- Fixed a bug where the Dock icon didn’t adapt to different themes on macOS Tahoe 26. - Fixed a regression where creating a disk image with a layout could affect the visibility of the path bar in subsequent non-DropDMG Finder windows. - Worked around a Help Viewer bug on macOS 14. - Fixed the icon margins in the legacy ICNS file and documentation. - Added an Apple events usage description for the dropdmg command-line tool. - Made various updates for Xcode 26. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Updated DropDMG’s application icon, menus, and windows for macOS Tahoe 26 and the new Liquid Glass design language. - DropDMG supports disk image files in the new Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF). - The “Custom volume icon” option’s badging has been updated for the new mounted disk image icon’s size and perspective. - For apps that have not updated their icon for Liquid Glass, the “Custom volume icon” option will now use the source app’s original icon to create the badge, rather than the “squircle jail” icon that macOS supplies. - Updated the window layouts, e.g for the new button sizes and window corner radius. - Updated the documentation and screenshots. - Updated the French, Italian, and Chinese localizations. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Fixed a bug where converting a disk image would in some cases fail with an incorrect error about the destination folder being invalid. - Worked around a bug where sometimes the system help viewer would not open the right help page. DropDMG will instead open help files in the user's Web browser. - Made some changes to prevent DropDMG from triggering local network privacy prompts. - Improved the following sections of the manual: - Command-line tool - Format - Signing - When you click an esoteric preferences link to enable or disable debug logging, the change now takes effect immediately, without having to restart DropDMG. - The diagnostic report now includes information about the app's logs, the crash logs folder, and components that could cause AppleScript errors. - Diagnostic report files are much smaller, as they no longer include excerpts from the verbose system console log, only from DropDMG's own log files. - Removed various code that is no longer used. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Made various updates for macOS 15 and Xcode 16. - Worked around a macOS issue that could cause disk image creation to fail with a file permissions error. - Worked around a macOS issue that could cause Finder to fail to save the view options or icon positions for a layout. - Improved DropDMG’s error reporting to AppleScripts and to the command-line tool when a disk imaging operation fails. - Fixed a bug where DropDMG could incorrectly report a license agreement error when converting a disk image. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- DropDMG now double-checks the positions of invisible icons to make sure they don’t appear on top of your layout. - Fixed a bug where some errors when applying a layout were not properly handled. - Improved the following sections of the manual: - Change Image Passphrase... - Command-line tool - Creating a DropDMG Quick Action - Signing - Verify Signature... - Why don’t the icons appear in the desired positions in the mounted disk image? - Updated various user interface elements and documentation to reference updated locations in System Settings. - Added an ellipsis to the “Create macOS Install Disk...” command and updated it for macOS 14 Sonoma. - Each help page now has a link to a Google translation so you can view it in a different language. - Made various fixes and updates to prevent Cocoa from logging warnings.
- When creating a “New Blank Disk Image…”, there is now a preset size for “macOS Install Disk”. - Worked around a macOS change that could cause the filename column of the log to be truncated. - Improved the “Format” section of the manual. - Added “HdiutilFilesystem” to the esoteric preferences. This makes it possible to use APFS when creating a disk image from a folder, which can make it faster for the end user to copy files from the mounted disk image. - Tried to work around a change in macOS 13 that could cause DropDMG to crash at quit if you had used the font panel. - Fixed bug where setting a disk image to auto-open would sometimes fail when running on an Apple Silicon Mac. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Made various code modernizations. - Updated the "Create macOS Install Disk" prompt and documentation. - Renamed Preferences to Settings. - DropDMG now requires macOS 10.13 or later. - Updated the "Signing" section of the manual. - Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when type-selecting in a table view. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Updated the "Security & Privacy Access" documentation. - The "Append version number" option and Layouts version number placeholders now work with iOS apps on Mac. - Worked around a bug that could cause a crash when burning a disc. - Improved the error message when the source folder and destination folder are the same. - Updated the "Segments" section of the manual. - Updated the Chinese localization. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Updated the "Create macOS Install Disk" prompt and documentation for macOS 12 Monterey. - Updated the Format and Segments sections of the manual for macOS 12 Monterey. - Updated the crash reporter for macOS 12 Monterey. - The command-line tool no longer times out for very long operations. - Improved DropDMG's error handling when setting a custom volume icon and making the mounted disk image auto-open. - Improved DropDMG's error handling when reading license agreement information from a disk image. - Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when updating the Activity Window when multiple operations were in progress at the same time. - DropDMG now declares notch compatibility for the new MacBook Pros. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Worked around a bug in macOS 10.15 that prevented the "Enter Passphrase..." sheet from working from within the "Get Image Info...", "Mount Image...", and "Verify Image..." panels. - DropDMG now maintains its own error log files, so you can still access information for troubleshooting when the macOS system log isn't working properly.
