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Excellent virtual CD/DVD drive emulator

DAEMON Tools for Mac is the OSX version of the popular Windows CD/DVD emulators, DAEMON Tools.

Mount it

Emulating a CD drive may not seem that useful at first but in fact it has many advantages. For instance, you can load any image file directly onto your Mac instantly, you save the time and effort of CD burning and, virtual drives are much faster than CD drives. If you're stuck with a file on your Mac in ISO, BIN, MDF or NRG format, DAEMON Tools also can help as it supports .iso, .isz, .b5t, .b6t, .bwt, .ccd, .cdi, .cue, .mds, .mdx, .nrg, .ape formats.

After installation all you have to do is browse to where your image file is saved on your Mac and 'mount' it as a virtual drive using DAEMON Tools. You can do this using Finder under the Devices category or access it from your Menu Toolbar.

Up to four drives

The Lite version of DAEMON Tools only lets you emulate up to four virtual drives but doesn't have the extra features of the Pro and Advanced editions, such as support for DVD HD and Blu-Ray drivers, or the ability to create image files.

This free version of DAEMON Tools is perfect for the average home user, who will hardly need to emulate more than a couple drives simultaneously. DAEMON Tools supports a wide variety of formats and is a really useful app for accessing your CD collection without having to carry them around, protecting them from scratches in the process.

Perfect for home use

With DAEMON Tools for Mac you can easily emulate up to four virtual drives on your Mac and mount a wide range of image files on them.

First DAEMON Tools solution for mounting virtual CD/DVD/HDD on Mac which lets you create ISO, MDX and MDS/MDF images.

DAEMON Tools for Mac enables you to mount CD/DVD/HDD disc images of the following disc formats: *.b5t, *.b6t, *.bwt, *.ccd, *.cdi, *.bin/*.cue, *.ape/*.cue, *.flac/*.cue, *.iso, *.isz, *.mds/*.mdf, *.mdx, *.nrg, *.pdi, *.dmg, *.vhd. Mac OS recognizes them just like real drives that you can access in Finder.

Since DAEMON Tools for Mac 3, you can not only mount but also make ISO, MDX and MDS/MDF images. While creating, you may compress the custom virtual disc to save the hard disk space and encrypt your image with password to protect the most important data.

Make ISO, MDX and MDS/MDF images

Compress created images to save the hard disk space

Encrypt custom images to protect important data

Work with different iSCSI Targets to get an access to the shared physical devices

Mount shared images from your DAEMON Tools for Ma?

PROS

  • Free to use
  • Eliminates the need to burn an ISO file
  • Easy to use

CONS

  • Blu-Ray and DVD HD restricted to Pro version

Program available in other languages



User reviews about DAEMON Tools for Mac

  • Deimos Satah

    by Deimos Satah

    used it years ago. great. its a wonder a similar app doesnt come pre intalled on every OS. necessity.

  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

    Free ?.
    It is NOT free of cost !!!!
    in Windows it is FREE !!!! Windows for ever.

  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

    LITE version limited to number of days, then must pay to continue use..
    This LITE version allows the user to use for a limited number of days, t More


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