dorkbydesign. Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Hello this is a guide on how to make a customised DMG Image! 1. Make a DMG file about 10MB bigger than the file you are containing. -Go to Disk Utility -Click New Image 2. Now Put all your files in. -Click on the mounted image. -Drag and Drop 3. Design your images! -Use a program like Seahorse or GIMP to do this. Make the picture 640x480. -OPTIONAL: Make an Icon. With Graphics Design or similar programs. -Put it in a folder called "Files" 3. Customise!!! -Press Command + J -And on the screen that comes up, choose these options.... 3a. Icons -Click "Get Info" on your icon and the mounted disk. The mounted image. -On the get info page in the top left hand corner there is a small icon. Copy and paste it into the disk image. 4. Hide our "Source" folder -For this to work, you need xCode installed. Type in this code into terminal /Developer/Tools/SetFile -a V /Volumes/your_disk_name_here/files If you have spaces in your disk's name, change to to something like temp. Do the scipt, then change it back. Optional: -Create a shortcut to the Applications folder -Compress the image This will be you final product! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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