File extension IMG
| File type | Floppy Image Image Format |
| Developer | Apple |
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What is a IMG file?
File with an .IMG extension contains a disc image which could be mounted in Mac OS file system (up to 9th version), as a separate hard drive or an optical drive. IMG files sometimes can be opened by changing their extension into ISO.
IMG files were stored on hard drive, however, when mounted, they were displayed as separate discs or CDs/DVDs. Since Mac OS X system, this format was replaced by the DMG format, although it still can be opened.
Program(s) that can open the .IMG file
Windows
Mac OS
How to open IMG files
If you cannot open the IMG file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports IMG among those that are installed on your device.
A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the IMG file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.
Possible problems with the IMG format files
The inability to open and operate the IMG file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the Floppy Image Image Format file. Below is a list of possible problems.
- Corruption of a IMG file which is being opened
- Incorrect links to the IMG file in registry entries.
- Accidental deletion of the description of the IMG from the Windows registry
- Incomplete installation of an application that supports the IMG format
- The IMG file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
- The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the IMG file.
- Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a IMG file are out of date.
If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the IMG file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the IMG file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the IMG file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.
Similar extensions
| .adz | Amiga Emulator Compressed ADF Format |
| .aff | Advanced Forensics Format Disk Image |
| .ashdisc | Ashampoo Disk Image Format |
| .atr | Atari 8-bit Disk Image |
| .avhd | Microsoft Hyper-V Differencing Disk Format |
| .b5i | BlindWrite Image Format |
| .b5t | BlindWrite Image Format |
| .b6i | BlindWrite Image Format |
This extension
can be converted to:
- IMG to ISO
- IMG to CDI
- IMG to DAA
- IMG to UIF
- IMG to ASHDISC
- IMG to B5T
- IMG to B6I
- IMG to BIN
- IMG to BWI
- IMG to BWT
- IMG to CCD
- IMG to DAO
- IMG to DMG
- IMG to IMZ
- IMG to ISZ
- IMG to JPE
- IMG to NRG
- IMG to P01
- IMG to PBM
- IMG to PDI
- IMG to TAR
- IMG to TAR.GZ
- IMG to UDF
- IMG to VCD
- IMG to VMDK
- IMG to 000
- IMG to B01
- IMG to BM
- IMG to B5L
- IMG to CDR
- IMG to DEB
- IMG to JPG
- IMG to MDF
- IMG to PNG
- IMG to STL
- IMG to TIF
How to associate the file with an installed software?
If you want to associate a file with a new program (e.g. my-file.IMG) you have two ways to do it. The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected IMG file. From the drop-down menu select "Choose default program", then click "Browse" and find the desired program. The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the IMG file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry.
Is there one way to open unknown files?
Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files (e.g. IMG) with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.