.org

- open dvd.uif
- create file.iso

Error: Invalid argument

This is what i get everytime i try to convert it…
I use this command “./uif2iso “dvd.uif” dvd.iso”
StriderChris said, on 15. February 2008 at 23:50

Holy Smokes. I just started learning to use command line w/ my Mac and your site has saved the day. When I ran this, so much all the sudden made sense to me. I’d imagine this is how Neo felt when he started seeing the green lines in the Matrix :-P
Wow said, on 17. February 2008 at 7:38

You are a bronzed adonis. Thank you for this bit of wonderment.
Naseer Khan said, on 17. February 2008 at 20:13

Thanks for this great little utility. A lot of other places on the Google hits were saying we’re out of luck on the Mac, and you gotta use MagicISO on the PC side. Good going…
C42D said, on 18. February 2008 at 14:12

That Sh*t PWNS!!
gj UR 31337 tyvm
C42D said, on 18. February 2008 at 14:52

To those who got “Invalid Argument” Errors
Try mounting the .iso you just created with Toast Titanium.
worked for me.
pp said, on 18. February 2008 at 14:56

Works great ! Thank you very much
Shazron said, on 20. February 2008 at 9:27

For those that get “Invalid argument” errors, I fixed the C source so it compiles without warnings, but more importantly, uses the right functions for large files under OS X. See my post
Greg said, on 21. February 2008 at 15:28

terminal n00b here i’m afraid…

i have uif2iso.exe on my desktop, along with a.uif, i’ve done this in terminal:

Gregs-MacBook-Pro:~/desktop Greg$ uif2iso a.uif a.iso

and i get this:

-bash: uif2iso: command not found

or when i try

Gregs-MacBook-Pro:~/desktop Greg$ ./uif2iso a.uif a.iso

i get this:
-bash: ./uif2iso: is a directory

ideas on a postcard please! Thanks
tcurdt said, on 21. February 2008 at 15:44

Uh, boy …I should work on my patience. Or just create UI for it - that might be actually easier ;)

1. open terminal
2. cd Desktop
3. unzip uif2iso-0.1.2p0.zip (or unzip it via clicking on the archive)
4. cd uif2iso-0.1.2p0
5. ./uif2iso a.uif a.iso

Guys, please do yourself a favor and learn at least the command line basics!
mg said, on 22. February 2008 at 5:36

Thanks for this!
JOe said, on 22. February 2008 at 18:35

i got a problem. when i did it. i show -bash: ./uif2iso: cannot execute binary file

try so many way. Can anyone help me ? please

joe
am said, on 22. February 2008 at 22:47

Thanks, you saved me 2 hours by not having to install VMWare and WinXP and Magic ISO, ha!
Richard said, on 23. February 2008 at 22:06

Thankyou so much! I love it when the third-party mac solution is better than the original windows software :) x
Michael said, on 25. February 2008 at 17:19

Many thanks. I’m doing my best, but can’t get it to work. I followed your instructions but got this message:

-bash: ./uif2iso: cannot execute binary file

Is this because my Mac isn’t Intel-based?
Joey said, on 25. February 2008 at 22:47

Now I can learn how to speak German.

Das is good, ja. You are uber cool.
aljuk said, on 26. February 2008 at 14:36

“Cannot execute binary file” ???

Do I take it this only works for Intel Macs and not PPC?
Andy T said, on 27. February 2008 at 0:57

So Sexy!
thank you so much…

;)
FormosanBobsled said, on 27. February 2008 at 7:40

This software is excellent. Thanks!
Igor said, on 28. February 2008 at 23:29

Thanks! your tool save me a day!
felix said, on 29. February 2008 at 3:32

So did anyone get the problem “cannot execute binary file” solved? I have the same problem on an intel Mac using terminal and x11. Whadda going on here?
felix said, on 29. February 2008 at 3:45

I will admit my missing the correct download. Gotta put down the bong once in awhile…
samuel R said, on 29. February 2008 at 22:37

OMG I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO CONVERT when i saw the % show up i was F**K YEAH!!!!!!!! problem im having now is mac doesnt run .exe so ill have to get windows somehow to just to open the files and get the plugins im trying to get anyway ill write how i did it so we can get what we need with out headaches :)

