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Mount image (qcow2) from KVM on macOS - fastest way? / Convert qcow2 to access files (EXT4 partition)
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If you haven't installed any FUSE yet:

brew tap homebrew/fuse
brew install Caskroom/cask/osxfuse
  1. brew install qemu ext4fuse
  2. qemu-img convert -p -O vmdk snapshot.qcow2 system.vmdk This will take some time...
  3. Download and register for a free licence of VMDK Mounter for Mac® OS X and install it.
  4. Reboot your macOS device.
  5. Mount the vmdk volume by double clicking it.
  6. Mount the partition: ext4fuse "/dev/disk3s2" "/Volumes/kvm-snapshot" (you have to edit it to your disk numbers)
  7. Now you can access it with the terminal.
@KarlBaumann
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VDMK Mounter is discontinued, I was able to mount vmdk using VirtualBox

@neomafo88
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VDMK Mounter is discontinued, I was able to mount vmdk using VirtualBox

brew install --cask paragon-vmdk-mounter

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YouROK commented Apr 1, 2022

But this is not mounting, but converting. I can't mount and change disk content

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