- DropDMG now runs natively on Apple Silicon Macs. - App Wrapper and SD Notary now integrate with DropDMG. - The Layouts section of the manual now explains what happens with background pictures and Dark Mode. - Updated the Signing section of the manual. - Fixed a bug where DropDMG would sometimes incorrectly prompt for a passphrase when verifying a disk image. - Fixed a bug where the Automator action didn't update when a configuration was deleted. - Updated the Italian localization. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Updated the user interface for macOS 11 Big Sur: - Redesigned the application icon. - The main window uses the new inline title bar style, the toolbar defaults to icon-only mode and supports the new large icon style, and the toolbar icons have been updated. - The Preferences window uses the new, centered toolbar style and has updated icons. - Updated the "Custom volume icon" feature for Big Sur. - Improved support for disk image formats. - Improved the "dropdmg" command-line tool. - Configurations now show a Gatekeeper badge on the icon when the disk image is code-signed. - Various operations that used to require multiple passphrase prompts when dealing with an encrypted disk image now require only one. - When encountering various kinds of file permissions errors, DropDMG will now recommend that you grant it Full Disk Access. - Bug fixes. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- If the chosen signing identity is no longer available, DropDMG will now show it in the "Signing" pop-up menu in red (instead of selecting Unsigned) so that you can see that creating the disk image with those settings will cause an error. - Fixed a bug where the Finder window height was one point off on macOS 10.14 and later. - Updated the "Layouts" section of the manual. - Updated the Chinese localization. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Worked around a bug that could prevent a custom volume icon from being saved. - Worked around a bug that prevented the "Set Passphrase..." sheet from working from within the "New Blank Disk Image..." panel. - Worked around a bug that prevented licenses from being removed when converting a disk image using license None. - Worked around a bug that could prevent DropDMG from launching after you used AirPlay. - Worked around a bug that could cause the command-line tool to fail with error "Killed: 9" after being updated to a new version until the Mac was restarted. - Fixed a bug where the passphrase sheet could be stretched vertically. - Modernized the localizations. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Updated the "Create macOS Install Disk" and "Signing" sections of the manual. - When calculating the size of the source folder or app, DropDMG now counts the sizes of any extended attributes. This fixes a problem where some apps (e.g. those made using the Qt framework) that include large numbers of small code-signed files wouldn't fit on the disk image. - Work around some issues that sometimes caused a "Resource temporarily unavailable (-54)" error when creating a disk image with a license agreement. - Worked around an issue where the log detail drawer might be slightly too short to fit all of its contents without scrolling. - Fixed a bug with the crash reporter window and Dark Mode. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- If setting a disk image's layout fails, DropDMG will now report a better error message that explains how to enable Automation access in System Preferences, rather than just mentioning error code -1743. - Worked around a bug that prevented setting disk image layouts when using macOS 10.14 or later. - Expanded the "Signing" section of the manual with more information about the different kinds of signing, as well as notarization. - Worked around a bug in macOS 10.13 and later that can corrupt a custom volume icon. - Worked around permissions error that could occur when converting a disk image to an archive on newer versions of macOS. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Improved compatibility with recent versions of macOS. - Fixed a bug where DropDMG could crash when applying a layout if there had been a scripting error. - Updated the “Command-line tool” section of the manual. - Updated to Xcode 10.2. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- The "Create macOS Install Disk" command now pre-downloads any required assets from Apple's servers so that the install disk contains everything that you need to install macOS. - Added instructions for creating a DropDMG Quick Action in macOS 10.14's Finder. - DropDMG now supports the Hardened Runtime on macOS 10.14. - Improved the "Security & Privacy Access" instructions. - DropDMG now reports a helpful error message if the "dropdmg" command-line tool fails because its parent process doesn't have Automation access to control DropDMG on macOS 10.14. - The license agreement editor now uses a darker background color in Dark Mode to match the disk image mounter. - Improved the appearance of the log detail drawer in Dark Mode. - The **About** window now includes a link to the privacy policy and has an updated layout. - Worked around a bug where the font and color buttons in the license agreement editor didn't show their text because the images were too large. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a minute to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- Improved compatibility with new macOS features. - Improved the quality of the generated volume icons. - Improved the following sections of the manual: - Convert Image/Archive... - New Blank Disk Image... - Protecting Your Files With Encryption - DropDMG can now check and re-apply the icon positions to make sure they’re correct. - Worked around an issue that could prevent icon files from being invisible. - Worked around an issue that could prevent keyboard input after closing the **Help** menu. - Worked around an issue that could cause an internal error when locating DropDMG’s data files. - Worked around an issue that prevented recent destination folders from being saved. - Worked around an issue that prevented license agreements from being added to a disk image. - Fixed a bug where creating a disk image could fail if DropDMG was given a symlink. - Fixed a bug where converting an encrypted disk image to another encrypted format would fail with an authentication error if you were changing the password at the same time. - Fixed some drawing glitches with the **Activity** window. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a minute to rate it or leave a review. We’d really appreciate it.
