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DESCRIPTION
DMG Enabler is a droplet that converts standard disk images to internet-enabled ones without having to use the Terminal. Just drag the .dmg file onto the droplet to make it internet enabled. Drag it back onto the droplet to disable it.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.1:
  • You can now choose files to process by navigating to them instead of having to drag-n-drop.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later (may work on earlier versions, but is untested)

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Developer:Zach Weigand
Downloads:4,571
  - Version d/l:2,276
Internet:Internet Utilities
License:Free
Date:04 Mar 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
*****
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    May 5 2006
    *****

    MATTHEW567  I love this app! It saves me minutes everytime I need to make an internet enabled DMG before I upload it. Kudos to the developer :)  
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    Mar 5 2008

    PETER DA SILVA  Why do you ever "need to make an internet-enabled dmg"?  
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    May 4 2006

    ERICOB  To understand what a "Internet Enabled Disk Image" is, read (as another poster mentioned) this Apple doc:

    Personally, I don't care for images with this feature turned on: images are silently mounted, their contents copied to the location of the image and then the image file itself is moved to the trash. I find this makes the process less transparent, and (for me) more confusing.  
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    Mar 5 2008

    PETER DA SILVA  It's also a security issue, since it allows people to drop trojanned files on your desktop just by following a link in email or in Safari with "open safe files" turned on.

    Apple REALLY needs to reconsider having this functionality at all. It's not as daft as Microsoft's ActiveX, but that's damned faint praise.  
    (Version 1.1)

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    May 4 2006

    NINJABOY  Well its about time someone thought of an app like this!

    Now I won't receive any more emails from friends saying 'sorry-didn't receive your file'.  
    (Version 1.0)

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    May 4 2006

    ERICOB  This program should have no effect on whether anyone has problems with a DMG you send as an email attachment. It simply automates (and hides) the process of: mount, open, copy contents, unmount, move image to trash.  
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    May 4 2006

    HYPERT  What's an "internet-enabled" disk image? I thought the binary DMG files could be mailed, FTPed, or downloaded without any mods?  
    (Version 1.0)

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    May 4 2006

    GODS_CLOWN  HYPERT wrote:

    "What's an "internet-enabled" disk image?(...)"

    You might find this link useful:

    http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution/Concepts/sd_disk_images.html

    ;-)

    God's clown  
    (Version 1.0)

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    May 4 2006

    ERICOB  Reading the Apple documentation, "Internet Enabled" DMG files have nothing to do with their transportability over the Internet. "Because read-only .dmg files use a flat file format and Disk Copy can create compressed disk images, it is unnecessary to convert a .dmg file to either StuffIt format or MacBinary format."  
    (Version 1.0)

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