# ExtractMachO

> ExtractMachO is an IDA plugin that extracts Mach-O binaries found in a disassembly. It supports 32-bit and 64-bit images, fat binaries, and Intel, PowerPC, and ARM. Version 1.1 was tested with IDA 6.3 on Mac OS X.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary
- Category: Native analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/gdbinit/ExtractMachO>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/gdbinit/ExtractMachO/blob/0ee718a023ac5167560063ea2e95536e7bcb2c9e/README>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/extractmacho/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/extractmacho/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/extractmacho/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Place the cursor on a Mach-O start to dump that image, or let the plugin search the whole database. The magic values it recognizes are 0xFEEDFACE and 0xFEEDFACF.
- The OS X build uses the Makefile or the Xcode project.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/gdbinit/ExtractMachO/blob/0ee718a023ac5167560063ea2e95536e7bcb2c9e/README>

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