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MacBinary | 1992-05-14 | 41.0 KB | [MW2D/MWII]
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Confidence	Program	Detection	Match Type	Support
`100%`	dexvert	MacWrite Document `(document/macWrite)`	idMeta	Supported
`10%`	dexvert	MacBinary `(archive/macBinary)`	fallback	Supported
`100%`	file	MacBinary II, inited, Sat May 9 14:58:23 1992, modified Thu May 14 15:31:42 1992, creator 'MWII', type 'MW2D', 41472 bytes "Shane Looker" , at 0xa280 286 bytes resource	default (weak)
`99%`	file	data	default
`74%`	TrID	Mac MacWrite II document (MacBinary)	default
`25%`	TrID	MacBinary 2	default (weak)
`100%`	siegfried	fmt/1762 MacBinary (II)	default
`100%`	lsar	MacBinary	default
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macFileType	`[MW2D]`
macFileCreator	`[MWII]`
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