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How to create drag-and-drop installer for MacOS X?

What tools are used to create installers like this:

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EDIT: Here's a full tutorial: http://chromasoft.blogspot.com/2010/02/building-dmg-installer-for-mac-simple.html

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blez Avatar asked May 13 '12 18:05

blez


1 Answers

It's just a folder with a custom background image (right click on the folder background and select "Show View Options"; Firefox also sets a larger icon size and adjusts the grid to match, also in the same place). The link to /Applications is created by Control-dragging. Once you have the original folder set up, you can use hdiutil to create a DMG disk image from the folder.

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geekosaur Avatar answered Nov 13 '22 12:11

geekosaur