How many times you have ended up downloading a .dmg file extension on your Windows PC and wondering what is this extension and how you can open it.
.dmg Files are associated with Mac OS. If you have never used Mac, .dmg is a virtual disk image, and can be opened in Mac os. In short it’s image disk within image disk and Mac uses it to ensure better security as executable files like .exe can easily be targeted by hackers to inject malicious codes.
Jan 29, 2009 Converting DMG to ISO on a Windows box: The free copy of PowerISO is crippled at 300MB for converting files, so it requires a buy of $29.95 to convert any files over 300MB. Browse to the.DMG or ISO file you would like to convert, select it and click on the Choose button. In the pop-up window, select Desktop as your destination. In order to convert.dmg to.iso, make sure to choose DVD/CD master as the Image Format. Click on Convert. If you want to convert.iso to.dmg, set the Image Format to “compressed” instead. Click on Convert and you’ll have a.dmg file ready to use.
Though, in Mac OS, you will not face any issue with opening .dmg file unless its corrupted but in Windows, there is no default handler for opening .dmg files. In this guide we will learn how you can open and burn .dmg files in Windows.
Basically, you needs to Burn a .dmg file in Windows when you want to Install Mac OS X in your Traditional Windows PC. You can Burn a .dmg Files in Windows whether it is Windows 7 , Windows Vista or any other Version of Windows.
Simply steps to Burn .dmg File in Windows.
- You need to download Transmac software from CNET Downloads. Here is the download link for Transmac<Link>
- Install it on your Windows PC
- Though it’s a paid software, but you can always use fully functional 15 days trial.<Buy Now>
- When you are installing this Software don’t forget to put a tick mark on ‘Associate Transmac with .dmg Files’. This option will integrate Transmac with .dmg Files, which let you burn the File.
- Simply Open Transmac from Start Menu or from Desktop Shortcut and now you are ready to burn a .dmg file.
- Click on Tools Option as seen in the picture and then click on ‘Burn CD/DVD Image’ from this Menu.
- You have to select your DVD Writer Path, Writing Speed and Browse for the .dmg file, you want to Burn.
- After Selecting the above mentioned options, simply click on ‘OK’ Button.
- Now this will open your .dmg Image File in Transmac Software. Click on Burn option and you are Done.
- Now you can easily Install Mac OS X and other Apple Software Easily on your Windows Machine. Apart from that you are now able to Burn .dmg files in Windows.
Note- Transmac is a paid software, so for full access you have to buy it. I have bought it around $50 and still using it, without any problem. But you can use it’s Trial for 15 Days.You can also use this Trick to Burn .dmg files in Ubuntu and Linux. Another way is to use MagicISO software and convert .dmg file into .iso version and then mount it using any virtual CD/DVD software.
Here is a video tutorial, which will help you to understand the process better. Though, I suggest to mute your speakers as song might annoy your serious work mode:
I hope this will solve your query but in case if you are stuck anywhere, feel free to ask questions via comments.
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- 1 Simply steps to Burn .dmg File in Windows.
The ISO file format is pretty much entranched in the PC world as THE format to use for CD/DVD disk images. The advantages of this format are plenty – It is a standard open format and tools to work with it are readily available for all operating systems, Windows, Unix/Linux and OS X.
While Mac users can use the ISO format on their machines, Most software on OS X is distributed as a DMG file. The DMG file format has a couple of arguable advantages over the ISO format like encryption, compression etc., but the truth is that the rest of the world uses ISO and there is no way easy way to use DMG files in the PC world.
I faced this dilemma at work a couple of days back when I had a DMG file in my hand and had to burn it to a DVD but I was using a Linux machine.
I tried searching online for solution to burn a DMG on Windows but couldn’t find any free utility. So, I searched for the next logical solution. Convert the DMG to ISO and I found a way to do it – and the good thing is that the tool to be used for the conversion comes with Mac OS X and is a simple command line utility.
This method only works on a Mac, so you have to convert the DMG file to an ISO on the Mac itself and then transfer and use the resulting ISO on your PC. The utility to be used for the purpose is hdiutil and the complete command is:
Below is the screenshot of the command that I used to convert my DMG file to ISO.
The above command will create a file with a .cdr extension, which stands for a CD/DVD master. If you want, you can rename it with a .ISO extension and it should still work fine. Copy it over to your Windows or Linux/Unix machine and you’re all set.
You can now use Nero, cdrecord/wodim or the OS’s built in ISO burning tools to burn this ISO file to any media.