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System Requirements: Any version of Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 or Vista.
Features:
Apple File System (APFS) volume read support.
Open Mac APFS/HFS/HFS+ format disk drives, flash drives, CD/DVD/Blu-ray media.
Open Mac APFS/HFS/HFS+ format disk image files (DMG, DMGpart, sparsebundle and sparseimage).
Encrypted disk image support (full version only).
Copy files to Mac HFS+ disks and DMG images.
Format as HFS+ for Mac.
Save images of disks and flash drives.
Burn DMG and ISO files to disks and flash drives.
Create, compress, expand and split DMG files.
Built in burner functionality to burn ISO and DMG files directly to CD/DVD/Blu-Ray.
Read Mac multisession and hybrid CDs.
View partition layout of drives and disk images.
Quick Start Guide
WARNING: After formatting or attaching a Mac disk, Windows may display
a popup dialog box offering to format it. DO NOT SELECT FORMAT OR DATA ON THE DRIVE WILL BE LOST!
Windows does this because it does not recognize Mac HFS/APFS format disks. Just cancel
that window without formatting and run TransMac.
Click the drive in the left pane of the TransMac window. You can then browse
the drive and copy files from within TransMac.
Below are instructions for performing some common operations in TransMac.
Navigation Tips:
TransMac works like File Explorer. Select disks, disk images and folders
in the treeview pane on the left. Contents of the selected treeview item are
displayed in the listview pane on the right. Most operations can be performed
with the right-click context menus.
Treeview navigation:
- Right click on treeview items or in an open area to display a pop-up
menu of valid operations.
- Click or use up and down arrow keys to traverse the folder tree.
- If a drive has been added since TransMac was run, right-click in
an open area and select "Refresh Drive List".
- Check the partition info and size of a disk by right-clicking and
selecting "Properties".
- Check the size of a volume or container by right-clicking and selecting
"Properties".
Listview navigation:
- Right click on listview items or in an open area to display a pop-up
menu of valid operations.
- Press letter keys repeatedly to cycle through items starting with that
letter.
- Press Ctrl-A to select all items in a list box.
- Select a group of items by clicking on the first item, scrolling to the
last item, then holding down the "Shift" key while clicking on the last
item.
- Select non-consecutive individual items by holding the "Ctrl" key while
clicking on them.
Copying files from a Mac volume to the PC:
Select a drive in the treeview pane and click on a Mac volume.
Browse the Mac volume for the files to be copied.
Drag them from the listview pane to a File Explorer window or other drop
target. (An alternate way is to right-click the items in the listview pane
and select "Copy to")
NOTE: To copy large files it is best to use the "Copy to"
method. Drag and drop has to copy to the boot disk first before moving files to the destination.
Copying files from the PC to a Mac volume:
Select a drive in the treeview pane and click on a Mac volume.
Browse to where files are to be copied.
Drag files from a File Explorer window or other drag source to the listview
pane. (An alternate way is to right-click an open area in the listview pane
and select "Copy here")
Creating a folder on a Mac volume:
Open a volume and browse to where the new folder is to be created.
Right-click an open area in the listview pane and select "New Folder".
(An alternate way is to press the
button)
Enter the name of the folder and press OK.
Deleting files/folders on a Mac volume:
Open a volume and browse until files/folders to be deleted are shown in
listview pane.
Right-click and select "Delete". (An alternate way is to press the
button)
CAUTION: Deleting a folder will delete all sub folders inside it as
well.
Renaming files on a Mac volume:
Open a volume and browse until files/folders to be renamed are shown in
listview pane.
Right-click and select "Rename". (An alternate way is to select the file/folder
then click the name in the listview)
Edit the name in place then press Enter or click outside the name. Press
escape (Esc) to cancel and revert to the original name.
Previewing files on a Mac volume:
Open a volume and browse for the file to preview in the listview.
Double-click the item to preview. (An alternate way is to right-click and
select "Open")
The file will be opened using the PC application associated with the file
type or extension.
To open a file in notepad, right-click and select "Open as Text".
To open with a different application, right-click and select "Open with".
You will be prompted to select an application.
NOTE: When opening a file from a Mac disk, TransMac copies it to a temporary
folder on the PC. Any changes to the file will NOT be written to the Mac disk.
