In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christopher Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If a *.dmg is a better bet, then: > 1) is there a point-and-click and/or drag-and-drop way to create *.dmgs?
Lots of ways. In 10.4 at least, move the files to be distributed into a folder with the name of the volume to be created, launch Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app), then drop the folder onto the Disk Utility icon in the dock. A "New Image From Folder" file dialog will appear with the correct name and with "compressed" selected as the default Image Format. Or from a shell command line: hdiutil create -srcfolder /path/to/folder /path/to/new_image.dmg > 2) I don't think that *.dmgs are compressed, is it good practice to > compress the resulting *.dmg (*.dmg.zip) The contents of images can be and are compressed by these methods. See the hdiutil man page for more gory details. > Ideally, I'd like to get a "Make Disk Image" option when I right click > in Finder, just like current "Create Archive" option. Does anyone know > how to add an item to that menu? Again in 10.4, a very simple way is to create a two-step Automator workflow using the Get Specified Finder Items action and the Create Disk Image From Files action (available here): <http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/creatediskimagefromfiles .html> Then Save As Plug-in... for Finder and the new workflow should show up in the Finder's right click menu under the Automator submenu. -- Ned Deily, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
