Open DMG on Windows
DMG files are not natively supported by Microsoft Windows OS. DMG format is a native Mac OS disk image format which is used to distribute installation packages within Mac OS. In order to open DMG file on Windows you will need a special software which has support for this format.
RAR is an archive file format that can compress data files similar to ZIP. It can be created with WinRAR software. But it is not an open source archive file. Using Huffman encoding RAR file uses lossless file compression technique to compress large amount of files.
There are two applications which have the most comprehensive support for DMG file format. They are 7-Zip and DMG Extractor. 7-Zip could be downloaded from https://www.7-zip.org/download.html while DMG Extractor is available from https://www.dmgextractor.com/.
Open DMG file with 7-Zip
- Mac systems treat DMG in the same way they would treat a disc that was inserted and they instantly try to open or “run” the file. ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A.ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed.
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- Dmg Mac OS X Disk Image The.dmg extension file is a disk image file, formatted by Apple Macintosh OS X. These files are usually used to install programs on computers having Mac OS. These files cannot be opened easily on Windows Operating Systems as they are intended for.
7-Zip application has functionality similar to one of file explorer. That means when you open it you can navigate through all your disks and their contents using 7-Zip user interface.
In order to open your DMG file navigate to it using 7-Zip file navigation interface and click on the file name. You can also type a path to your file using an address bar at the top or select File->Open to open a file at specific location.
This will open DMG file contents and you will be able to see what is inside it.
7-Zip will show file sizes, packed file sizes, created, modified and accessed dates for all files in DMG archive.
If you want to extract part of the DMG archive or all of it click on “Extract” button in a toolbar. You will see a dialog where you can enter a destination path for extracted files. It will also show decompressed size of the files to be extracted and other extraction job details.
Open DMG file with DMG Extractor
DMG Extractor is a software which as follows from its name allows opening and extracting DMG files. Free version of DMG Extractor only allows to extract one file at a time which may make process of retrieving files from DMG cumbersome. Thus 7-Zip is still our first choice for DMG file extraction. But if 7-Zip is unable to open your DMG file or you just want to extract one file from DMG then you can try DMG Extractor since it supports many different DMG formats.
In order to open DMG file in DMG extractor click on the Open button in the toolbar. Select the file you want to open and click on Open button in “Open Dmg file” dialog.
After that you will see contents of the DMG file in DMG Extractor main window.
Select files that you want to extract and click on Extract button in the toolbar. DMG Extractor will ask you to select where you want your files to be extracted and after confirming that your files will be extracted to the selected location.
If you need to extract more than one time you will need to purchase full license of DMG Extractor or use 7-Zip.
Since macOS is based on Unix there are a number of ways to compress files and folders within the filing system using Unix based application code, below are a few options using the Terminal or command line interface (cli). The default command line application interface in macOS is the Terminal and is stored in /Applications/Utilities.
File and folder compression saves on file size and ensures the contents are captured and delivered or stored as one monolithic file. A compressed file which contains files and folders is generally referred to as an archive. Here are some built-in compression applications you can use including zip, tar, gz, bz2, gz and dmg.
ZIP – Cross Platform
First up is ZIP one of the most commonly used compression techniques used across all platforms
To compress
To extract
If you want to make a zip without those invisible Mac resource files such as “_MACOSX” or “._Filename” and .ds store files, use the “-X” option in the command so:
TAR.GZ – Cross Platform
Second up is TAR, an old favorite on Unix/Linux – you add the GZ for the compression – compresses tighter than zip
To compress
To extract
TAR.BZ2 – Cross Platform
A variation on TAR GZ but with better compression than both tar.gz and zip.
To compress
To extract
GZ
Without the tar
To extract
DMG – macOS Only
This one is macOSnative only – for a GUI interface use /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility – for command line use:
To create
To mount
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To view
To Eject
You can also use a number of different formats for creating a .dmg
- UDZO – Compressed image (default)
- UDRO – Read-only image
- UDBZ – Better compressed image
- UDRW – Read/Write image
- UDTO – DVD disk image
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That’s the low down, the more common compression packages available will typically be covered in one of the above.