Opening a disk image:
By default the TransMac installation program associates Mac disk image
files (DMG and .sparseimage extensions) with TransMac so double-clicking
those files should open them in TransMac.
To explicitly open disk images with other extensions select "Open Disk
Image" from the file menu or right-click an open area of the treeview pane
and select "Open Disk Image".
The disk image file should now show up in the treeview pane. Clicking the
file should open it if it contains a valid Mac volume.
Creating a disk image:
Select "New Disk Image" from the file menu or right-click an open area
of the treeview pane and select "New Disk Image".
Enter the desired volume label.
Enter a volume size in megabytes.
Press OK and you will be prompted to browse for the destination folder
and file name.
Compressing an uncompressed DMG disk image:
Right-click the DMG file in the treeview pane and select "Compress".
Enter the destination file name in the "Save As" dialog.
Expanding a compressed DMG disk image (or convert to iso):
Right-click the DMG file in the treeview pane and select "Expand".
Enter the destination file name in the "Save As" dialog.
NOTE: Some types of DMG compression like bzip may take a long time to expand.
Splitting a compressed DMG disk image:
Right-click the DMG file in the treeview pane and select "Split". Note:
Only compressed DMG files can be split.
Enter the number of segments.
You will be prompted for the destination file name. The first file has
a DMG extension. The other files have the extension .NNNDMGpart
where NNN is a sequence number (002, 003, 004,
etc.).
Formatting a disk for the Mac:
Right-click a drive in the treeview pane and select "Format Disk for Mac".
(If this is missing from the menu, the disk is read only. See settings for fix.)
You may be prompted to restart TransMac as administrator.
Enter the desired volume label and press OK.
CAUTION: Make sure you want to format the disk. Any existing data on
the disk will be destroyed.
Burning a DMG or ISO file to USB drive using restore:
Right-click a drive in the treeview pane and select "Restore with Disk
Image". (If this is missing from the menu, the disk is read only. See settings for fix.)
Press the "..." button to browse for the disk image to be written. Valid
compressed DMG files will automatically be uncompressed as they are written.
New in version 15.0 is the option to enlarge the DMG volume to the drive size.
This option will display after the DMG is selected only for GUID/GPT or Apple partition maps
that have a single HFS+ partition at the end of the map.
CAUTION: Make sure you really want to over write the disk. Any existing
data on the disk will be destroyed.
NOTE: Burning a large DMG/ISO file to a flash drive may take a long time.
Flash drives are optimized for reading. The write operation is usually much slower.
Saving an image of a disk:
Right-click a drive in the treeview pane and select "Save Image of Disk".
Select the location for the saved image file.
Burning a DMG file to CD or DVD:
Select "Burn CD/DVD" from the "Tools" menu or right-click the DMG image
in the treeview and select "Burn to CD/DVD".
Select the burn drive.
Press the "..." button to browse for the DMG file to be burned.
Click OK to start the burn process.
NOTE: Compressed DMG files will add time. You may be able to save time by expanding
ahead of time (see Expanding DMG above).
Burning an ISO image to CD or DVD:
Since TransMac has an internal burning functionality, it can burn any ISO
or CD/DVD image file.
Select "Burn CD/DVD" from the "Tools" menu.
Select the burn drive.
Press the "..." button to browse for the ISO file to be burned.
Click OK to start the burn process.
Creating a Mac CD or DVD:
Follow the directions for "Creating a disk image" above. Be sure to select
DMG for the image type.
You can save burn time by creating a smaller volume, but it can not be
enlarged once it is created. The volume size should not be greater than the
capacity of the target media. A CD-R has a limit of about 650-700 MB. A DVD-R
has a limit around 4.7GB. To use the full capacity of the media select the
drive in the "Get size from CD media" box to read the size from inserted media.
Open the disk image and copy the files and folders you want on to be on
the CD.
Right-click the DMG in the treeview pane and select "Burn to CD/DVD". (An
alternate way is to select "Burn CD/DVD" from the "Tools" menu)
Select the burn drive.
Press the "..." button to browse for the DMG file to be burned.
Click OK to start the burn process.
NOTE: If TransMac's CD burning capabilities are not working with
your drive, try selecting Use alternate burning method in the Tools/Settings
menu under the DVD/CD Burning tab.
