Mac users get no problem with ISO, and you can also handle APE and CUE will with Cog and XLD. On the Mac platform, I dont see it necessary to install such tool. Roxio Toast seems to be the only solution if you want a virtual cd/dvd drive. When the Windows 7 was released, the old version of DAEMON Tool was also the source of many crashes on my machine. It was the Windows version a while back, I'm not sure what the status of that is right now and if it also goes for the OS X version.Įdit: Daemon Tools is still spyware so no option at all. I might give Daemon Tools Lite for Mac a try but I must say that my alarm bells are going off. To find out more and to download DAEMON Tools for Mac, visit this page. It allows you to mount different types of virtual images and use them all on your Mac. Using this you get one-click mounting of ISO, NRG, IMG, CUE. The next best thing to an integrated Daemon Tools alternative is an open-source alternative, and for that reason WinCDEmu is first on our list. It's a bit annoying to carry my external dvd drive for just that. DAEMON Tools is a disk image mounter, Mac-oriented program and must-have tool on your computer. To close the drive, just right-click its icon and click Eject, and to view the files contained therein, just double-click it. This is what's keeping me from running C&C Generals Zero Hour on my MBA: I need to have the dvd inserted when starting the app for licensing.

As far as I know Toast is the only piece of software that gives you a virtual cd/dvd player like Daemon Tools does.

Those machines do not have a cd/dvd player and without any 3rd party software the iso images are mounted as a bog standard disk image making them look more like folders than actual discs. Click to expand.Any piece of software that is looking for a cd/dvd player on say an MBA or MBP Retina.

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