I have read so many articles and forums about how to convert a dmg file to iso file on Mac so that it can be burn on Windows platform. Eventually, i have found the solution on a few forums but sadly, nobody dare to sum it up or report back the result. So i went away and tried all the methods i’ve read and here are two methods that make most sense to me.
Method 1: using Terminal
To change a file with dmg extension to iso, just open up the terminal window and type the following command:
hdiutil convert /path/to/yourfilename.dmg -format UDTO -o /path/to/savefile.iso
Above command will simply replace /path/to/yourfilename.dmg with the path and name of the existing .dmg file, and then replace /path/to/newfile.iso with the chosen path and chosen name for the converted iso image.
Method 2: using disk utility, this will work with leopard DVD also
1. create a new image using format DVD/CD Master from your existing .dmg image
2. simply change the .cdr.dmg extension of the file to .iso (command key + i)
That’s it. However there are methods for converting dmg file to iso on Windows as well which one of my popular post: burning dmg on Windows PC can be applied to. But that isn’t throughly enough so i will explain more on that in my coming post.
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If you’re like most Windows users and you want to enjoy the sight and the sound of WMV (Windows Media Video) and WMA (Windows Media Audio) files, you would download the latest Windows Media Player software or do nothing at all. As for Mac users, there is a Mac version also, but it just isn’t good enough.
Why? Since the Windows Media Player for Mac has choppy, sloppy video playback no matter how fast your Mac is and the latest version was released years ago. Surely nobody would want that kind of software on their latest version of OS X, specially a useless media player. From what i’ve discovered, there are 2 common solutions to this:
1. Finding a better software to handle wmv files and the winner is VLC Player for Mac.
2. Getting QuickTime + OS X Applications to play wmv and wma files using a 3rd party software and most common is: Flip4Mac
Although, OS X doesn’t originally have any software to handle wmv (windows media video files) but that doesn’t mean you can’t play wmv on your mac. Thanks to VLC Player, we will be able to play most media files known to man on our Mac. However, VLC can be a bit choppy when fast forward and reviewing unlike the smooth QuickTime and the super smooth Front Row which i love. But if you want to use QuickTime to play wmv and wma, you need to install Flip4Mac plugin as a 3rd party plugin. The good news is that, Flip4Mac is free.
Basically, Flip4Mac can play video and music formats: WMV and WMA files directly in QuickTime and many other media player for Mac as well as Front Row, without having install the Windows Media Player on your Mac at all. Any future problems found, i will report back here.
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