Erasing a rewritable CD or DVD:
Select "Erase CD/DVD" from the "Tools" menu.
Select the burn drive.
Click OK to start the erase process.
Settings
Nicole 1.2.zip | El Trabajo Arriesgado De
La maniobra fue delicada: el grupo se movió con aparente naturalidad, empezaron a hacer preguntas públicas sobre la procedencia del material, a tomar fotografías de los contenedores, a señalar irregularidades documentadas en los permisos. La atención mediática temporal solucionó una parte del problema: los organizadores, sorprendidos por estar en el punto de mira, postergaron el despacho. En la confusión, Nicole recogió las últimas grabaciones de su servidor y desconectó sus dispositivos. Salir fue tan peligroso como entrar; una sombra la siguió hacia el coche, pero se perdió entre turistas que todavía se asomaban al muelle. Nicole respiró con violencia, consciente de que había cruzado una línea.
Al principio, el contenido pareció banal: una serie de documentos, un PDF con colores desvaídos y un video corto. Luego surgió el primer giro: un archivo de audio que no pertenecía a ningún formato común, su extensión oculta. Cuando lo reprodujo, la voz era mecánica y apenas reconocible, dictando coordenadas y horarios. Nicole sintió el pulso acelerarse; la habitación, cálida y silenciosa, pareció reducirse a la luz azul de la pantalla. El archivo llevaba un rastro —metadatos mínimos, un par de mensajes cifrados incrustados— y un nombre repetido en varios documentos: "Proyecto Loto".
Nicole se acercó con calma. Su receptor captó una red cerrada y canales de comunicación cifrados. La app que había preparado comenzó a escuchar: paquetes, pings, fragmentos de audio comprimido. Algo en el timbre del tráfico llamó su atención: patrones regulares, una firma que coincidía con los audios del zip. La pieza era interactiva, y la interacción pasaba por dispositivos conectados en la red: sensores de proximidad, altavoces ocultos, mecanismos que transformarían el entorno cuando se activaran. Pero había otra cosa: en los paquetes, entre los datos, aparecían referencias a terceros, a empresas de logística y a nombres que no encajaban con una muestra artística. Nicole sintió el borde de la moraleja: esto podría ser un montaje para camuflar algo más. El trabajo arriesgado de Nicole 1.2.zip
No esperaba ayuda oficial; había aprendido que la moralidad institucional se movía despacio. En lugar de eso, llamó a Clara. El número la sorprendió: ¿cómo había abierto Nicole esa puerta cuando no tenía contacto recent? En la otra línea, la respuesta fue medida y cautelosa. Clara conocía a las personas del colectivo; su voz, al principio fría, se templó cuando Nicole relató lo que había descubierto. "Si no quieres llamar a la policía," dijo Clara, "hay otra manera." En veinte minutos, un par de personas aparecieron en el muelle con credenciales de un medio independiente: fotógrafos y técnicos que, por trayectoria, solían cubrir instalaciones y escándalos artísticos. Con ellos, la posibilidad de exponer sin una persecución legal directa se volvió real.
Sin embargo, la mayor lección quedó en los márgenes: el archivo "El trabajo arriesgado de Nicole 1.2.zip" seguía en su copia de seguridad, una nota en un archivo README que contenía una línea anónima: "Para quien encuentre esto: no todo lo que brilla es arte; a veces el peso del mundo viene en paquetes pequeños." Nicole dejó el archivo intacto, no como trofeo, sino como recordatorio. La curiosidad la había llevado a un punto donde la creación humana y la logística sombría convergían; su trabajo arriesgado no solo había expuesto algo, sino que la había cambiado: ahora sabía que intervenir puede corregir injusticias, pero también reconfigura la propia vida. Y en una ciudad donde los muelles guardan secretos y los zip files son llaves, esa sensación de vértigo se volvió parte de su paisaje cotidiano. La maniobra fue delicada: el grupo se movió
En los días siguientes, la historia tomó matices que la sorprendieron. Los medios alternativos publicaron sobre irregularidades en el Proyecto Loto; el colectivo negó cualquier implicación en comercio ilícito y describió la acción como una "performance logísticamente radical". La prensa sensacionalista, ávida, mezcló datos ciertos y especulaciones. Nicole vivió en una alerta perpetua: su teléfono vibraba con mensajes anónimos, y alguien había dejado una nota: "Gracias por el arte, menos por la interferencia." No hubo agresión física, solo advertencias sutiles. El zip había sido el detonante, pero también su propia curiosidad lo había sido.
