Open DMG File

DMG is used for disk image files on Macintosh computers running Mac OS X. This file extension replaces the older file extension IMG which was discontinued during the release of later series of Mac operating systems. You can open DMG file on Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems but it will require additional software to be installed on Windows. Note that on Windows and Linux you cannot open every DMG file, since there are certain software limitations on DMG format variation.

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DMG files are used by Apple for software distribution over the internet. These files provide features such as compression and password protection which are not common to other forms of software distribution file formats. DMG files are native to Mac OS X and are structured according to Universal Disk Image Format (UDIF) and the New Disk Image Format (NDIF). They can be accessed through the Mac OS Finder application by either launching the DMG file or mounting it as a drive.

DMG is also referred to as the Apple’s equivalent to MSI files in Windows PC. Non-Macintosh systems may access DMG files and extract or convert them to ISO image files for burning. Several applications are designed to offer this solution for Windows systems.

7-Zip and DMG Extractor are the best options to open DMG file on Windows because they are compatible with the most DMG variations. For Linux a built-in 'cdrecord' command can be issued to burn DMG files to CD's or DVD's.

Aside from the Finder application, you can open DMG files through Apple Disk Utility, Roxio Toast, and Dare to be Creative iArchiver for Mac platform. On the other hand, additional applications such Acute Systems TransMac, DMG2IMG, and DMG2ISO can be installed on Windows to fully support the files.

Read how you can open DMG files on Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

DMG files are transferred over e-mail or internet using application/x-apple-diskimage multipurpose internet mail extensions (MIME) type.

Following file types are similar to DMG and contain disk images:

  • ISO File - ISO disk image file
  • IMG File - IMG disk image file
  • VHD/VHDX File - Virtual Hard Drive image file

This script prepares macOS installer disk images for use with virtualization software like VMware Fusion or Parallels.

Pre-requisites

  1. This script
  2. An installer from Apple's Mac App Store for one of the following versions of macOS:
  • 10.12.x
  • 10.13.x
  • 10.14.x
  • 10.15.x

Running the script

Run the create_macos_vm_install_dmg.sh script with two arguments: the path to an 'Install macOS.app' and an output directory.

Example usage:

If you have a macOS Mojave 10.14.x installer available, run this command:

sudo /path/to/create_macos_vm_install_dmg.sh '/Applications/Install macOS Mojave.app' /path/to/output_directory

This should produce a disk image file at the specified output directory named something similar to macOS_[OS Version Number Here]_installer.dmg.

What the script does:

  1. Creates an empty read-write disk image file.

  2. Uses the macOS installer's createinstallmedia tool to erase the disk image, copy the installer files and set up the disk image to be bootable.

  3. If desired, a second disk image in .iso format can be generated. This should produce a disk image file at the specified output directory named something similar to macOS_[OS Version Number Here]_installer.iso.

Once you have the disk image file created, you can choose it as an install disk image in VMware Fusion or Parallels when creating macOS virtual machines.

This script has been tested with the following OS installers from the Mac App Store:

  • macOS 10.12.6
  • macOS 10.13.6
  • macOS 10.14.6
  • macOS 10.15.1

NOTE:

Run A Dmg As Vm File

An earlier script for preparing disk images for macOS virtual machines is available in the previous_version directory. This script supports building installers for the following versions of Mac OS X, OS X and macOS:

Dmg

Run A Dmg As Vms

  • 10.7.x
  • 10.8.x
  • 10.9.x
  • 10.10.x
  • 10.11.x
  • 10.12.x