<s>
UUTool	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
freeware	O
application	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
by	O
Bernie	O
Wieser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
UUTool	B-Operating_System
was	O
to	O
uuencode	B-Device
and	O
uudecode	B-Device
files	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
functionality	O
grew	O
to	O
translate	O
uLaw	B-Algorithm
encoded	O
files	O
to	O
AIFF	O
format	O
,	O
segment	O
large	O
uuencoded	B-Device
files	O
,	O
and	O
recombine	O
multiple	O
uuencoded	B-Device
files	O
for	O
decode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UUTool	B-Operating_System
uuencoded	B-Device
files	O
and	O
attached	O
the	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
UUTool	B-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
first	O
Macintosh	B-Device
program	O
that	O
encoded	O
the	O
data	B-Operating_System
fork	I-Operating_System
,	O
resource	B-Operating_System
fork	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
finder	O
information	O
into	O
one	O
uuencoded	B-Device
file	O
with	O
the	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
for	O
this	O
was	O
to	O
catenate	O
the	O
three	O
pieces	O
of	O
file	O
information	O
and	O
uniquely	O
name	O
the	O
resource	B-Operating_System
fork	I-Operating_System
and	O
finder	O
info	O
as	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
for	O
some	O
interoperability	O
on	O
non-Macintosh	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