1.go to applications, down to ulities then open terminal
2.make sure the contents from uif2iso-0.1.2p0 is on the desktop (that folder can be download from top of this article)
3.go to terminal and type ls and hit return (should see everthing)
4.if you see desktop amongest the list type cd Desktop and hit return
5. then type ls again and it should show everything on the desktop
6.then copy paste this ./uif2iso file.uif file.iso and paste it into terminal and hit return

biggest problem i had is that the uif file needs to be called file.uif (my file orginally was called ALL AFTER EFFECTS PLUGINS.uif and once i changed that to file.uif and hit return it converted it to iso with all the .exe files

good luck and thanks TO EVERYONE ON THIS FORUM Jonathan,tcurdt special thanks
mad said, on 1. March 2008 at 1:14

Nice tool !!
auser409 said, on 1. March 2008 at 14:52

Micheal, it looks like you did what i did, i nearly gave up, but it looks like you have downloaded the software from the wrong link you need to download the software from the link “my build (complied for intel)” try this and you will now be able to convert files, also make sure there are no spaces in your file name as it won’t work, i’m a newbie to terminal as well, cheers great tool by the way
Jeremiah said, on 2. March 2008 at 0:45

Thanks man! I used to spend all kinds of time transfering files back and forth to Windowsland just to convert these file.
Jeremiah said, on 2. March 2008 at 0:56

Here are the easy no fail steps to use this:

1. Click on Spotlight and search for and open “Terminal”
2. Open the uif2iso-0.1.2p0 folder and drag “uif2iso” to the Terminal window.
3. You should now see a long sting of text, put a space after this text, then drag the xxxxx.uif file to the Terminal Window.
4. There is now more text in the window, put another space after it and drag the xxxxx.uif in there again, this time delete the “uif” off the end and replace it with “iso” press enter, wait and there should be a new iso file in the same folder as the original “uif” file.

The reason some people are having problems is that they are not typing the full path to the files in the Terminal. The above steps work regardless and you don’t have to type anything.
Angelo said, on 2. March 2008 at 1:46

I have compiled uif2iso for mac osx ppc and it works. I will post link shortly.
allan said, on 2. March 2008 at 10:01

great tool. thanks allot
Art said, on 2. March 2008 at 17:45

Message to Michael.

If it is Not an Intel based Mac you need the file available under
http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz/uif2iso.zip

If it is an Intel based Mac, you need the file available under
http://vafer.org/pub/builds/uif2iso-0.1.2p0.zip

Once you have the right file, unzip it with StuffIt and copy all files into one directory, let say

Then in Terminal, choose your directory wher you have put all the files
in my case in mac/desktop/uif2iso
, the uif2iso application AND the uif file that you want to convert, in my case the LK.uif

You should see the following prompt:
mac:~/desktop/uif2iso mac$

Then type exactly the following (copy and paste also works..!)
./uif2iso lk.uif lk.iso

It should work.
Damien said, on 3. March 2008 at 23:41

I am having some problems with this. I am new to mac and it is my first time using the command terminal but nothing i try seems to work.
heres what I have done.

cd Desktop

ls

cduif2iso-0.1.2.0

then I have also put the file I want to change in to the uif2iso-0.1.2p0 folder and run the script as follows.

./uif2iso fbtb.uif fbtb.iso

but all I get as a responce is:
-bash: uif2iso: command not found

Please could someone explain where I am going wrong here.
Sorry I know its supose to be easy but like I said im new to mac.
thanx
Chris said, on 4. March 2008 at 9:49

Very cool, thanks! This saved me from, uhh…the 10 minutes it would have taken to boot up Parallells.
paul said, on 4. March 2008 at 21:08

trying but get ” -bash: hash: 2f55c3a2be048faf29d5cdda4a1412c3: not found
”

Any suggestions?

iMac G5 PPC os x.4
Joshua said, on 5. March 2008 at 13:04

http://www.shazron.com/2008/02/19/uif2iso-on-os-x/

This website solved the compile errors I was having with a PowerPC G5…

And I used the gcc compile and make install commands from this thread

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=482960

Good luck.
donnie dixon said, on 5. March 2008 at 17:32

I’m kinda lost with all the compile stuff and such. Using a PPC, G4/867DP. DL’d The newer PPC version from message #45 and created a folder with just the uif2isc.c and uif2iso.diff.txt inside of it. What do I do next? Can someone post instructions inside of ONE POST so that the newbies can pick up on terminal programming. Requesting instructions. Sounds like a great tool. I’d like to use it hopefully soon. Thank you everyone! Donnie Dixon
tcurdt said, on 5. March 2008 at 18:09

