What is ISO FILE
- If you have the.dmg image and a mac, you can use the disk utility. Open disk utility, drag your.dmg into the list of volumes, highlight it, and then select the Burn icon in the toolbar. Select the dmg file, and the disc you want to write on. Use this guide for the steps: to burn dmg files.
- So you downloaded an.iso or.dmg file, and now you want to burn it to CD or DVD on your Mac. No extra software is required. The delightfully useful Disk Utility built into OS X can burn.
Benefits of ISO file
- It is the program file which is neatly copied in a single file and it is used to distribute large program over the internet.
- It is used to create backup of CD or DVD because it creates the exact copy carry, and converts all the data with bits from the disc. Whenever the file is copied, it lacks the header file but when iso file is created it covers all the things including the header file.
Softwares used to create iso file
- ISO Recorder
- Magic ISO
- Power ISO
- Any to ISO
What is .dmg file
Benefits of .dmg file:
- It has supporting feature for creating hybrid optical media, that has multiple file system
- It also supports some of the file system like Hierarchical File System (HFS) , HFS Plus, ISO 9660, Universal Disc Format (UDF), File Allocation Table(FAT).
- DMG files are read only file ,allow the file to change nothing after being created. This makes the software more secure and free from any virus.
- It is easy to send more than one file over the internet that contains software and its Installer.
- It has ability to show multilingual software licence agreement before mounting the disc image.
Opening Disc Utility
- First of all we have to insert the CD/ DVD which contains the file that we want to convert into a CD burning capable mac.
- After that, go to the Finder file and open it. After opening click on the application and then double click on the Utilities folder.
- After that, to open the Disc Utility, double click on the application.
Creating DMG file
- After opening the Disc Utility window, go to left and check name of the disc that we want to insert in the highlighted region.
- Then click on the file menu which is at the top and go to downward menu option, click New, then click on Disc Image (name of our disc).
- Give a name to new file and navigate on the desktop to save the file there.
- Choose the compressed image format
- Click on save menu and now we have .dmg file save in the desktop. Now our next task is to burn the file onto a blank CD/DVD.
Burning the DMG file
- Take out the original CD/DVD from the computer and put a blank CD/DVD on it. If you promoted with a pop-up window, click ignore.
- Then after return to Disc Utility and go to top of the window and click the Burn button.
- Then after, go and check out on the desktop and highlight the .dmg file and save. Then click on Burn button.
- Click Burn again in the new window to set the new default setting.
- CD/DVD is automatically ejected, once the program is finished. Now we have a burned CD or DVD with a copy of original file saved in .dmg format.
Second Method
Using Command line:
- Go to the Finder and open it, then open the terminal by clicking GO > Terminal
- Type the following command on the terminal
- hdiutil convert /path/imagefile.iso –
- format UDRW -o /path/convertedimage.dmg , here /path/imagefile.iso is the path to the file.
- Then after press Enter , it will take few seconds or minutes according to the size of file. After completion, the file comes with .CDR extension. Just rename it to .ISO . The file is ready to use.
Third method via different software
- MagicISO: It is a software which is capable to convert many format into disc image file. Click on the MagicISO then click on the File and then click on open our ISO file. Click on Property and then Apple Disc Image and click Save. The ISO file is converted to DMG file. To download the MagicISO go to the official website www.magiciso.com . It is available for 64 bit as well as for 32 bit.
- PowerISO: It is also another software which is capable of converting many types of format into disc image file. Open the Power ISO and click File and then click on open ISO file. Click on the Properties and then select the Apple Disc Image. Click on the File icon and save it from the drop down menu and click Save. The ISO file is converted to DMG and ready to use. To download the PowerISO go to official website www.poweriso.com .
- Nero Burning Rom: Like the MagicISO and PowerISO, Nero Burning Rom is also used to convert the ISO file into DMG file. Click on the Nero Burning Rom amd click on the File and then click on open the ISO file and then click on the File and Save As dialog box. “Output File Type” property is changed Disc Image File and the Save it . This is how we convert the ISO file to DMG using Nero Burning Rom. DMG file is ready to use. To download the Nero Burning Rom go to the Official website www.nero.com .
In this blog, we will discuss that how can we mount DMG in Windows. But, before going further first we have to know about a DMG file in brief.
Mac OS X Disk image file can access DMG file extension, which is a digital reconstruction of a physical disc. DMG is generally a type of file format which is used to store compressed software installers and to avoid the usage of the physical disc. The earlier versions of Mac other than OS X 9 support Disk Image files, whereas Mac previous version uses IMG File format. DMG files can be easily accessed with the help of Mac but the main challenge is to open Mac .dmg in windows as sometimes at workplace there is a need to mount DMG in Windows.
Need to Mount DMG in Windows
DMG files are Mac OSX Disk Image files. As they are Mac installation files and the users cannot install these programs on Windows. So, to read a Mac DMG file in Windows we have to download Windows version of the program with the .exe file extension. Without Windows, we cannot go through the files in DMG format. Therefore, sometimes this can become the major issue for a user to convert/ extract DMG in Windows.
The need for the conversion would be more clear from the below queries taken from some forums:
I was using Mac operating system in my workplace from a long time and now I am switching from Mac to Windows. I do not know how I access my data in Windows. Someone has suggested to Mount .dmg to Windows format. Is there any method for it?
I have copied DMG files on Windows but the icon is not visible properly and I cannot access my files on Windows due to some error. What to do now? I need to open the .dmg file in Windows 7 urgently.
Is there any manual way or a software to read a Mac DMG file in windows? As one of my friends has an orphan DMG file having some official information and he needs to access that .dmg file urgently. Can anyone help?
I have a Disk Image file and I have to send the data after adding some more information to it. But, I am not able to open it. Can anyone please suggest how to read the .dmg file in windows 7? Dmg to iso linux ubuntu.
Methods to Mount DMG in Windows
There are two ways to view DMG files in Windows as mentioned below: