Since my conversion to the other side (Apple), I have found myself steadily trying to prepare my Mac G5 to run with similar software as my PC. I do not wish to use Apple’s dual boot “Boot Camp” program, when I have an office already set up with a PC and a Mac. I can easily slide my chair from one computer to the other, depending on my task at hand. The Mac is starting to dominate my life, however there are small details which still require my attention on a PC.

One puzzling feature which consumed my life for 3 days straight was the inability to copy/burn a Mac .dmg file from my PC onto a DVD. I researched this missing link on Google, and many other forums. Nothing worked as it should have. One individual posted, “Nero” would do the trick. Each and every time I would try to open the .dmg file to copy it within the burning software, my “.dmg” file either could not be seen by the software or the program gave me an unhappy error. Believe you me, I was more unhappy than the program was.

Help is on the way…

My failed attempts landed me on a discussion between two individuals. This is where I stumbled upon a great program called “TransMac.” TransMac allows Windows Vista/XP/2003/and 2000 to access/view Mac CD/DVDs .dmg and sparseimage files. TransMac has a built in copy/burn feature to create Mac CD/DVDs on your PC. This program also supports HFS, HFS+, and HFSX volumes (Mac OS). Lastly, it can format disks for use on a Mac from your PC.

TransMac

Finally, after days of dead ends and headaches I found a program that would work. Upon first opening the TransMac program, it initializes and scans available drives. Once the program is open, your main hard drive will not be an option in the disc drives. Do not be alarmed!

TransMac is very straight forward with the toolbar and navigation. To copy/burn a CD/DVD simply select:

1. Tools
2. Burn CD/DVD
3. Select your CD/DVD drive
4. Select the location on your computer where the file is located that you wish to copy “Disk/ISO image file to write”
5. Select “OK”

Test your newly created CD/DVD on your Mac.

Happy burning!

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