@Paul: That looks like a bash error. Sure you’ve got the command line right?
@Donnie: I’ve just updated the build to be a universal binary. Should work on intel and ppc now.
mich said, on 6. March 2008 at 13:14

when i try this:
./pimsleurs_japanese.uif pimsleurs_japanese.iso

i get this:
-bash: ./pimsleurs_japanese.uif: Permission denied

what can be the problem? please help. thanks :)
donnie dixon said, on 7. March 2008 at 4:47

Torsen, That’s a fantastic piece of software you rebuilt. I did get it to work on my G4 PPC. The only instructions that worked were #34. I am posting my results to share with others. Are there any good command-line tutorials for newbies? I see now the serious importance of knowing how to navigate the Terminal. My Terminal input results:

Welcome to Darwin!
[pool-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx:~] donniedi% cd Desktop
[pool-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx:~/Desktop] donniedi% cd uif2iso-0.1.2p1
[pool-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx:~/Desktop/uif2iso-0.1.2p1] donniedi% ls
Instructions uif2iso uif2iso.txt
Makefile uif2iso.c file.uif
[pool-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx:~/Desktop/uif2iso-0.1.2p1] donniedi% ls
Instructions uif2iso uif2iso.txt
Makefile uif2iso.c file.uif
[pool-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx:~/Desktop/uif2iso-0.1.2p1] donniedi% ./uif2iso file.uif file.iso

UIF2ISO 0.1.2+p0
by Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi@autistici.org
web: aluigi.org

- open file.uif
- create file.iso

file size 000000001c4df72f
version 1
image type 8
padding 0
sectors 268271
sectors size 2048
blhr offset 000000001c4db3af
blhr size 17280
hash b518f546684266867bb6495bb8f1744f
- start unpacking:
100%
- 0×0000000020bf7800 bytes written
[pool-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx:~/Desktop/uif2iso-0.1.2p1] donniedi%
Baff57 said, on 8. March 2008 at 5:33

Superb!! What a great help thanks a lot.
Dingaling said, on 8. March 2008 at 14:04

Thankyou for the GUI. You’re the greatest!!!
http://vafer.org/pub/builds/uif2iso-for-mac-1.0.1.zip
Divid said, on 9. March 2008 at 12:12

Thanks, that was great!
tedor2 said, on 10. March 2008 at 9:48

Thanks, great!
sixshades said, on 10. March 2008 at 21:36

THank you!!!!!!!!!
gnramos said, on 11. March 2008 at 6:16

Great! thanks a lot
issandr said, on 11. March 2008 at 15:27

Thank you so much for going through the trouble of making that available — much appreciated!
Michael said, on 12. March 2008 at 5:22

I get a “file is too large” error. The file I’m working with is about 4GB, on 10.5.2. Great work on this utility otherwise though. Let me know if I’m doing anything wrong (I have ample free space).
Chris said, on 12. March 2008 at 18:48

Thank you so very much for this! It was a GIGANTIC help!
Ruud said, on 14. March 2008 at 21:08

Thanx a lot :)
hann said, on 15. March 2008 at 13:37

you rock my world :D
I downloaded the GUI version and I had my cd mountable in about 30 seconds after clicking the download link here, thanks!
Bob said, on 16. March 2008 at 16:24

You are a star! Worked a dream for me. Thank you!!!!!
JACK said, on 16. March 2008 at 18:38

Hi
thanx a lot
your “quick and dirty”version with a GUI was really fine!
Kazi said, on 17. March 2008 at 0:17

Thanks man. Saved me alot of time.
luke said, on 17. March 2008 at 1:26

thanks so much for taking the time to make this and put it online!
Vicks said, on 17. March 2008 at 2:20

Thank you for making this available, especially for the gui.

Have a wonderful day,

Vicks
David said, on 17. March 2008 at 8:14

Very nice app, thank you so much! It really helped me out today! :)
Weirod said, on 17. March 2008 at 17:20

I got something wrong, anyone know what?

UIF2ISO 0.1.2+p0
by Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi@autistici.org
web: aluigi.org

- open /Users/anders/Desktop/uif2iso-0.1.2p1/NeverWinter Nights Diamond Edition.UIF
- create /Users/anders/Desktop/uif2iso-0.1.2p1/NeverWinter Nights Diamond Edition.iso

file size 00000000a243e927
version 1
image type 8
padding 0
sectors 1341056
sectors size 2048
blhr offset 00000000a242fcb0
blhr size 60535
hash 505db66aabaa0029c841ee1c3a7de853
Segmentation fault
Alex said, on 18. March 2008 at 15:45

Thanks a lot folks! Wasn’t that simple but eventually managed to do it( I’m new to macs). I don’t know why they r saving those files in .uif if its so unpopular- idiots.
Alex said, on 18. March 2008 at 15:48

Oh- yeah. For those who still can’t do it. I have followed instructions by Jeremiah, 2. March 2008, 0:56. Thats replay nr.38. Worked for me.
Barré said, on 18. March 2008 at 21:26

Thank you so much. I used your UIF to ISO program for OS X. Worked seamlessly. So simple, yet so crucial to my work. Thanks again.

Barré Guillen
http://theuniverseisbreathing.com
Jerwin said, on 19. March 2008 at 12:44

Worked great, thanks a bunch! Thanks to Luigi as well!
fabio said, on 20. March 2008 at 13:00

thank, simple but essential
rombear said, on 20. March 2008 at 14:46

super, thanks alot.. the GUI version wouldn’t work with large files, the terminal one works just great
Beige said, on 20. March 2008 at 16:12

GUIDE:

If you will be using uif2iso on a regular basis it makes sense to copy it to you systems /bin directory.

Doing so will enable you do use the program without having to navigate to it etc.

**********

First of all, using the Finder move the file called uif2iso from the folder you downloaded to the Desktop, this is purely to make things easier once in the terminal.

**********

Load up Terminal,

Everything after a $ you will need to type into the Terminal window

Replace LOGINNAME with your username

$ sudo cp /Users/LOGINNAME/Desktop/uif2iso /bin

Enter your password

**********

The sudo command gives cp (copy) permition to copy a file to /bin, which is normally locked for normal users.

If you want to check it worked do the following

$ cd /bin
$ ls

You should see a list of files, one of them should be uif2iso

**********

Now uif2iso is installed you can use it.

As before replace LOGINNAME with your username and replace FILENAME.UIF and FILENAME.ISO with the filename of the file you wish to convert

$ uif2iso /Users/LOGINNAME/Desktop/FILENAME.UIF /Users/LOGINNAME/Desktop/FILENAME.ISO

**********

Hopefully that will be detailed enough for anyone to follow, have fun :D
jpeterson said, on 20. March 2008 at 22:34

fuck yes. that was awesome and easy to suse. thanks for making this possible on the mac, you are a true hero.
ken said, on 21. March 2008 at 13:59

well done! a windows-based colleague gave me some clients’ work in uif format and this tool saved the day. i can confirm that this tool works reliably on an Apple G4 Quicksilver. thank you!
JonnyDoom said, on 21. March 2008 at 15:15

I went to the site to pick up the PPC based UIF program, and it doesn’t seem to be there anymore…hmmm
martin said, on 22. March 2008 at 1:46

tried your uif2iso for mac with a uif of a dvd and got the error message file is too big, it is about 3.4gb, any thoughts?
tcurdt said, on 22. March 2008 at 2:02

OK, guys… I’ve updated the build of the GUI version to 1.0.1. That should fix the ‘file too large’ error. Enjoy!
martin said, on 22. March 2008 at 2:25

fantastic, it now works perfectly, and very quick too, thanks for your ultra fast response.
this is on a mini running 10.5.2
just one slight cosmetic glitch, it reports the size as -888472519, but that does not stop it working
jgelfman said, on 22. March 2008 at 19:47

Thanks alot. Perfect instructions!!!!!!
barry said, on 23. March 2008 at 19:52

fantastic, thank you for the GUI version!
RobD said, on 24. March 2008 at 12:36

Wow. Thank you enormously for this and the helpful instructions!
Edward Brede said, on 24. March 2008 at 13:22

You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.
Chris Harris said, on 24. March 2008 at 16:14

Great work - thanks for this.
Mark said, on 24. March 2008 at 20:35

#51 is the only app that worked for me on my macbookpro intel.
Bill said, on 25. March 2008 at 3:12

Thank you Thank you!!!

After searching the Internet for Hours! You came up with a program that you are generously giving away that I would gladly pay for!!!

