DMG file refers to Apple Disk Image, which is a common file format for Apple MAC users. If you are an Apple MAC user, you might have seen this file extension previously. Generally, when you create a recovery disk of OS X, your system create a .dmg file that users mainly need to burn on a DVD or USB drive to work further.

On Apple’s native platform, you can easily extract .dmg file and do your work without having third party tool. However, if you have a Windows PC and your friend has sent a .dmg file to check that out, you may face problem. This is because Windows OS cannot read .dmg file without any reader. That means, you need a software to open .dmg file on Windows PC.

Therefore, today I am going to introduce some well-known software those can aid you to open .dmg file on Windows PC.

How to open .dmg file on Windows?

This is however very easy when you have the right software.

7-Zip

This is the best tool for Windows to open .dmg file within seconds. You know that 7-Zip can deal with .rar, .zip and more other file formats of compressed files. Apart from those known extensions, 7-Zip can also handle .dmg file. You do not have to spend more than 30 seconds to open .dmg file on Windows using 7-zip. At first, choose the .dmg file and right click on it. Before doing so, make sure that you have already installed 7-Zip on your PC. After that, select Extract Here to extract the .dmg file. That’s all! After completing the process, you can work with the extracted .dmg file.

PeaZip

This is yet another useful software to open .dmg file on Windows. You can easily open your desired file on Windows without having any kind of issue. PeaZip is available for 32bit as well as 64bit Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. Not only .dmg file but also you can work with 7z, ZIP, TAR, PEA, QUAD, ISO, JAR, EAR, RAR, SMZIP, UDF, WIM, XAR, XPI, TZ and more others. Just drop a .dmg file into this tool and extract the content.

TransMac

This is last but not the least software for Windows to extract .dmg file. Although, TransMac is available to download at free of cost but that is only for first fifteen days. After that, you will have to spend $48 to purchase the restriction free edition of TransMac.

TransMac comes with several awesome features and .dmg file opener is just one of them. If you have used GBurner, you can find some similarities. However, you can convert a DMG file into ISO image, which is readable on Windows. On the other hand, you can use TransMac to burn that converted ISO file or the original DMG file on DVD or USB Drive.

To extract .dmg file using TransMac, at first, download and install it. After that you will get option in your right click menu related to extraction.

Editor’s Note

This is not very difficult to open .dmg file on Windows when you know that working software. However, when it comes to the best software to open .dmg file on Windows, I would suggest you to use 7-Zip. This is free, simple and very easy to use. However, if you need an all-in-one tool, don’t think twice. Just go for TransMac.