Convert Iso To Dmg In Mac

Apple delivers the macOS installer and applications through the app store since the launch of OS X Lion. The macOS installer has a .app extension when you get it through the official channel. Unlike the macOS DMG installer, which Apple doesn’t provide nowadays, the app version of the macOS install package is not bootable. Hence it is not mountable nor compatible with operating systems like Windows. For some reason, if you want macOS in .DMG or .ISO format, there is a method to convert the .app file. Unfortunately you need a macOS system to convert .app to .dmg to .iso image.

Aolor DMG to ISO Converter for Mac, is the best disk utility for Mac users to convert DMG to ISO on Mac OS X. This Mac DMG 2 ISO converter enables you to convert multiple DMG files to ISO images in batch at one time with only 3 easy steps: import set output path convert. Convert an ISO file to DMG format. Hdiutil convert /path/imagefile.iso -format UDRW -o /path/convertedimage.dmg. This tip is particularly useful if you have a CD/DVD burner on a Mac (or PC) and not a PC (or Mac) and you need to burn a disk image using the other machine. Convert DMG to ISO options. When trying to convert a DMG to a ISO or CDR file for MacOS X, we have two options available. The first one is by using just Disk Utility, a preferred method if you don’t like working with Terminal. The second method is by using the command line by using Terminal. If you have a DMG file and want to convert the same to ISO on a computer running Windows operating system, there are plenty of ways to do it. In this guide, we will discuss the methods that you can use to convert DMG to ISO on Windows PC. Convert DMG file to ISO using DMG2IMG (free). Convert DMG to CDR or ISO with Disk Utility. It’s important to point out the file extension method typically works fine on a Mac but if you want to use the resulting image to burn a bootable disk, or burn it through Windows or Linux, you’ll probably want to go with the more complete method shown below. The ISO images I was using were ISO install images for debian and lubuntu for powerpc. Macos does not like these images and will not happily mount, manipulate or convert them. However, all the online advice says these need to be converted into DMG files first before writing to USB, but I have found this is not the case.

Reasons for converting macOS Mojave or High Sierra .app to .DMG or .ISO

The macOS in DMG format let to quickly create Install DVDs and bootable USB installers in a few minutes.
When you convert macOS Install .app to ISO format, you may use it for running macOS on Windows PCs (Hackintosh).
You can use the DMG file made from the macOS Install app for creating a boot-friendly macOS USB on Windows PC.

Above all, DMG and ISO files are highly portable; it is easy for anyone to upload and transfer them through the Internet.

Convert macOS Installer .APP to .DMG bootable image

The requirement for running macOS, and a USB Pen Drive for converting the Installer application to bootable ISO or DMG image. The step by step process for converting macOS Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, EI Capitan to the bootable .DMG or .ISO is explained below.

First of all, download the full Mac OS installer, and save it in the Applications folder.
Next step is to create a bootable USB installer from macOSÂ Install app. I prefer using the macOS Terminal app to create the bootable USB Installer using commands in the screenshots.
Now, copy the contents of the macOS USB to a new folder and give it a single word name. We are going to make DMG file on Mac from the newly created folder.
Then open the Disk Utility app and then take the “File” menu from the top left corner. Then New Image andÂ Image from folder, and direct the Finder to the macOS file folder.
Choose the image format as Hybrid (HFS+/ISO/UDF).
The system now starts converting the macOS installer .app bootable .DMG file.

The output is a boot-friendly DMG image which you could restore to a USB or DVD drive from Windows or macOS. It is also possible to burn this DMG file to a DVD or USB Pen Drive from Windows PCs using software like Transmac.

Just in case you find any difficulty, check our video on converting macOS .app to bootable .dmg.

How to convert macOS installer to iso format

There are several ways to convert macOS .app to .ISO bootable image. Usually one need to do APP to DMG or CDR conversion before making it an ISO file on Mac. The Disk Utility app in macOS previously had an option that allows you to convert DMG to ISO/CDR. You can use Terminal and third-party apps to convert Mac OS installer to ISO if it is in CDR format.

AnyToISO app capable of convertingÂ macOS DMG to iso format. The free version of AnyToISO doesn’t support converting dmg files above 850 MB. Hence, you need to either purchase or download (Search AnyToISO Pro 3.9.0 in Google) the PRO version of this app.