- The "Compact Image…" command is now available as a toolbar button. - Updated the "Mount Image…" and "New Blank Disk Image…" sections of the manual. - Fixed a bug that could cause an internal error when using the "Destination" pop-up menu. - Updated the Italian localization.
- Indicators for the supported macOS version in DropDMG’s pop-up menus are once again right-aligned on macOS 10.13. - Updated the "Making Images With Background Pictures" section of the manual. - Updated the Italian localization. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a minute to rate it or leave a review. We'd really appreciate it.
- DropDMG is now 64-bit only and requires macOS 10.7 or later. - Updated the "Making a Bootable Device Image of a Hard Drive" and "Restoring Files and Disks" sections of the manual for macOS 10.13. - Worked around an issue that could corrupt auto-generated volume icon files. - Worked around error when creating a device image of an APFS volume by instead creating the device image of the entire APFS container. - Worked around a Finder issue that could mess up the status bar state after creating a disk image. - Modernized the task code for macOS 10.13. - Fixed a bug where DropDMG would unnecessarily regenerate supplied volume icon files. - Fixed a bug where there was some extraneous text in the "man" page. - Updated the Chinese, French, and German localizations. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a minute to rate it or leave a review. We'd really appreciate it.
- Disk image layouts now support the 96x96 icon size. - Improved compatibility with APFS. - Added the "How can I back up my DropDMG data?" section of the manual. - Made various improvements to the diagnostic reporter. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a minute to rate it or leave a review. We'd really appreciate it.
- The "New Blank Disk Image..." command now supports case-insensitive APFS (requires macOS 10.12.4 or later). This can be used for testing Mac apps on a file system that is Unicode normalization-preserving, but not normalization-sensitive. - Improved the following sections of the manual: - Create macOS Install Disk - Layouts - Making Images With Background Pictures - The **Save Diagnostic Report...** command in the **Help** menu now works with all versions of macOS that DropDMG supports. - Made the task code more robust. - Made various internal code modernizations. - Documentation and **Help** menu links to c-command.com now use "https" instead of "http". - Updated the Japanese localization.
* Worked around an issue with macOS 10.12.2 that caused a garbage character to be displayed in various pop-up menus. * DropDMG no longer posts to Notification Center for operations that complete less than a minute after being queued. This should help make sure that the banners/alerts that you do see are genuinely useful. * Made some changes to reduce the time it takes to open the **Preferences** window. * Logging is more robust on macOS 10.12. * Updated the German localization. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a minute to rate it or leave a review. We'd really appreciate it.
* Fixed a regression that could cause a crash when creating a disk image with a layout on Mac OS X 10.10 or earlier. * Fixed a regression where the **System Fonts** pop-up menu didn't work. * Updated the "Burn..." and "Signing" sections of the manual. * DropDMG now removes the **Show Tab Bar** menu item and associated functionality on macOS 10.12, since they don't make sense for its user interface. * Worked around a problem with unexpected title bar accessory views. * Fixed a bug where DropDMG could incorrectly log an error about the Mac App Store receipt. * Improved the logging code. * Updated to Xcode 8.1. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a minute to rate it or leave a review. We'd really appreciate it.
* Worked around an issue on macOS 10.12 that could cause an error when creating a disk image with a layout. * DropDMG now uses the new "os_log" subsystem on macOS 10.12. * Worked around a change in the macOS 10.12 Finder that could cause icons to be displayed in the wrong locations if you had enabled the hidden "AppleShowAllFiles" Finder preference. * Worked around a badly worded certificate error when checking for a software update. * Improved DropDMG's logging of Scripting Bridge errors. * Made some changes to prevent Core Data from logging internal errors on macOS 10.12. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a minute to rate it or leave a review. We'd really appreciate it.
* Removed support for creating ".xip" archives, which the OS no longer supports. Going forward, Apple recommends using signed ".dmg" files. * Renamed "Mac OS X" to "macOS" throughout the app and documentation. * Updated to Xcode 8. * Added the "Sending in Crash Log Files" section of the manual. * Updated the Italian and Spanish localizations. If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a minute to rate it or leave a review. We'd really appreciate it.