There is no WinBin2Iso for Mac or Linux. WinBin2Iso is Windows-only, and that statement belongs in the first paragraph, plainly, so no Mac or Linux reader wastes time looking for a version that does not exist. If you use a Mac or Linux, you need a different route to get from BIN to ISO, and this guide covers the honest options: Disk Utility and hdiutil concepts on Mac, and bchunk on Linux, with the audio caveats that apply to both.
For Windows readers, WinBin2Iso remains the tool for this site. It is a free Windows tool by Nenad Hrg and SoftwareOK, latest v6.79 from 19 October 2026, available from the WinBin2Iso download page. For Mac and Linux readers, the rest of this post is about alternatives, not about running WinBin2Iso through a workaround, because no workaround is claimed here.
Why there is no Mac or Linux version
SoftwareOK lists WinBin2Iso for Windows only: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 7, and Windows Server 2012 through 2025, in x64, x32, and x86 variants. There is no Mac version, no Linux version, and no Android version in that list. That is a statement about the tool as distributed, not a judgement about Mac or Linux. The tool was built as a small Windows utility, and it stays one.
Mac route: Disk Utility and hdiutil concepts
On a Mac, the built-in concepts to know are Disk Utility and hdiutil. Disk Utility is the graphical disk tool included with macOS, and hdiutil is its command-line companion for working with disk images. The general concept is that macOS understands ISO files natively for mounting, and it has tools for converting between image formats, but the exact steps depend on the image type and on your macOS version, so this guide describes concepts rather than a single guaranteed click path.
For a data BIN with a CUE file, the Mac approach is to work with the pair together, not with the BIN alone, because the CUE describes the track layout that a converter needs to interpret the raw BIN correctly. If you have only a BIN with no CUE, and it is a data disc, some tools may still be able to work with it, but results vary, and you should verify the output before relying on it. For background on what the CUE does, see what is a CUE file and BIN vs ISO vs CUE vs IMG vs MDF.
After conversion, a Mac can mount the resulting ISO in the same way Windows can, by opening it, which presents it as a virtual disc. Check the mounted contents before you delete the original. If the ISO mounts but looks empty or wrong, the problem is more likely to be with the source image or the conversion than with macOS mounting itself. Keep the original BIN and CUE until the ISO is verified.
Linux route: bchunk and the CUE requirement
On Linux, the best-known tool for this job is bchunk, a command-line utility that converts BIN and CUE pairs to ISO and related outputs. The command pattern is straightforward, and it is worth showing exactly because it is a pattern, not a claim about a particular bchunk release. The pattern is:
bchunk input.bin input.cue output.iso
In that pattern, input.bin is your BIN file, input.cue is its companion CUE file, and output.iso is the ISO file you want to create. Replace those placeholders with your actual filenames. The key point is that bchunk needs a CUE file. Unlike WinBin2Iso, which does not need a CUE for a data disc, bchunk’s workflow is built around the BIN and CUE pair. If you have no CUE, bchunk is not the straightforward answer, and you will need to address the missing CUE first. Our guide to a missing or wrong CUE file explains why the CUE matters, even though its WinBin2Iso focus differs.
To get bchunk on many Linux distributions, you install it through your distribution’s package manager, and on a Mac, the analogous route is through Homebrew, which is the community package manager many Mac users use for command-line tools. This guide does not give version numbers for bchunk, because no version is claimed in the facts for this post, and a version number would be an invented detail. Install the version your package manager provides, and check its own documentation for its options.
How bchunk handles audio differently
Bchunk handles audio tracks differently from a simple BIN to ISO conversion, and that difference matters. Where a BIN and CUE pair contains audio tracks, bchunk can produce WAV outputs for those tracks, rather than folding everything into a single ISO. That behaviour is actually useful, because it preserves the track separation that a single ISO might lose. It also means the output of a bchunk run on an audio disc may not be a single ISO file at all, but an ISO plus WAV files, or WAV files alongside the data.
The lesson is the same as the audio warning elsewhere on this site: for audio, keep the original BIN and CUE pair, and do not assume a single ISO is a faithful replacement. The post on audio CD BIN to ISO and missing tracks explains why track structure is fragile in conversion, and that caution applies to Mac and Linux routes just as much as to Windows routes. If the disc is audio, the original pair is your master copy.
Frequently asked questions
Can I run WinBin2Iso on a Mac?
No. WinBin2Iso is Windows-only. Mac users should use Disk Utility and hdiutil concepts, or bchunk via Homebrew, as described above.
Does bchunk need a CUE file?
Yes. The bchunk pattern takes both the BIN and the CUE as inputs. WinBin2Iso does not need a CUE for a data disc, but bchunk does, so keep the pair together.