The DMG image format is by far the most popular file container format used to distribute software on Mac OS X. Here’s how to convert a DMG file into an ISO file that can be mounted on a Windows PC.
First head over to this website and grab yourself a copy of dmg2img by clicking on the win32 binary link.
HOWTO Convert an ISO file to a DMG file with no additional software. This article gives you two ways to convert an ISO file to a DMG file using nothing but your Mac & OS X. To convert it to iso file, please follow the steps, Run PowerISO. Choose 'Tools Convert' Menu. PowerISO shows Image Converter dialog. Choose the source DMG file you want to convert. Set the output file format to iso file. Enter the output file path name. Click 'OK' button to start converting dmg file to iso. PowerISO will show the progress information during conversion. Converting CDR to ISO via Command Line If you want to be certain the ISO conversion and its headers are accurate, jump to the command line by launching Terminal, found in /Applications/Utilities/, and then using the following hdiutil command: hdiutil convert /path/imagefile.cdr -format UDTO -o /path/convertedimage.iso.
Once the file has downloaded, open your Downloads folder, right click on the file, and select extract all from the context menu.
You will then be asked where you want to extract the binary to, extracting it to your Downloads folder is fine for now.
Now hold down shift and right click on your Downloads library, then select open command window here from the context menu.
Now use the following command syntax to convert your file:
dmg2img <source file.dmg> <destination file.iso>
In my example I want to convert a DMG file on my desktop called random.dmg and save the resulting ISO in the Documents folder so my command would be:
dmg2img “C:UsersTaylor GibbDesktoprandom.dmg” “C:UsersTaylor GibbDocumentsConvertedRandom.iso”
Note: I am enclosing the paths in quotations because I have spaces in my file paths, they are not required if you don’t have spaces in your file paths.
Once you hit enter your file will be converted.
You can now burn the ISO file to a disk.
There are plenty of other tools that claim to help you convert DMG files, however this is the most reliable way I have come across. Have you ever needed to convert a DMG file? Let us know how you did it in the comments.
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Mac Operating Systems use DMG file as the disk image format. If you see a DMG file, which means it was specifically built for Mac Operating Systems. If you need to open and see the content or use that as an installation medium on Windows OS, then this guide will be useful to convert the DMG to ISO for free on Windows 10 computer. Windows OS and most of the software do not support DMG files directly. Once it is converted to ISO file format, then it can be burned to CD or DVD in Windows OS. Even you can mount the ISO file in the virtual environment and use it.
Here, I will be showing how to convert the Mac DMG file to ISO on my Windows 10 computer. This method is applicable for older Windows versions such as 8.1 and Windows 7. I will use a small program called ‘dmg2img’ for this conversion. Dmg2iso is a free command-line tool that does the job quickly and correctly. Power ISO is another solid tool but it is a paid application.
How to Convert Mac DMG to ISO in Windows? Follow the steps
1) Download dmg2img from the official site here. It has a 32-bit version only. You can still use it on your 64bit Windows 10.
2) Installation not required, just run the below command after extraction. You can use any unzipping tool to extract the file. You must run the command from the same extracted folder which is having ‘dmg2img.exe’ file. Otherwise, you need to set up the path in Windows variables.
3) The original conversion with correct file names starts as below.
Change Dmg File To Iso
In the end, you will get a successfully converted ISO file from DMG file in Windows. This ISO can be used by any mounting software or attached to VMware or VirtualBox as CD ROM drive. Also, it can be burned to physical CD or DVD. It becomes portable and accessible on most of the Windows and Linux Operating Systems.
Alternate to dmg2img for DGM File to ISO – Power ISO
Power ISO is a paid software which mainly built to CD/DVD image files conversion. It is easy to use as it has the graphical interface. If you regularly convert these type of files for production or testing environment, then you can consider Power ISO as the best option.
You can visit their home page to find more information and download.
Dmg To Iso Poweriso
There are some more other GUI tools (with the graphical interface) available, but they are not free. I find that the dmg2img free tool does the job very well and the converted ISO file worked in most of the software and Operating Systems.