Your work is greatly appreciated!
Henning said, on 25. March 2008 at 22:11

works like a charm!

thank you!
Michele said, on 26. March 2008 at 15:41

Thank you very much, it works perfectly !!
Niklas said, on 26. March 2008 at 21:58

Thank you so much! Man I cannot tell how much I hate these crappy companies reinventing the wheel again and again with all their propriety formats!
ajrb01 said, on 26. March 2008 at 23:46

You are the man…
Works like a charm. Thanks for your effort.
Markus said, on 27. March 2008 at 15:45

Thank You! Really great work!
Amir said, on 27. March 2008 at 19:19

A great program that works a charm. I’m very impressed and grateful.
Nina said, on 28. March 2008 at 1:21

Fantastic program! Thanks so much.
Steve said, on 28. March 2008 at 2:20

You’re the best. Terrific program. Saved my life.
Dan said, on 28. March 2008 at 3:21

Great program and easy to use. Thanks!
Aenigma said, on 28. March 2008 at 10:40

Thanx!!!
Cameron said, on 28. March 2008 at 18:09

Thanks SO MUCH for this. Especially the GUI version. Great work amigo!
cc said, on 29. March 2008 at 16:32

the world needs men like you!
Nsoul said, on 29. March 2008 at 18:01

Great Tool! Thanks so much!!

Works a treat.
cerebio said, on 29. March 2008 at 18:07

The GUI version is heroic! You saved me a lot of headache. Great effort, thanks a lot.
d said, on 29. March 2008 at 23:34

Thank you for a great app. saved me a world of grief!
Really appreciate it!!
conanr said, on 30. March 2008 at 0:38

You are a star, thanks dude.
C
nic said, on 30. March 2008 at 5:48

smooth… clean… simple… love it…

thanks!
mike said, on 31. March 2008 at 12:04

THANKS! Works wonderfully!
Tom Haynes said, on 1. April 2008 at 0:00

THANKS!
Yes, another thanks for your work. Worked like a champ, and fast on my Intel iMac.

Cheers.
Flynn said, on 1. April 2008 at 4:23

Thanks mate! UIF files are a pain in the ass even on Winblows, with this I’ll never need to deal with having to save something to my PC [sigh] laptop or a VPC again. W00t! You should totally submit this on http://iusethis.com - it would be a life saver for a lot of people I think.
Tiberiu said, on 1. April 2008 at 11:45

Thanks, that was great!
eldritch48 said, on 1. April 2008 at 15:54

Awesome, thanks a ton!
Tarek said, on 1. April 2008 at 16:43

Sweet! Thank you kindly!
=)
Centzon said, on 1. April 2008 at 20:43

May the angels rain down jewels and sweet meats upon you!!
jean-paul said, on 2. April 2008 at 4:34

Well, what can i do, but add my voice to everybody: Thank you a million times! Bill should give you his billions right away!
Jacob said, on 2. April 2008 at 21:05

Thanks alot!, worked like a charm.
ben said, on 3. April 2008 at 11:56

thanks for this, everywhere else i looked said no such thing existed.
gr8xk said, on 4. April 2008 at 5:38

Thank you…
minamamundi said, on 4. April 2008 at 7:24

I cant thank you enough. Now I can learn to draw. You are awesome.
Lukas said, on 5. April 2008 at 6:36

sleek, smart and sexy as hell.
thanks man, this is unreal.
~L
Henrik said, on 5. April 2008 at 15:51

THANKS!!!!! im officialy the 118 person thankfull for youre great Job!
once again thanks!
Stef said, on 5. April 2008 at 16:08

Works great! Thank you very much!!
craig said, on 5. April 2008 at 17:25

YAY! I totally woulda given up. Thank you for your smart brain and willingness to pass stuff on…
Peter said, on 6. April 2008 at 6:27

Thanks! It worked fine for me. I opened the folder with the UIF file and dragged the file onto the uif2iso.app and it converted it to ISO in the same folder. It couldn’t be easier.

Thanks !! :-)
cartann said, on 6. April 2008 at 7:14

Thank you! You Rock! :-)
After so much nonsense over the net, you came up with a neat soluiton.
It worked like a charm.
When they will stop makink standarts????
Thanks.
Kieran said, on 6. April 2008 at 10:05

Works a charm. Brillo. Cheers. God bless hobby coders everywhere
Zack said, on 6. April 2008 at 20:05

You are a Genius!!!!! Thanks
jerome said, on 7. April 2008 at 5:24

thank you! you should post the GUI version on macupdate and version tracker. also, try to get it on apple’s website. this is an essential tool.

thanks!
Peter de K. said, on 7. April 2008 at 20:00

Great tool! thank you!
Lukito said, on 8. April 2008 at 16:06

Thanks a world dude, this is great!
grateful said, on 8. April 2008 at 16:06

thank you thank you thank you thank you
Matt Przybylski said, on 8. April 2008 at 22:06

