Category: Witgui Help
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Why are my .iso games not listed?
Is the game extension actually .nkit.iso? Then the game is not supported by wit.
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Can I export the game cover images?
Currently there is no built-in export feature, but you can quite easily copy the downloaded images in the Finder. Witgui downloads the images to the directory located at ~/Library/Application Support/Witgui/covers, where ~ is your home directory. You can navigate to the ~/Library directory in the Finder by pressing the Option key and selecting in the…
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Why am I getting the error “Witgui can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software”?
This error may be displayed when launching apps that are distributed outside of the App Store. To circumvent it, right-click the app in the Finder, select the menu Open, and then click on Open again.
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Logging and inspecting errors
Witgui runs on top of the wit/wwt command line tools. Please note that these tools don’t support the NKit format. When an error occurs or something doesn’t behave as intended with the generated game files, it can be useful to inspect the output of these tools. If the output contains something like this: !! wit:…
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Installing wit/wwt
Witgui is based on the wit and wwt executables which are part of the Wiimms ISO Tools. These tools are the core for listing and converting your games and most of the other features that Witgui offers. wit and wwt can be downloaded from the File menu with a single click. After a successful download,…
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Naming presets
When composing the name of a file to convert, renaming a file or exporting a game list, special tags can be inserted into the text field by clicking on the “+” button on the left side. Frequently used naming presets can be selected, too. To add a custom naming preset to the list, compose your…
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Uninstalling Witgui
To uninstall Witgui, the directory ~/Library/Application Support/Witgui should be removed, where ~ denotes your home directory (i.e. /Users/myusername).
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Merging and splitting files
When you select a different option than “Don’t split” in the conversion modal panel, the created file will be split up into multiple files if it is larger than the selected option. This is necessary if you are going to play a game on a FAT partition, which doesn’t support files larger than 4GB. To…
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Adding a game to a WBFS partition
Before being able to open a WBFS partition, you have to install wwt and grant access to the partition. To open a WBFS partition, select “Open WBFS partition” from the File menu and choose your WBFS partition from the combo box. Make sure you can see the game you want to transfer in the source window (which will…
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Gaining access to WBFS partitions and formatting a partition as WBFS
To gain access to a WBFS partition or to format a partition as WBFS you first need to install wwt, which you are prompted to download when you launch Witgui for the first time. Besides, you somehow need to have privileged permissions. The first time you download wwt you’ll be prompted whether to set it automatically to…