4.3   Making Images With Background Pictures

When making an image from a folder, DropDMG copies to the image the background pictures and view options of all the contained folders. It does not copy this information for the top-level folder because Apple does not provide a way to do this. If the top-level background picture and view settings on the image are important to you, you can set them as follows:

1. Drag the folder onto DropDMG and create a read-write image.
2. Mount the image in the Finder.
3. Set the background picture on the mounted image using the Finder’s Show View Options command. Make sure the picture file you select is saved somewhere on the disk image rather than on your hard disk. Set the view options and arrange the icons the way you want them.
4. Sometimes the Finder doesn’t save changes to the view options. It may help to create and delete an empty folder on the image.
5. Unmount the image in the Finder using the Eject command in the File menu.
6. Drag the .dmg file onto DropDMG and convert it to read-only or a compressed format.

Some people like to save the background picture file in an invisible folder named .background, so that it is not visible on the mounted image. This folder will not be visible in the Save window of your graphics program. You can, however, type Command-Shift-G. This will let you enter the path of the .background folder so that you can save the picture in it.