Great tool, worked like a charm on OSX Leopard. Thanks a ton!
Erik said, on 8. April 2008 at 22:21

Thanks a lot, it helped me …
JR said, on 9. April 2008 at 11:14

WOW! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!
Lorenzo said, on 9. April 2008 at 14:05

thank you! great job!
Pavel said, on 9. April 2008 at 20:54

Thanx a lot, on my intel MacBook (mid 2006) works fine. Great stuff.
Only size 3.3 GB is reported as -755175717.
CM said, on 10. April 2008 at 14:19

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
You’re awesome!
Mr. Lion said, on 10. April 2008 at 16:30

Thank you so much for this little program, saved me a bunch XD
papypaprika said, on 11. April 2008 at 16:30

Thank you so much guy,

Works perfectly, Rapid. Clean. I love it.
william de la maza said, on 11. April 2008 at 20:01

Many thanks for the tool!!

Save the hassle of working on my pc.
satxmedical said, on 12. April 2008 at 4:29

You’re the coolest dude! Thanks a bunch!
oscarcarserud said, on 13. April 2008 at 13:21

Thankyou Thankyou, that is people like you that makes the world go round.
Roland said, on 13. April 2008 at 17:09

Dude, you ROCK! thanks a bunch for this great utility program.
you make my day.
Gracias amigo.
Gregg said, on 14. April 2008 at 6:10

Thanks! This has made a bunch of files usable. I have one file where I get a “wrong signature” message on the “status” line. Any idea what that means? Thanks again. It’s a life-saving tool.
Mark said, on 14. April 2008 at 9:00

Thanks for this software! save me lots and lots of time! :D
AP said, on 14. April 2008 at 18:55

Worked like a charm!!
Thanks a million!!!
BC said, on 14. April 2008 at 19:24

Thanks ALOT! I was going to cry when I downloaded a file that toast 8 could not burn on my mac. This program saved my skin.
Hello said, on 15. April 2008 at 9:30

Yeah, works great :)))))) Using Leopard as well.
David said, on 15. April 2008 at 15:26

You make my day with that file! sweetest revenge on UIF idiots!
ash said, on 15. April 2008 at 21:55

It’s people like you make the www a wwwonderful place :-))
Thanks a lot!
John said, on 16. April 2008 at 5:02

A huge thanks the Jonathan and tcurd!!!!! Awesome app, worked great on Leopard!
cylonmac said, on 16. April 2008 at 8:36

Thanx a bunch. uif2iso for mac works like a dream on OSX 10.5.2.
Fridel said, on 16. April 2008 at 13:12

thank you very much. works smoothly on osx 10.5.2 (intel)
Dash said, on 16. April 2008 at 20:18

Works perfectly with Leopard
Thanks a lot!!!
NZ_Machine said, on 17. April 2008 at 14:33

Mahlzeit!

Works perfectly on Tiger/PPC!
Thanks a lot!

Regards
Michael
Lasse Klein said, on 17. April 2008 at 17:19

A big thank you from me too. This saved me hours of trouble and searching.

Lasse
Lasse Klein said, on 17. April 2008 at 17:20

By the way: Burning directly from Disk Utility in Leopard worked like a charm
Michiel said, on 18. April 2008 at 12:12

Brilliant!
PhiPhun said, on 22. April 2008 at 0:23

OMG thank you Luigi!!! Using Disk Utility was best for me also… and i just showed my PC Guru-Tech friend a thing or two about Mac’s… now i don’t need his stinkin PC box… LOL… namaste
narna said, on 22. April 2008 at 6:19

you rockkkkk
Dwayne said, on 22. April 2008 at 10:38

Thanks for a great timesaver! I thought I was going to have to give up on finding a program like this!
YOU ROCK!!!! said, on 22. April 2008 at 17:01

Thanks so much, worked like a charm.
You are a saint. Put it up on versiontracker please as this is much needed by the mac community.
Again THANK YOU.
Your Godlike said, on 23. April 2008 at 14:15

Thank you so very much, ohh i could kiss your hands.
Lee said, on 25. April 2008 at 4:45

thanks so much. once i figured it out it worked perfectly

http://www.youtubeguitarblog.com

http://www.wolfmountainhouse.com
Andrew said, on 25. April 2008 at 5:11

THANK YOU # 38!!!
Poiz said, on 27. April 2008 at 8:56

This tool works fine with .uif CD Images. With .uif DVD Images it converts to an Empty .iso
Has anyone experienced the same anomaly? Does anyone have a solution to this?
trapezistka said, on 29. April 2008 at 16:38

thanks a lot!!!
this is really great: that there always are people like you to do things like this!
danke!!!
DanZaMan4251 said, on 30. April 2008 at 21:17

thanks man, you rule
santa said, on 30. April 2008 at 21:36

i’m having the same problem with DVD images. I get an empty ISO.
tcurdt said, on 30. April 2008 at 22:13

