Split & Join v1.2.1 is a very rare (well, perhaps until now) near
forgotten Macintosh utility for splitting large files into smaller
chunks or joining those chunks back together again.
? the DL is archived as a StuffIt v3.6 ".sit" file containing an 800k
Disk Copy 4.2 disk image file.
Split & Join is ideally suited to splitting large flat files that
contain no Macintosh Resource Fork data, such as compressed StuffIt
sit files or other file types such as .tif, .png, .jpg, etc.
It's also OK at splitting Disk Copy 6.x .img files (if created without
using Disk Copy compression), or other disk image files such as .iso,
or .cdr files.
?Just add the chunk size (in K) that you wish to split files to and
follow the prompts from there.
This software, although it was written for much earlier Mac OS's in
mind, I had no problem using this on a G4 running Mac OS 9.2.2. - This
is one very well written piece of software and is very fast in
operation.
Important: (System 7.0+) To have Split & Join working with Macintosh
"Drag & Drop", to enable batch splitting/joining, you 1st need to
"Rebuild the Macintosh Desktop": [Instructions here][1] if unfamiliar
with this term (Web Archive).
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k
> Split & Join has been tested under Mac OS 6.0 and 7.0. Although some
> convenience features are available only under Mac OS 7.0, Split &
> Join is fully functional under Mac OS 6.0, and under earlier systems
> dating back to System 3.2 and Finder 5.3. Under versions of
> MultiFinder prior to System 6.0, you may improve performance by
> giving Split & Join more memory, up to approximately 224K. Split &
> Join requires at least a Macintosh 512KE.
>
> ?Excerpt: is from the enclosed "ReadMe" doc
On Mac OS 9.x, I had increased the Split & Join memory settings to
1MB. But probably this wasn't necessary, as it is super fast &
efficient at splitting files 100's of MBs in size, using a much lower
RAM setting.
[1]:
http://web.archive.org/web/20190207182002/http://www.essentialmac.com/fix/rebuild.html
