Tome

File Format
Name	Tome
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Archiving Tome
Type Code	idcp

Tome is the apparent name of an archive format used for intallation on classic Mac OS. It is supported by the TomeViewer utility.

It reportedly uses InstaCompOne compression.

Identification

The first four bytes of a file are observed to be 6b 63 00 01.

Specifications

• vibeExtract:macOSInstallTome/macOSInstallTome.txt

Software

• vibeExtract:macOSInstallTome
• TomeViewer at Macintosh Repository
• TomeViewer at Macintosh Garden
• TomeViewerX (metadata only; does not decompress)
• Deark (limited)

Sample files

• MacOS 8 (Version 8.1) → (various files with "Tome" in their name)
• dexvert samples — archive/macOSInstallTome