{"id":1692,"date":"2026-10-16T08:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2026-10-18T10:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:00:45","slug":"dropdmg-3-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/16\/dropdmg-3-7-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DropDMG 3.7.2"},"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\/3.7\/dropdmg-icon@2x.png\" height=\"128\" width=\"128\" alt=\"DropDMG Icon\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/help\/updating-from-a-previou\">Update<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/downloads\/DropDMG-3.7.dmg\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/store\">Buy DropDMG<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Version 3.7.2 of <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/\">DropDMG<\/a> is now available.<\/p>\n\n<p>DropDMG makes it easy to create a professional disk image for your app. Disk images pack entire folders or disks into a single compressed file, either for transport across the Internet or simply for backup or archival. They are Apple\u2019s preferred format for distributing Mac software and the only archive format whose contents you can directly access in the Mac Finder\u2014no extraction or third-party software required.<\/p>\n\n<p>Deliver your Mac app on a <tt>.dmg<\/tt> file with a <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/help\/licenses\">software license agreement<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/help\/custom-volume-icon\">custom volume icon<\/a>, and a precise <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/help\/layouts\">icon layout<\/a> atop a Retina-optimized background picture. Customers can install simply by dragging and dropping the app onto the convenient <tt>Applications<\/tt> folder link. <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/help\/signing\">Code-sign<\/a> your <tt>.dmg<\/tt> so that macOS knows it can be trusted after download.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is a free update for owners of <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/29\/dropdmg-3-0\/\">DropDMG 3.0<\/a> that includes the following enhancements:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/images\/3.7\/preferences-layouts@2x.png\" title=\"Settings: Layouts\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"161\" alt=\"Settings: Layouts\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/images\/3.7\/preferences-layouts-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>The disk image\u2019s Finder window size is now optimized for display on the version of macOS where DropDMG is running. The most visible effect of this is that creating a disk image on a modern version of macOS will now show the entire background picture, rather than having some of the bottom scrolled out of view. If you would like to use a modern version of macOS to create a disk image optimized for macOS 10.15 or earlier, or vice-versa, you can specify that using <code>LayoutTitleBarHeight<\/code> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/help\/esoteric-preferences\">esoteric preferences<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/images\/3.7\/preferences-configurations@2x.png\" title=\"Settings: Configurations\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"161\" alt=\"Settings: Configurations\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/images\/3.7\/preferences-configurations-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a>Made various updates for Xcode 27 and macOS 27.<\/li>\n\t<li>Improved the following sections of the manual:\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/help\/format\">Format<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/help\/troubleshooting-privacy\">Troubleshooting Privacy Access<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>Help links once again open in the system help viewer on recent versions of macOS.<\/li>\n\t<li>The <strong>Help<\/strong> menu commands and the <strong>Quit<\/strong> menu command are now available when the trial period is over, rather than only making those commands available as buttons within the modal window.<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/images\/3.7\/preferences-licenses@2x.png\" title=\"Settings: Licenses\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"161\" alt=\"Settings: Licenses\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/images\/3.7\/preferences-licenses-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>Worked around a macOS bug that could cause license agreement names to be truncated in the outline view.<\/li>\n\t<li>Worked around a bug in macOS 27 that could cause a crash when editing an Arabic license agreement.<\/li>\n\t<li>Worked around a bug in macOS 27 that could cause text to be deleted when building a disk image with an Arabic license agreement.<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/images\/3.7\/dropdmg-window-detail-drawer@2x.png\" title=\"DropDMG Window: Log Detail Drawer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"161\" alt=\"DropDMG Window: Log Detail Drawer\" src=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/images\/3.7\/dropdmg-window-detail-drawer-thumb%402x.png\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a>Updated the crash reporter layout.<\/li>\n\t<li>Fixed a bug where DropDMG might incorrectly report that the window\u2019s size didn\u2019t match the layout when it was only off by a fraction of a pixel.<\/li>\n\t<li>Fixed a bug where creating a disk image with a layout could fail on macOS 10.13 or 10.14.<\/li>\n\t<li>Fixed a bug where replacing an old diagnostic report with a new one didn\u2019t work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>DropDMG 3.7.2 works with macOS 10.13 through macOS 27 Golden Gate. Older <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/help\/version-history\">DropDMG versions<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/dropdmg\/support#older-versions\">available<\/a> for older versions of macOS. In-depth information about DropDMG is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/downloads\/manual\/DropDMGManual-3.7.2.pdf\">manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you enjoy using DropDMG, please take a moment to review it on the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/store\/mac-app-store\/dropdmg\">Mac App Store<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macupdate.com\/app\/mac\/7099\/dropdmg\">MacUpdate<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.producthunt.com\/posts\/dropdmg\">Product Hunt<\/a> or to mention it on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dropdmg\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/indieapps.space\/@dropdmg\">Mastodon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/dropdmg.bsky.social\">Bluesky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dropdmg\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/DropDmg\/61594157591032\/\">Facebook<\/a>, or your own site. We\u2019d really appreciate it.<\/p>\n\n<p>Update (2026-10-16): DropDMG 3.7.2 has been submitted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/store\/mac-app-store\/dropdmg\">Mac App Store<\/a> and is awaiting approval from Apple.<\/p>\n\n<!-- <p>Update (2026-10-16): DropDMG 3.7.2 is now available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\/store\/mac-app-store\/dropdmg\">Mac App Store<\/a>.<\/p> -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update Download Buy DropDMG Version 3.7.2 of DropDMG is now available. DropDMG makes it easy to create a professional disk image for your app. Disk images pack entire folders or disks into a single compressed file, either for transport across the Internet or simply for backup or archival. 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