I’ve been using FileStorm to make nice Mac DMGs, but their website is defunct now.
What are people using? Is DropDMG any good?
I’m looking for something that can be Shell or AppleScripted.
thanks
I’ve been using FileStorm to make nice Mac DMGs, but their website is defunct now.
What are people using? Is DropDMG any good?
I’m looking for something that can be Shell or AppleScripted.
thanks
I use DMG Canvas and am very happy with it.
You can do it yourself…
http://el-tramo.be/guides/fancy-dmg/
http://chromasoft.blogspot.com/2010/02/building-dmg-installer-for-mac-simple.html
http://www.ploem.be/blog/?page_id=26
http://digital-sushi.org/entry/how-to-create-a-disk-image-installer-for-apple-mac-os-x/
Lennox
DropDMG is good. It has a command-line version, for which I do a build script.
If you’re distributing outside the App Store I’d recommend you:
Hi Thomas,
Can that be hacked by code something like this?
Dim myFolderitem as Folderitem
myFolderitem.Finder (Right-click>Archive/Compress)
[quote=24100:@Lennox Jacob]Hi Thomas,
Can that be hacked by code something like this?
Dim myFolderitem as Folderitem
myFolderitem.Finder (Right-click>Archive/Compress)[/quote]
When the Mac Zips a file it’s actually using “ditto” which is a terminal command, so you could get the same effect by using the Shell.Execute class with the right command and path.
OK Thanks.
Lennox
I believe this is the command you’ll need:
ditto -c -k --keepParent /path/to/MyApp.app /path/to/MyApp.zip
Another vote for DMG Canvas : it’s really simple and very reliable. Much better than fiddling around with text files or Terminal.
I downloaded a new filestorm only a week ago. Are you sure its dead?
Once you get to a certain level, you WANT to be using text files and terminal, as that’s the only way to ensure full automation with version control and a reliable build process.
But I agree that DropDMG has a steep learning curve, if you want to automate it.