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DropDMG allows users to quickly create .dmg archives.
Disk images pack entire folders or disks into a single compressed file, either for transport across the Internet or simply for backup. They are Apple's preferred format for distributing Mac software. Disk images are also the only archive format whose contents you can directly access in the Finder.
DropDMG is the easiest way to create Mac OS X disk images, as well as cross-platform archives. Just drag and drop a folder or file and you're done. Or, you can drag an existing disk image or archive onto DropDMG to
Disk images pack entire folders or disks into a single compressed file, either for transport across the Internet or simply for backup. They are Apple's preferred format for distributing Mac software. Disk images are also the only archive format whose contents you can directly access in the Finder.
DropDMG is the easiest way to create Mac OS X disk images, as well as cross-platform archives. Just drag and drop a folder or file and you're done. Or, you can drag an existing disk image or archive onto DropDMG to
What's New
Version 3.1.2:
- Added support for Growl notifications via GNTP (requires Mac OS X 10.7 or later).
- When renaming a configuration, layout, or license in the preferences, you can now press the Esc key to cancel.
- Fixed a bug where DropDMG would log an error to the console when converting a ZIP archive to a disk image.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
DropDMG User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:57,498 |
| Version Downloads:449 |
| Type:Utilities : Compression |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:07 Feb 2012 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price: $24.00 |
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DropDMG allows users to quickly create .dmg archives.
Disk images pack entire folders or disks into a single compressed file, either for transport across the Internet or simply for backup. They are Apple's preferred format for distributing Mac software. Disk images are also the only archive format whose contents you can directly access in the Finder.
DropDMG is the easiest way to create Mac OS X disk images, as well as cross-platform archives. Just drag and drop a folder or file and you're done. Or, you can drag an existing disk image or archive onto DropDMG to convert it to any of the other supported formats or to burn it to CD or DVD.
DropDMG supports advanced options such as encrypted and segmented disk images, WYSIWYG layout with background pictures and custom volume icons, and rich-text license agreements in multiple languages. There are many time-saving features, and it can also be automated via AppleScript, the command-line, and Automator.
Disk images pack entire folders or disks into a single compressed file, either for transport across the Internet or simply for backup. They are Apple's preferred format for distributing Mac software. Disk images are also the only archive format whose contents you can directly access in the Finder.
DropDMG is the easiest way to create Mac OS X disk images, as well as cross-platform archives. Just drag and drop a folder or file and you're done. Or, you can drag an existing disk image or archive onto DropDMG to convert it to any of the other supported formats or to burn it to CD or DVD.
DropDMG supports advanced options such as encrypted and segmented disk images, WYSIWYG layout with background pictures and custom volume icons, and rich-text license agreements in multiple languages. There are many time-saving features, and it can also be automated via AppleScript, the command-line, and Automator.
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Surfspirit reviewed on 30 Aug 2011
In a nutshell:
- Fast DMG Conversion
- It auto splits DMG files in selectable sizes, for example DVD maximum size.
- It auto compress other DMG so it gets smaller ;)
- Easy saves to a pre selected folder, auto name new DMG files.
- The only app I tried that shows estimated time, and info resume of each DMG creation/conversion.
- It has great batch support, it even can auto delete de old files after conversion/creation.
- It also does ZIP if you want to, and cdr format so it's more compatible with windows etc,...
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I tried to sign on to the forum. No luck. I just emailed the developer. I bought this but may need to request a refund if it can't do such a basic thing as placing a background image in a layout.
Hoping it's an easy fix, or maybe I'm doing something wrong? :)
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Bluzy reviewed on 17 May 2011
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Corpsecorps reviewed on 03 Oct 2010
Version 3 has more features and a new interface so it deserves a new evaluation including them. The features which were available in version 2 are even better and still deserve 5 stars
However, I'm still finding the relationship of Layouts to configurations to the final creation dialog choice awkward.
As the automated replacement of custom positioned icons in a layout requires filenames EXACTLY matching those in the folder from which the DMG is created, the feature is fairly useless except to a Dev releasing software & updates where the same set of files will be used each time.