@santa, @Poiz: Could you guys provide me with such an image? Preferably a small one ;)
Are there any errors shown in the status field?
tcurdt said, on 1. May 2008 at 4:24

Alright guys… UIF2ISO for Mac now has a proper project page. Please go to http://vafer.org/projects/uif2iso4mac/ and upgrade to the new 1.0.3 release. It does not solve the DVD image issue but it will get you auto updates. So you will never miss upcoming versions. Enjoy!
santa said, on 1. May 2008 at 12:45

it’s a dvd, so somewhat large — error message is Status = Wrong Signature
tcurdt said, on 1. May 2008 at 13:15

@santa: Thanks for letting me know the error message.

I think easiest would be to create an UIF file from scratch with MagicDisk. Then it can be still a DVD but small. If someone could get around to create - one that would be great. I would first need to get hold of a windows machine. That might take a bit.
New design, new projects » Torsten Curdt’s weblog said, on 2. May 2008 at 19:25

[...] for Mac This basically started out with a blog post where I showed how to convert those proprietary UIF files into a standard ISO image. As it turned [...]
Kevin said, on 2. May 2008 at 19:42

Thanks a lot for uif2iso4mac !
Poiz said, on 3. May 2008 at 21:15

I don’t get any error messages at all. This Wonderful Tool goes ahead to create the .ISO Image alright but when I mount the image, I find nothing inside it: Just an Empty image. You asked if I could send you the image file. Where should I send it to… and by the way, the DVD is about 3.5GB, which is rather big. Cheers. We appreciate your good work. Additionally, I suggest you create a “DONATION PAGE” so that sincere users may support you with whatever they could.
Poiz said, on 3. May 2008 at 21:23

I’m sorry about the Donation page: I just discovered it already exists!!!
ks said, on 8. May 2008 at 14:49

Figured it all out after reading your blog, worked seamlessly. Great work. much appreciated.
tcurdt said, on 9. May 2008 at 16:56

@santa, @Poiz: I’ve create a DVD myself on a windows machine. So far I could not reproduce the problems you guys are reporting. So either the image you guys have is broken …or just somewhat different. Different version, compressed vs uncompressed, password protected …or who knows what. So as a first step it would be great if you could send me a screenshot showing the uif2iso4mac window. (Apple+shit+4) …and as a second step I would need the exact same image. As it’s quite big you could also burn it onto a DVD and send it over. See “contact” for the address. Cheers.
Garrod said, on 26. May 2008 at 13:45

Cheer for this, didn’t fancy booting into Windows!
rastamanguito said, on 3. June 2008 at 19:23

Muchas gracias, llevo 3 semanas tratando de compilar el programa pero no tengo nada de experiencia haciendo esto, agradesco mucho esta solución.

Guatemala
Ron said, on 7. June 2008 at 6:21

Not as much fun but the easiest way to convert uif is to go to http://vafer.org/projects/uif2iso4mac/ and download the program. After unstuffing just drag your .uif file onto the program icon and you will have an .iso file.
stranman said, on 7. July 2008 at 17:01

Thank you so much this worked like a charm !!
Simon said, on 10. July 2008 at 15:54

Very nice, thanx for including your build, works fine on my macbook.
Thanx !
Ian said, on 11. July 2008 at 8:25

Once again, thanks for taking the trouble to do this, it’s really helped me out :)
Shane said, on 24. July 2008 at 2:17

My many thanks!
Jonathan said, on 2. August 2008 at 6:31

so useful, so easy, just amazing
Evan said, on 11. August 2008 at 0:42

DUDE! thx a mil! what I did was I threw all of the files onto a folder on my desktop (including the file I wanted to convert) and just cd to the folder then ran the command line. THANK YOU AGAIN!
tom lecoeny said, on 19. August 2008 at 5:08

wonderful
I opened terminal for the first time for this and it worked the second time.
15 minutes total
wow
thanks
make a little donorware or something and post it
jas said, on 25. August 2008 at 20:41

hey thanks so much!!!!
jk said, on 26. August 2008 at 19:20

jeesh i went down this whole thins… kept getting “no worki” rsvps from my leopard based pro book… so before i was about to go and check just once more… after all i am new to leopard and maybe i was doing something wrong still??

