To open and view the contents of a MacBinary file, you must have a program that is capable of uncompressing the binary file type. You can use Stuffit Expander to open compressed files.

Excel files are binary files that contain complex formatting and data structures. When you open an Excel file in Notepad, you will see a lot of gibberish and binary data. However, there is an ...

If you open a file that you can’t immediately read, you may be looking at compressed data, binary code, or source code that has been reduced or ‘minified’ by removing unnecessary white space.