Su instinto profesional y su ética se tensaron. ¿Denunciar y arruinar la inauguración? ¿Observar y obtener pruebas? Elegir significaba actuar, y actuar significaba peligro. Optó por recopilar evidencia primero. Usó su servidor para almacenar grabaciones y log de comunicaciones, mientras sus prisas mentales la empujaban a permanecer desapercibida. En un momento de descuido de la organización, Nicole deslizó una cámara pequeña en un hueco de la estructura central y conectó un micrófono diminuto a la red. Sintió un vértigo: estaba expandiendo su huella en un acto que, si era descubierto, podría costarle más que su libertad profesional. Salir fue tan peligroso como entrar; una sombra
El final no fue una celebración ni una catástrofe, sino una amortiguada resolución. Las autoridades iniciaron investigaciones sobre el material de los contenedores; algunos de los implicados fueron citados. El colectivo, bajo presión, aceptó auditorías y revisiones. Clara se volvió a conectar con el mundo del que se había alejado, y con cautela ambos elaboraron una exhibición pública que dejó claro su compromiso con la transparencia. Nicole, por su parte, recibió ofertas para colaborar en proyectos que mezclaban tecnología y ética, y rechazó las más llamativas; aprendió a calibrar su impulso por lo desconocido con un mapa de consecuencias.
Adentro, la preparación era un espectáculo en sí. Un colectivo diverso trabajaba con paneles, proyectores y estructuras metálicas. Había personas con camisetas de bandas, otras en trajes impolutos, técnicos con soldadores y una mujer mayor que dibujaba sobre un bloc grandes trazos geométricos. Todo parecía ser —y al mismo tiempo no ser— una instalación artística. En el centro, una estructura suspendida como una flor mecánica: pétalos de metal que se abrían lentamente, cables que tocaban la tierra con delicadeza. En una mesa próxima, una laptop cerrada con una etiqueta: "Proyecto Loto — Control".
Nicole había recibido encargos raros antes —interfaces para galerías clandestinas, pruebas de usabilidad para aplicaciones poco ortodoxas—, pero nunca había estado en medio de algo con coordenadas y audios encriptados. El trabajo arriesgado tomó forma: descubrir qué era el Proyecto Loto antes del día señalado. La posibilidad de una pieza artística radical le gustaba; la posibilidad de andar sobre una delgada línea entre innovación y delito la mantenía en vilo.
Disk Images
Mac disk image files are just file systems written to a file instead of to a raw
disk. The Mac can mount them so they appear just like a disk drive. There are
several different types each with different options. Below are descriptions of
the types TransMac supports:
DMG: Files with a DMG extension are commonly used to transfer
data or software installation packages. They can be compressed to save space
or uncompressed to allow writing.
DMGpart: Files with a DMGpart extension are simply DMG files
that are split into segments for easy copying. The first file has a DMG
extension. The other files have the extension .NNNDMGpart where NNN
is a sequence number (002, 003, 004, etc.).
sparseimage: Files with a "sparseimage" extension leave out unused
blocks of the volume to save space. They start out small but grow as data
is added. Sparse image files are read/write. They have no internal compression,
but shrink well using external compression like zip.
Troubleshooting Guide
Symptom: Drag/drop copying from Mac to PC is slow or seems to copy twice.
Symptom: When copying from Mac to PC, the destination disk runs out of
space even if there is room.
Cause: Windows drag/drop interface copies files to a temporary
folder on the boot drive before moving to the destination disk.
Solution: Instead of drag and
drop, use the right-click context menu "Copy to". This will copy directly to the
destination disk.
Symptom: The message "No Mac HFS volumes found" appears when selecting
a Mac disk or DMG.
Cause: The disk is not Mac APFS, HFS+ or Standard HFS formatted.
Solution: TransMac can
only open Mac APFS, HFSX, HFS+ and (Old) Standard HFS format disks and
DMG files. Right-click the drive and select "Properties"
to see the partition layout and type of volume.
