Windows is frustrating, nuff said. How does an Apple Disk Image file, aka .DMG, not being able to open natively on Windows make Windows frustrating?

On Windows, HFS+ can be read only with the aid of software such as MacDrive or MacOpener; it's possible to run MacOS 8.1 in emulation, but I know of no suitably old software that can open .dmg ...

If the DMG file is stored somewhere else, like on a USB hard drive, unplugging the drive without first unmounting the DMG file can corrupt the part of the file that tells your computer how to open it.

The subject really says it all - A friend of mine has system files stored as Mac .dmg disc image files, her Mac isn't playing ball and we need to get access. Not knowing anyone else with a Mac, I ...

Several users have reported a problem where Firefox 1.5 has problems properly recognizing that files with the .dmg.gz extension (disk images that have been compressed using gzip).