2.2   Installing DropDMG

1. Drag the DropDMG icon onto the Applications folder.
2. Double-click the Applications folder to open it.
3. Double-click the DropDMG icon to launch it. (If macOS won’t launch the app because it says that it’s damaged, please see the Download Fixer page.)
4. Eject the DropDMG-3.6.8 icon.
5. To enable certain DropDMG features, please see the Security & Privacy Access section of the manual.

System Services

The DropDMG commands in the Services menu will become available the next time you log in.

dropdmg Tool

DropDMG includes an optional dropdmg command-line tool. It can be installed as follows:

If you downloaded DropDMG direct from C-Command

Go to the Advanced tab of the Settings window and click the Install “dropdmg” Tool button. DropDMG will ask for an administrator password, as it needs to copy the dropdmg file to the protected /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin folder.

If you purchased DropDMG from Apple’s Mac App Store

Open the Terminal application. To install the command-line tool, enter these commands:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin/
F=/Applications/DropDMG.app/Contents/Frameworks/DropDMGFramework.framework
sudo ln -s "$F/Versions/A/dropdmg" /usr/local/bin/dropdmg

To install the manual, enter these commands:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1/
F=/Applications/DropDMG.app/Contents/Frameworks/DropDMGFramework.framework
sudo ln -s "$F/Resources/dropdmg.1" /usr/local/share/man/man1/dropdmg.1

cd ~/Downloads/ && curl -LO 'https://c-command.com/downloads/DropDMG-current.dmg'