Symptom: An error message appears while copying files.
Cause: Windows has a legacy file path size limit
of 255 characters.
Solution1: Rename folders
with smaller names or copy inner folders separately so they fit within path
limit.
Solution2: Select the "Allow
long paths for Copy to PC" checkbox in the Settings dialog. This setting
may cause problems with legacy Windows programs that don't support long paths.
Cause: File is too large for the target
file system.
Solution: Make sure file is
less than 2GB for PC FAT16
file system and less than 4GB for PC
FAT32.
Cause: Disk has bad sectors.
Solution: Use a different
disk, reformat disk or fix disk by running a check for bad sectors on a Mac.
Symptom: Some treeview context menu items (Format, Restore, etc.) are missing.
Symptom: Some listview context menu items (Copy Here, Delete, New Folder, etc.) are grayed out.
Cause: The disk or DMG is read only.
Solution: Default in settings
is to treat fixed disks as read only. See settings to select read/write.
Solution: For hardware write
protect, turn protect switch off.
Solution: DMG files are read-only when compressed. Expand the DMG to write to it.
Cause: The volume type is APFS. Currently TransMac does not support writing APFS volumes.
Symptom: An error message appears when trying to write to a disk.
Cause: The volume format is APFS which is read only in TransMac.
Cause: The disk is write protected or read only.
Solution: For hardware write
protect, turn protect switch off.
Cause: Disk has bad sectors.
Solution: Use a different
disk, reformat disk or fix disk by running a check for bad sectors on a Mac.
Symptom: An error message appears when formatting a disk.
Cause: The disk is write protected
Solution: For hardware write
protect, turn protect switch off.
Cause: Disk has bad sectors.
Solution: Use a different
disk, reformat disk or fix disk by running a check for bad sectors on a Mac.
Symptom: A file copied from a PC is not recognized on the Mac.
Cause: The Mac does not have an application installed
that can open the file type.
Solution: Some file
types are the same on both machines (jpg, gif, mp3, etc). Some files can
be opened with the same application on the opposite platform. For example
a file created on a Mac with Quark can usually be opened on a PC if it
has the PC version of Quark installed. For some files there is no application
that will open them on the other machine.
Symptom: A file copied from a Mac is not recognized on the PC.
Cause: The PC does not have an application installed
that can open the file type.
Solution: Some file
types are the same on both machines (jpg, gif, mp3, etc). Some files can
be opened with the same application on the opposite platform. For example
a file created on a Mac with Quark can usually be opened on a PC if it
has the PC version of Quark installed. For some files there is no application
that will open them on the other machine.
Symptom: Files are corrupt after copy.
Cause: The file system on the disk is corrupt.
Solution: Use a disk checking
utility (on a Mac), or reformat the disk (if there is no needed data on it).
Symptom: After burning a DMG/iso image, the USB drive is not bootable or does not work properly.
Cause: The restore operation formats the drive with the contents of the DMG file.
The disk will only be bootable if the DMG is bootable.
Solution: Make sure the DMG file contains the exact contents
you want written to the disk. If you are having trouble creating a bootable MacOS USB installer, this PDF may help.
Symptom: Burning a DMG file to flash drive is slow.
Cause: USB flash drives are optimized for reading. Writing may be very slow especially
for older drives. Compressed DMG files are expanded on the fly which will also add to restore time.
Solution1: Use a newer/faster flash drive.
Solution2: Use a recent version of TransMac. Older versions may have a smaller buffer size.
Symptom: Get error message while or after burning disk image to DVD.
Cause: If image is a compressed DMG, it could be corrupt.
Solution: Try expanding DMG
to verify integrity.
Cause: DVD failed verification.
Solution1: Try selecting "Use
slowest burn speed" in Options/General Settings.
Solution2: Try different media
or drive.
Windows UAC
Due to extra security (UAC) in Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista, users may not be able to
access disks without elevating privileges. TransMac will prompt to restart itself
when this is necessary or it can be done ahead of time as shown below.
To run TransMac once as administrator, right-click on the TransMac shortcut
or icon and select "Run as administrator".
To always run TransMac as administrator, right-click on the TransMac shortcut
or icon and select "Properties".
Then tick "Run this program as an administrator" under the "Compatibility"
tab
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