ok, after digging around some more with these tools, and chatting on the phone with Evan, I found the solution. these are the steps, doesn't matter what OS, or using VMware, since some of the tools are linux, java, or only windows Evan let me know if i missed anything For any new programs or editing an existing program in a text file 1. write your new Applesoft Basic code or edit an existing program , and save this into a text file 2. take an existing Dos or ProDos disk image, which can be found online, and open it with CiderPress 3. a. Select the operation in the menu, Actions---> Convert to File Archive this will create an archive image in the shrinkit format b. you get a popup window called 'Convert to Archive" c. the button for 'Convert All Files' should be ON d. the box for 'Preserve Empty Folders' should be checked e. Click GO and you get the Save dialog window popup f. select your directory, such as your project, enter filename of this new archive file, click SAVE 4. Open this new archive file, you should see the same files from the disk image 5. a. Select the operation in the menu, Actions---> Import BAS from Text b. the 'Open Text File' dialog window will popup, select the text file containing your code c. you get another popup window, 'Import BAS from Text File' d. the filename box is pre-filled with the same filename of your code e. I suggest to changing this to CAPs for the Apple ][ system, then click SAVE f. the new code will now appear as an Applesoft Basic file in the new disk volume of the archive 6. a. Select the operation in the menu, Actions---> Convert to Disk Image b. you get a popup window called 'Convert to Disk Image" c. the button for 'Convert All Files' should be ON d. select the correct disk size, in our case, this was 140KB, 5.25" Floppy e. at the bottom, enter the new name of the ProDos volume, use CAPs, then click GO f. you get the Save dialog window popup, select your project directory, enter filename of the new disk image, click SAVE this is now a *.po disk image, which is specifically for ProDos disk images and it's still compatible with the emulator and ADTPro 7. Verify the disk image you can try this new disk image in the emulator to confirm the integrity of the disk image, before transferring with ADTPro 8. once it checks good, transfer the disk image back to the Apple ][ using ADTPro