While it won't let you 'mount' the Ubuntu ISO on its own, it should let you view the ISO filesystem and extract what you need. From the Desktop, click on Utilities (or in some cases, Applications, and then Utilities).
Keka is an open-source OS X frontend to the p7zip package, which is able to view and extract ISOs in addition to a myriad of other archive management features. ISO file to your Mac Insert a blank disc.Hopefully it will be fixed at some point, making future Ubuntu hybrid ISOs compatible with Disk Utility.Īlternative to extract/explore Ubuntu ISOs on OS X: Keka This patch/bug report discusses a problem in the way isohybrid sets GPT UUIDs, causing Disk Utility/OS X to fail to recognize the hybrid filesystem and consequently, failing to mount it.
It works by encapsulating the standard ISO9660 CD filesystem within a partition, so that it will work unmodified if written to a USB/hard disk. Ubuntu's hybrid functionality is provided by the isohybrid script in the SysLinux bootloader. Since 11.10, Ubuntu ISOs have been 'hybrid', meaning that the ISO can also be written bit-for-bit to a USB device to make it a working Live-USB, without having to use StartUp Disk Creator, UNetBootin, etc. This is due to a bug (of sorts) in the package used to create the Ubuntu ISOs
