How To Create Windows-Compatible ISO Disc Images on Mac OS X




Insert the disc into the CD/DVD drive and launch Disk Utility. The disk can seem within the left column window. Click on it once so its highlighted, as shown within the screenshot below.

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Now that we've got the supply of the disc image selected, click on File->New->Disk Image from “insert name of source”. in the pop-up window that seems, choose the Desktop because the destination simply to form life somewhat easier. Next, check that that DVD/CD Master is chosen because the Image Format — that ensures the contents of the disk ar fully traced into a resultant .cdr image (Tip: keep the image’s name short and simple so it will be simply reproduced).


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create iso image on mac os x

Click on Save and also the disc image creation method can begin, indicated by a progress window. counting on however giant the disc is, the quantity of your time that’s necessary varies.



When the cloning method is complete, check the Desktop and also the .cdr image ought to be there. you'll be able to use this image on Macs, it works perfectly. However, to share it with Windows computers, we initial got to convert it into a recognizable format. To do this, the assistance of Terminal is needed.

Launch Terminal either by Spotlighting for it or directly double-clicking on the app in ~/Applications/Utilities/ and type in:
cd desktop


Then, enter this line of code to rework the .cdr to an ISO file:

hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -o [filename].iso [filename].cdr

Substitute each instances of [filename] with the name of the .cdr image. As you'll be able to tell from the screenshot higher than, Terminal can produce a brand new hybrid image. This image will be scan in each Windows and Macs and uses ISO 9660 and HFS file systems.


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