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Name MOOF Disk Image File
Version 1
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/2061
Library of Congress Format Description Identifier:  Q116870058
Family  
Classification Presentation
Disclosure  
Description A MOOF file utilizes a chunk-based binary format, ensuring future-proof compatibility with older software which may not recognize newer data chunks. MOOF serves as the Macintosh equivalent of the WOZ disk image format for floppy disks. The name "MOOF" references Dogcow, a character from Macintosh folklore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogcow
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Related file formats None.
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Supported until  
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Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Source date 21 Jul 2025
Source description v.121: new PUID.
Last updated 21 Jul 2025
Note https://applesaucefdc.com/moof-reference/ http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/MOOF Submission: https://github.com/digital-preservation/PRONOM_Research/tree/42a05f69926447c3eca228595d0d85c5c6fdae2b/Submissions/Complete/AppleSauce
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