i re-searched for a solution and found this:

http://vafer.org/projects/uif2iso4mac/

i’m sure both work but this one’s um easier if you’re a blonde**

good luck guys
Pat said, on 1. September 2008 at 1:32

I am using the uifsiso4mac and I am getting this error when I try to open it:
“Conversion Failed
Failed to Unzip BLHR data”

Any ideas on correcting this? My email is pjksportscards[at]hotmail[dot]com

Thanks.
Gaz said, on 1. September 2008 at 2:02

Hi,
and thank you I just used the file association instructions and went perfectly.
Don’t you just love it when thinks just work..:)
Regards
Good work
dioioib said, on 4. September 2008 at 3:42

man this is awesome. Thanks for your hard work. I really hate proprietary disk images..

Keep up the good work.
Gabe said, on 7. September 2008 at 18:44

Thanks! awesome, #34 worked perfectly. Just make sure to copy the uif file and the file you download here into the same directory.
John said, on 9. September 2008 at 22:48

I am also getting the “Conversion Failed - Failed to Unzip BLHR data” error. Is this fixable
mkpena said, on 10. September 2008 at 19:41

I had the empty iso problem when I downloaded the first uif2iso software, but then i tried with the new version uif2isomac and it worked. http://vafer.org/projects/uif2iso4mac/
jk said, on 11. September 2008 at 22:27

it seems to give the Failed to Unzip BLHR data notice with files “uif-ed” w a later version of magic… i’m thinking it’s not to be fixed until a new release?
Tim said, on 14. September 2008 at 3:41

Ditto on the “Conversion Failed - Failed to Unzip BLHR data” error. Help?
tcurdt said, on 16. September 2008 at 12:22

@jk, Tim, John: Sorry for the late response. Have been away. This is due to the fact that they keep changing the file format. Luis and I will try get this fixed. But unfortunately this turned out to become a cat and mouse game. Blame the people for using this silly format.
Alex said, on 16. September 2008 at 13:53

Hello,

I am trying to convert a uif to iso using uif2iso4mac but I get the error in a message window:

Conversion Failed
CUE File Embedded
+ a button with the word “bummer”

On a separate window, I get:

Size 766731919
Version 1
Image Type 9
Sector Size 2048
Sectors 399542
Hash a9f44757edfdf08fb0246dc044c8bba0
Status Failed

Any Help?
Thanks
Alex
tcurdt said, on 16. September 2008 at 14:11

@Alex: embedded CUE files and passwords are not supported by uif2iso4mac yet. The latest command line version from Luis does though. But you would have to compile it yourself.
laurence said, on 22. September 2008 at 8:28

I know you are aware of this but I too am getting the “Conversion Failed - Failed to Unzip BLHR data” message
Walter Aparicio said, on 22. September 2008 at 18:30

Gracias por el programa, una ayuda imprescindible.
mKs said, on 24. September 2008 at 13:56

Great man. Yo ta sacchain nai fabulous chha
mKs said, on 24. September 2008 at 13:57

Great man.
greg said, on 27. September 2008 at 10:40

Hi. I got the “Conversion Failed - Failed to Unzip BLHR data” message too. Does it mean that the file is protected by a password?
Please help. Cheers
greg said, on 27. September 2008 at 10:44

and when i do it in the terminal I got:
“bash: ./windowsxp.uif: Permission denied”
please help cheers
Edgar AKA the-iguana said, on 27. September 2008 at 17:27

worked 100%.
Thanks ;)
tcurdt said, on 30. September 2008 at 1:10

OK, guys …a new release is out that should hopefully fix the “Failed to Unzip BLHR data”. But please - flame anyone using this file format.
zackck said, on 11. October 2008 at 8:59

yay! thanks!
metallunatic said, on 28. October 2008 at 22:59

you rock
the s/w rocks
soooo simple & easy
beautiful
thnx a 1,000,000,000,000,000
Alan said, on 12. November 2008 at 21:38

This software is great. Thanks so much!
elliott said, on 27. November 2008 at 7:55

dude - you rock - killer little app - thanks
Iva said, on 1. December 2008 at 4:06

Excellent! Finally I could open that uif file sitting in my hd for the past 3 months! THANK YOU!
mike said, on 2. December 2008 at 7:41

XD Cheers!!! thx guys

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