Hi, I need an app that opens DMG files on a Mac. I'm trying to transfer an older external hard drive onto my new Mac. Did ask apple support. They told me they cannot recommend anything that is not apple. Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you!!!
iMac 24″, macOS 15.6
All you should need to do is double click the .dmg file. The OS doesn't need any help from any other app to open such a file.
All you should need to do is double click the .dmg file. The OS doesn't need any help from any other app to open such a file.
The other option is to open the DMG on your old Mac and transfer the items into a freshly created DMG file. Or you may need to transfer those contents first to your new Mac so the new Mac can create the new DMG file for those items.
Apple has made changes to macOS regarding some of their native archives. Seems some people may have trouble opening some older DMGs.....more likely to have a problem if encrypted.
More than likely any third party apps are just leveraging the same low level Apple utilities that Disk Utility & disk image mounter is utilizing. I doubt those utilities would recreate the wheel when they can just wrap an easier to use GUI interface around Apple's own tools perhaps while providing more options.
Need an app to open DMG files on a Mac
