Extract text from SuperCard projects (SC45)
To convert SC45 projects to another format, you need SuperCard or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Mac Project File" file type, you need software like SuperCard or a similar tool.
A .sc45 file is a legacy development project file created by SuperCard, a Macintosh multimedia authoring environment. It stores user interface layouts, SuperTalk scripts, vector graphics, and embedded media assets. Originally opened and compiled using SuperCard by Solutions Etcetera, this format is heavily tied to older Apple operating systems.
This format has major disadvantages for modern users. It is a closed, proprietary, and obsolete file type. The software requires older versions of macOS to run, and the files are completely unsupported by modern web browsers or standard text editors. Users typically need to convert this file to extract their old scripts to TXT, graphics to PNG, or sounds to WAV to migrate their legacy projects to modern engines like LiveCode.
Because .sc45 is a proprietary binary format, it is extremely difficult to open or convert. Standard online converters fail because they lack the specific parsing logic to understand SuperCard's internal database structure. Often, only the original SuperCard software can properly read or export the structured data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SC45 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SC45 file to , you can use SuperCard or similar software from the "Application Development Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to SC45, try SuperCard or another comparable tool in the "Application Development Project" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SC45 converter.