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Resource fork hex editor
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-05-08 08:21:23 I'm looking for a hex editor/dumper or similar that understands resource forks and will colour code (or similar) the bits of the file (e.g. resource name list, reference list, individual resources, etc). Context: I have two copies of a background-only application. One is broken; the other is not. The working copy breaks when I shut down after using it, so I have to restore it from a fresh copy and restart every time I want to use it. This seems a bit odd. Diffing the resource forks raw shows 32 bits near the beginning being set to FFFFFFFF in the broken one which looks a bit suspicious. DeRezzing both files and diffing the .rs shows no difference. I am trying to work out what this 32-bit quantity actually is, and my short-term memory is too rubbish to dissect this by hand. 🙂
Posted by: Crutch on 2020-05-08 08:36:33 Have you tried ResCompare? https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/rescompare-v26
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-05-08 08:37:57 Have you tried ResCompare? That is exactly the tool I was trying to remember the name of yesterday. Thankyou.
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