{"id":1354,"date":"2004-12-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2021-02-22T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T17:58:06","slug":"dropdmg-2-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/2004\/12\/07\/dropdmg-2-5\/","title":{"rendered":"DropDMG 2.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"app-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/images\/2.0\/dropdmg-icon@2x.png\" height=\"128\" width=\"128\" alt=\"DropDMG Icon\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/store\">Buy DropDMG<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Version 2.5 of <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/\">DropDMG<\/a> is now available.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is a free update that includes the following changes:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n    <li>Can now create archives in Panther&rsquo;s Zip format; can convert Zip archives to images and vice-versa.<\/li>\n    <li>DropDMG can now create StuffIt X archives, convert StuffIt archives to disk images, and vice-versa.<\/li>\n    <li>Can now convert <tt>.tar<\/tt>, <tt>.tgz<\/tt>, <tt>.tar.gz<\/tt>, and <tt>.tar.bz2<\/tt> archives to disk images (as well as to <tt>.zip<\/tt> and <tt>.sitx<\/tt>).<\/li>\n    <li>Added support for <tt>.cdr<\/tt> (DVD\/CD-R master) images.<\/li>\n    <li>DropDMG can create a custom icon for the mounted image.<\/li>\n    <li>You can now save named configurations of DropDMG&rsquo;s preferences. By switching between different configurations, you can instantly recall different combinations of options.<\/li>\n    <li>When you ask DropDMG to create an image from a volume, it automatically creates a <em>device image<\/em>, an exact copy of the volume, which is bootable (if original volume is).<\/li>\n    <li>DropDMG now has a system service, which lets you easily create images\/archives from items selected in the Finder, without DropDMG being open or in the Dock.<\/li>\n    <li>Added <strong>Mount Image At&hellip;<\/strong> command, which lets you mount images at arbitrary locations in the filesystem, rather than on the desktop.<\/li>\n    <li>Add <strong>Ask Later<\/strong> option, which makes DropDMG prompt you for a destination folder each time it needs to save an image or archive.<\/li>\n    <li>Added <strong>Confirm<\/strong> button to let you verify a passphrase after typing it.<\/li>\n    <li>DropDMG can now process multiple commands from AppleScript or the command line at the same time.<\/li>\n    <li>Uses much less memory when computing folder sizes.<\/li>\n    <li>Launches faster.<\/li>\n    <li>The license agreement editor now supports find and replace.<\/li>\n    <li>The log and image info windows now support the <strong>Find<\/strong> command.<\/li>\n    <li>Lots of minor interface tweaks (window zooming, folder abbreviations, checkbox and button enabling etc, keyboard shortcuts, new window manipulation menu commands.).<\/li>\n    <li>When creating encrypted images, the passphrase is now sent to <tt>hdiutil<\/tt> securely using a pipe instead of on the command line.<\/li>\n    <li>A <strong>Cancel<\/strong> button is now available when you&rsquo;re prompted to enter image and volume names.<\/li>\n    <li>When creating a segmented image or archive, the segments are now placed in a newly created folder.<\/li>\n    <li>Normalizes serial number case when personalizing, to make it less error-prone.<\/li>\n    <li>You can hold down the Option key when clicking <strong>OK<\/strong> to dismiss multiple temporary preferences sheets at once.<\/li>\n    <li>If the chosen destination folder is read-only, DropDMG now prompts for a new destination folder rather than aborting with an error.<\/li>\n    <li>When you try to delete a license agreement, DropDMG now shows an alert sheet to make sure that&rsquo;s what you really meant.<\/li>\n    <li>The <tt>returning immediately<\/tt> AppleScript parameter is no longer needed and has been removed. If you want the AppleScript command to return before the operation is complete, use a standard AppleScript <tt>with timeout<\/tt> block.<\/li>\n    <li>The <tt>create image<\/tt> AppleScript command now returns the path of the created image\/archive. The command-line tool prints the path to standard output.<\/li>\n    <li>The <strong>When Imaging a Package<\/strong> option has been removed from the preferences, but is still available via AppleScript and the command line.<\/li>\n    <li>When creating an image, DropDMG now preserves ownerships and permissions, rather than just permissions. (This will not be evident unless you uncheck <strong>Ignore ownership on this volume<\/strong> after mounting the image.)<\/li>\n    <li>Fixed bug where you&rsquo;d have to authenticate more often than necessary.<\/li>\n    <li>Fixed bug where relative paths did not work with the <tt>dropdmg<\/tt> tool&rsquo;s <tt>--destination<\/tt> switch.<\/li>\n    <li>Fixed bug where top-level symlinks were resolved instead of being copied as links.<\/li>\n    <li>Fixed bug where it was possible to rename a license agreement, giving it the same name as another agreement.<\/li>\n    <li>Fixed bug where DropDMG would sometimes return a &ldquo;permission denied&rdquo; error when calculating the space necessary to image a folder. Now, it will instead prompt for an administrator password.<\/li>\n    <li>Fixed bug where sometimes you&rsquo;d be prompted for a password after already entering one in the preferences sheet.<\/li>\n    <li>DropDMG now requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>For more information, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/downloads\/manual\/DropDMGManual-2.5.pdf\">DropDMG Manual<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy DropDMG Version 2.5 of DropDMG is now available. This is a free update that includes the following changes: Can now create archives in Panther&rsquo;s Zip format; can convert Zip archives to images and vice-versa. DropDMG can now create StuffIt X archives, convert StuffIt archives to disk images, and vice-versa. Can now convert .tar, .tgz, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1355,"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions\/1355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}