- 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.