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apple Disk iMaGe – a popular format for distributing OS X applications.

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Creating a Mac OS application installer from .Net Core project

I am completely new to Mac OS and I have an application written in .Net Core codebase. Now all I want is to get it installed on Mac OS machines. My question is how can I create an installer (.DMG) file? At the moment My Visual Studio on Windows has…
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Opening DMG Files in a new Finder window

I have made a .dmg file for my application but, when I open up my .dmg file it opens with the sidebar included. It most of the applications I have seen, the .dmg file opens up a new Finder window without the sidebar. How would I acheive this?
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Where to find volume mount icon on Leopard

I want to change the default icon of a dmg, I'ld like to do like skype or dropbox which use the default image volume icon, but I don't manage to find it with the finder. Do you have any idea where I could find it? Thanks for your answer, Boris
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attach license file to dmg under OSX

guys! Is there any command line I can use to attach a license file to a dmg? Thank you very much (I'm experiencing problems with the editor, so forgive me if you see "strange things" in the text)
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How to distribute a MacOS Disk Image (DMG) file to other Macs? Uploading to Google Drive or AwsS3 corrupts the file

I have created a DMG file and need to distribute it with a public link. Please note that the dmg file opens properly on all the macs if I transfer it through commandline scp (OpenSSH). However, if I upload the same DMG file to Google Drive or AWS…
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Electron-builder mac os dmg file crashes at start

I created a dmg mac file of my electron app with electron builder. The creation process passes without any error. The "installation" works, but if i try to start the app, it doesn't come up. NOTE: Windows and linux builds work fine. Used part of…
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Having problems getting electron builder to sign a mac build

I don't know why electron-builder cannot find a valid identity. Using the environment variable to debug, I always end up with the same problem where it says there is no valid identity despite listing there to be 1 valid identity underneath. I have…
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Mac OS X Disk Image Verification

Does anyone knows what exactly happens behind the scenes when Mac OS X verifies a disk image (.dmg) file? Is there any way to extend or customize the procedure? EDIT: I would like to create a disk image that verifies that it does exactly what it…
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How to update a DMG file from Windows

Just like Peter who looked for a solution to automate the creation of an ISO file, I am looking for a solution which would allow me to update the contents of a compressed DMG file, originally created on a Mac. I am aware of several tools which allow…
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How to create the empty 'Icon\r' file for a .dmg from shell script?

From shell script, I would like to create the empty 'Icon\r' file for a Mac OS X disk image (dmg), so as the .VolumeIcon.icns icon file is taken into account by the finder; the damn '\r' character is not accepted from the console: touch Icon\r ls…
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A “BUILD FAILED” error appears when deploying a JavaFX application to .dmg (Mac OS), using e(fx)clipse

A “BUILD FAILED” error appears when deploying a JavaFX application to .dmg (Mac OS), using e(fx)clipse. However, the .jar produced during the build works. I'm attempting to deploy the AddressApp using this…
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Create Mac .dmg file from Java

I would like to create a DMG file from Java. The reason why it needs to be Java is twofold: It must be part of our build farm (which currently runs on a non Mac OS X platform) and our build uses Maven (which pretty much means Java). As far as I…
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Create dmg installer with $HOME/Application folder

I have created script for application installation into root Application folder (/Application), but I'm not able to create the same one for user home folder $HOME/Application (~/Application). Here is my…
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Testing iPhone Software on Different Versions Of OS

Before submitting my app I want to test it on devices with the full range of iPhone OS available. So, I have 2 questions that I am struggling with and would greatly appreciate any help or advice. What versions of the OS are in use? I know that the…
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Creating an installer for my Mac application

I have this Mac application that consists of 2 files: firstFile.tst secondFile I would like to put them in: ~/Library/Audio/MyProg/ ~/Library/Application Support/MyProg/ I would also like the installer to look like them fancy DMG installers…
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