While it's nice having a grid to to allow easy alignment when positioning icons, there's no way to set the grid to have a correlation to that of the finder to allow proper alignment of icons with background images. This CAN actually be accomplished by nudging except the grid scale cannot be changed.
All my attempts to accomplish the reverse; to create graphics in such a way that the icons placed automatically by DropDMG would happen to align with them, failed. (e.g. I created a background image with 6 regularly placed spaces for icons, but instead of the 6 icons falling into those spaces in my 3 x 2 grid, DropDMG decided to allow the icons to bleed off the background image in a 2 x 3 arrangement)
The Layout setup allows the choice of the position of the upper left corner of the final DMG window, but lacks a way to specify the SIZE, auto-conforming it's size to that of the background image. Not always desirable.
Unlike the finder itself, filenames in DropDMG's layout do not appear to be able to extend to 2 lines.
I hope the layout features of DropDMG are enhanced to match the excellence of the DMG creation ones. I still use this for ALL archives not requiring a custom layout and/or license.
It's not clear to me how you would want DropDMG to position the icons if not matching them up by name. If your filenames always change, you could use the layout to set the background picture and tell DropDMG to create a read-write disk image. Then you could mount the image in the Finder and adjust the positions yourself. Or you could drag the files into a "temporary" layout beforehand and adjust their positions there.
The layout grid size is customizable via an esoteric preference, and this will be expanded in a future version. It's not clear to me what you mean about a "correlation" with the Finder, since we're talking about lining up the icons with the background picture rather than the Finder's icon arrangement grid (which DropDMG turns off).
DropDMG does not touch icons whose files don't appear in the layout. It lets the Finder auto-position those.
The intent was to eliminate an unnecessary preference (and step) for setting the window size. Could you give an example of when you would not want it to correspond to the size of the background picture?
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Bigboysdad reviewed on 10 Sep 2010
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Mactechhead reviewed on 23 Jul 2010
1 - The program does not remember my window size and placement settings.
2 - There is not simple way to turn off the annoying logging. With version 2 I could lock the preferences file and the log would remain empty.
3 - The activity window is not visible automatically. There is no option to keep it open and it also doesn't remember window size or locations.
4 - ADC compression support was dropped for OS X 10.0. I very rarely used it but for the rare occasion I do need it for older Carbon applications .
Due to these deficiencies I will not be upgrading to version 3.0.1
I am very happy with version 2 and cannot justify upgrading for a fee for lost functionality.
I would still rate this as a 5 star tool. But I rated features and value at 1 each for the reasons above.
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2. There's a preference to make DropDMG remove log entries older than 1 day. It may be possible to add further options here. Please contact me via e-mail to discuss this further.
3. DropDMG remembers between launches whether the Activity window is open. Once open it should stay open. This won't work if your preferences file is locked.
4. Apple changed the .dmg format so that disk images created by recent versions of Mac OS X are not readable by 10.0. Thus, there is no reason to offer ADC since any OS that can open an ADC .dmg can also open a zlib .dmg. For compatibility with 10.0 and 10.1, I recommend using the .img image formats, which DropDMG still supports.
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I unlocked the preferences file and resized my windows and it is remembering them correctly. The activity window remained open too.
I will now gladly update to version 3.0.1 and you will have my payment by the end of the month.
Excellent tool and great support too.
Thank you again!
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I had just noticed the minor icon snag with Snow Leopard, and here's a fixed version waiting.
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iconz113 reviewed on 04 Sep 2009
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MacTechHead reviewed on 04 Sep 2009
Superb tool and a must have for anyone that creates a lot of disk images.
Thanks for this wonderful too!
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Reread the instructions. On the next run everything seemed to go fine, but when I clicked a finished DMG file, the icon wasn't positioned at all where it had been in the layout.
The whole layout UI could use some polish.
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In order for an icon to be positioned in the final .dmg, its filename must exactly match one of the filenames in the layout.
Yousef_Alnajjar-amap rated on 07 Jan 2012
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Elnacho rated on 23 Feb 2011