Creating, Converting AND IMAGE Segmentation DMG CONVERTER

What is a disk image

A disk image is a file of a particular kind, because it consists of a container and a content. Like a parcel post. Under OS X, the vast majority of images are formatted disks Dmg. Besides, if you regularly download applications or updates on the Internet, you have undoubtedly already uploaded images disks. Dmg.

When you double click a file .Dmg, a new icon appears on the desktop. it is an icon most often a completely white rectangle or sometimes bearing a drawing of the logo of the company's software or the application itself. This is the volume up from the disk image, so to say as a sort of partition or volume temporarily.This is the contents of the disk image itself.

If you double-click on the volume this time, you learn the content of this volume. It is important to know that what you see here is present in the volume .

So to see the contents of a disk image,it is necessary to mount the first volume. A disk image is composed of two elements:

• The file itself (the container), which may be of different formats.
• The volume (which once installed will allow access to content), which also may be of different formats.

It is possible to use Disk Utility to create a disk image , but DMGConverter offers increased opportunities in the creation / conversion, making software very interesting.

DMGConverter is a small free application useful to create and convert disk images. With this application, you can create your own your own disk images and in many formats, compressed or not. You can even encrypt your disk images and set a password.

DMGConverter also gives you the possibility to convert the format of the disk image files. For example convert a disk image. Dmg disk image into a .Iso. DMGConverter also allows to segment a disk image into several pieces. This is good practice to send a large disk image via e-mail.


Supported file formats :

• Disk image as read-write (. Dmg) = The disk image file can be modified
• Image disc read-only (. Dmg) = The disk image created can not be changed
• Disk image compression with ADC
• Disk image with zlib compression
• Disk image compression with bzip2 (MacOS 10.4 or higher)
• Master Disk Image DVD / CD (. Cdr)
• Disc image of low intensity
• ISO9660 format (. Iso)
• Joliet ISO9660 format (. Iso)
• UDF
• Disk image hybrid multi-platform (. Iso)
• Mac OS Extended / hybrid ISO (Joliet)
• Mac OS Extended / UDF hybrid
• ISO (Joliet) / UDF Hybrid
• Image disc read-only (old)
• Disk image compression with ADC (former)
• Disk image with Ndidi compression (old)

Formats supported for volume creation:

• Mac OS Standard
• Mac OS Extended case sensitive
• Mac OS Extended
• Mac OS Extended sensitive Journaled
• Mac OS Extended Journaled
• UNIX file system
• FAT16
• FAT32
• UDF

Encoding :

• Gzip compression (fast)
• Bzip2 compression (Better compression)

How to use DMG CONVERTER

tart the application DMGConverter. A window opens
You can see 3 tabs:

• Create an image
• Convert
• Break

As you can see the software is very intuitive. Just click on the tab for the operation (creation, conversion or segments) you want to do. Before you see it in more detail, click the Preferences button at the top right of the window. The Preferences window opens with 6 tabs

• The tabs Creation, Conversion and Segmentation will define the default settings. These are the settings displayed by default when you use DMGConverter operations for creation, conversion and segmentation. Of course, when using the software you can choose other settings also .
  
• The Encrypt use to encrypt the disk image and to attach a password. This encryption function is not possible with all image formats. If you decide to use a password, it will not be possible to mount the volume on the disk image created without knowing the password. By double-clicking the file. Dmg created, a window opens to ask you the password
  
• The tab Destination lets you choose where to create the disk image file and determine what needs to be done by DMGConverter, once the transaction creation or conversion :
  
  
  • Delete the source file after conversion
  • Set the source file to the Trash after conversion
  • Mount the disk image after creation / conversion
  
  
• The tab Startup allows you to select one of the default 3 launch operations software (creation, conversion and segmentation).

Create a disc image :

1. Select the Create an image
2. Choose an image size, possibly a compression level (if you choose the compression) and a volume format.
3. Choose whether or not encryption for this operation (in preferences).
4. Drag and drop a file on the window DMGConverter

Your disk image is created ..done

Convert disc :

1. Select the tab Convert
2. Choose an image size
3. Choose a level of compression (if you use the compression).
4. Choose whether or not encryption for this operation (in preferences).
5. Drag and drop a disk image on the window DMGConverter

Your disk image is converted!

Segmentation :

1. Select the segment
2. Choose the size of segments (the number of segments will be defined accordingly), the number of segments (the size of these will be defined accordingly).
3. Choose whether or not encryption for this operation (in preferences).
4. Drag and drop a disk image on the window DMGConverter
5. Your disk image is segmented done

• Once a segmented disk image, simply double-click on the first segment the volume to mount the disk image.
• If you use this method of segmentation to send a large disk image to a contact, remember to send ALL of the segments otherwise it will not mount the volume on the disk image.
• If you use encryption during an operation of segmentation you will be required the password for all segments.