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creating DMG with QuickDMG

Postby Antony » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 5:33 am

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Mac OS X users should all be familiar with [tt].dmg[/tt], a commonly used disk image format used in Mac OS X. But how do we create it?
Apple provided Disk Utilities (in Mac OS X v10.3 or later (and in Disk Copy in earlier versions). Although the creation of [tt].dmg[/tt] is not that difficult, it's a bit complicated when using the tool provided by Apple.

Script factory provides a nice and free tool - QuickDMG - allows creating DMG with little effort.

To use QuickDMG, you can simply drag a file or a folder into QuickDMG application icon, then make a quick selection on which type of DMG you want to use. We recommend using the "UDIF zlib-compressed" (default one).

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QuickDMG is not designed for creating a complicated or highly professional disk images, it is designed to be easy to use. It not just does a quick job, but also a good job.

One thing I like QuickDMG most is that I don't have to specify the Disk Image file size first (as required by Disk Utility.)

What's the benefit of making a [tt].dmg[/tt]? As Tetsuro pointed out, unlike ZIP or StuffIt archives, you can open the compressed disk image without expanding it first. And there's also another good reason to use [tt].dmg[/tt] instead of [tt].zip[/tt], you can annoy Windows users.

link: QuickDMG by Tetsuro KURITA.

QuickDMG is free and open source. Version 2.0.7 has just released.
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Postby Pu7o » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 5:39 am

You used HTML instead of BBcode in your post :wink:
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Postby Antony » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 5:45 am

Pu7o wrote:You used HTML instead of BBcode in your post :wink:
Thanks.
Antony is old (and poor).
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Postby Antony » Fri 24 Nov, 2006 10:42 pm

Just a gentle reminder, if you do provide [tt].dmg[/tt] for download, you might want to add following line to [tt].htaccess[/tt], as most web hosting providers do not have the correct MIME type for [tt].dmg[/tt].
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AddType application/octet-stream .dmg



Side note: when you add MIME type for [tt].dmg[/tt], you might also want to add MIME type for [tt].mp4[/tt] for H.264 movie you made :-) ([tt].mp4[/tt] is not usually specified in web servers by default.)
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AddType video/mp4 .mp4
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