Mac-formatted drives and disk images, including APFS, HFS, and HFS+ volumes, open in Windows with TransMac. It can also restore a disk image to a USB drive to create macOS installation media.
TransMac browses Mac drives and disk images
The drive tree on the left shows connected disks, volumes, and opened images; selecting an item displays its contents in the list on the right. Browse folders and copy files from a Mac volume to the PC, or use the context menus for actions such as copying, renaming, and deleting files on HFS+ volumes.
TransMac opens Mac-formatted hard drives, flash drives, and optical media, as well as DMG, DMGpart, sparsebundle, and sparseimage files. It can display a drive or image’s partition layout. APFS volumes can be read, while file-copy operations to Mac disks and disk images are supported for HFS+.
Restore a disk image to a USB drive
The “Restore with Disk Image” command writes a DMG or ISO image to a selected drive. This is the workflow for making bootable macOS USB media from a suitable image. Restoring overwrites data already on the target drive, so selecting the correct device matters.
Manage and burn DMG files
TransMac can create DMG images, compress or expand them, and split compressed images into segments. It can also save images of disks and flash drives, and burn DMG or ISO files to CD, DVD, or Blu-ray media.
Pros
- Reads APFS volumes and opens HFS and HFS+ drives
- Supports DMG, DMGpart, sparsebundle, and sparseimage files
- Creates, compresses, expands, and splits DMG images
- Restores disk images to USB drives
System requirements: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
Which Mac disk formats can TransMac open?
It opens APFS, HFS, and HFS+ drives and disk images. APFS volume support is for reading.
Can TransMac copy files from a Mac drive to a Windows PC?
Yes. Browse the Mac volume and copy files to the PC. File-copy operations to Mac disks are supported for HFS+.
Can TransMac make a bootable macOS USB?
Yes. Use “Restore with Disk Image” to write a suitable disk image to a USB drive. The restore overwrites the drive’s existing data.