I'm trying to build dmg of .app file using following hdutil command:
hdiutil create -srcfolder /Users/me/My.app My.dmg
It works as expected as it creates My.dmg correctly. Problem started happening when I add two more files in to .app bundle before calling that hdutil command. The hdutil ends up with error:
diskimages-helper: resize request is above maximum size allowed.
hdiutil: create failed - Invalid argument
Thanks for any help you can provide.
I had the same problem. The solution I found at Apple Support Communities worked for me. I ended up adding an empty .Trash file into the folder before calling hdiutil:
touch root_folder/.Trash
or with Ant in my case:
<touch file="root_folder/.Trash"/>
You can optionally specify a '-size' parameter when you invoke hdiutil. If you specify a size large enough that the disk image doesn't need to be resized during .dmg creation, it seems you can avoid this error.
E.g.:
hdiutil create -size 240m -fs HFS+ -srcfolder test -volname Test test.dmg
I make images of folders like this:
hdiutil makehybrid -hfs -o output/path.dmg -hfs-openfolder input/path input/path
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I am creating a dmg file and getting following error while using the icns and png files..
Here is the command:
DeRez -only icns resources/test.icns > icns.rsrc
Error:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/DeRez - SysError
-39 during open of resource file "resources/test.icns"
Mac OS version: macOS mojave 10.14.2
Please suggest.
Encountered this just now as well and noticed this question has gone unanswered, even though it's fairly simple.
Apparently error -39 means end of file, I'm assuming this means it wasn't able to find a valid portion of expected data. I'm guessing you (like myself) used sips -i someicon.icns to set the file's icon to itself? You should've gotten an error --addIcon is no longer supported which to me means that it didn't actually set the icon. So a subsequent DeRez call to get a .rsrc out of it will fail.
I didn't want to install any extra stuff but luckily I found another answer on here that seems to use only standard Xcode and/or macOS tools. In my case I was trying to set an AppleScript-exported .app icon, but the actual conversion part should be the same regardless.
So, all the steps to go from .png to an actual icon for an .app file:
cd /some/application/dir/some.app/Contents/Resources
cp /some/assets/dir/myicon.png ./
# Convert png to icns
# Keep in mind that sips can allegedly only handle 256x256, 512x512 and 1024x1024 PNGs for this
# Otherwise you need to do something like the following first:
# sips -z 256 256 myicon.png --out myicon_resized.png
# Then check if it came out good and run:
# mv -f myicon_resized.png myicon.png
# Now let's actually convert it and remove the png as it's no longer needed
sips -s format icns myicon.png --out myicon.icns
rm -fv myicon.png
# Apparently you can also specify commands of some sort in .rsrc files (this is the part I needed from the other SO answer)
# This is used in place of DeRez
echo "read 'icns' (-16455) \"myicon.icns\";" > myicon.rsrc
# Now just use Rez to append it to the special icon file in the root of the .app dir
Rez -append myicon.rsrc -o $'../../Icon\r'
# Write the metadata indicating we want to use the Icon\r file for the app's icon
# I could just use ../../ for the path but I like to be explicit
SetFile -a C ../../../some.app
# Also hide said file from Finder views
SetFile -a V $'../../Icon\r'
I haven't tried setting custom icons for a .dmg file, but I guess you already know how to "apply" the .rsrc to it anyways. =]
Is there an elegant way of converting ZIP files to DMG?
I would avoid to expand the (many) files manually and then to repack'em to a DMG.
Could that be done via terminal, maybe in a single step?
There is an app called DropDMG that lets you convert between file types. The description on the website claims you go from .zip to a dmg file. The app is not free but they have a free trail available that may work for you.
A terminal command that might work is hdiutil.
hdiutil create -format UDZO -srcfolder folder_to_compress archive_name.dmg
I just tried this on a .zip file and it worked. But note that when I launch the .dmg file I just get the .zip file back.
You could also write a two line script. First line is to unzip the zip file and then use the hdiutil command to make a dmg from the expanded files.
I have created an app & signed using "Developer ID Application: x" certificate.
then using hdiutil i created the dmg
hdiutil create -size 1.5m -format UDRW myapp.dmg -srcfolder ./myapp/ -fs HFS+
to set the drive icons when i execute the below commandsit throws the error
# custom drive volume icon..
#cp drive_icon.icns /Volumes/myapp/.VolumeIcon.icns
#SetFile -c icnC /Volumes/myapp/.VolumeIcon.icns //(throws error -5000)
dev:Unexpected error. (-5000) on file: /Volumes/myapp/.VolumeIcon.icns
I thought it would be related to size and increased the size of dmg from 1.5m to 4.5m but that also not helps, image size is 291kb and the overall app size is 666kb.
I created the .app in build machine (mac 10.10 xcode6.2), and tried creating this hdutil in our codesigning server (mac 10.11).
can anyone tell me where it went wrong.
In the man page I see setfile is deprecated is there any other equivalent command to do
Thanks and Regards,
Saravana
found another way to set icon.
Right click the DMG file and click "GetInfo"
Drag and drop the icon file to the icon location present in the GetInfo dialog box.
it sets.
Thanks and regards,
Saravana
I currently use hdiutil to create my DMGs.
The command I use is hdiutil create -size xxxg myImage.dmg -fs HFS+. I'm always left fidgeting around with the size until I get it close enough.
Is there a better method that either shrinks the DMG to size or creates it size?
Yes:
hdiutil create myImage.dmg -srcfolder SourceDir
This will automatically size the image to fit.
You can create a larger dmg, add the files, then resize it:
hdiutil resize -size xxxg myImage.dmg
or create a sparseimage, and then convert it
hdiutil convert -format UDZO Source.sparseimage -o myImage.dmg
I've never tried the latter, not sure if it'll pick the right size for the dmg.
Source: http://nickcharlton.net/post/converting-a-sparseimage-to-a-dmg
Note that sparseimages need to be compacted if files are deleted from them, as they don't release the space from deleted files automatically:
hdiutil compact Source.sparceimage
I want to create a dmg file for my Mac project. Can someone please tell me how to do this? This being my first Mac project, I do not have any idea how to proceed. I also want to give the user an option of running the app on start-up. How do I do this?
Thanks.
P.S. I also want to add a custom license agreement.
To do this manually:
Method 1:
Make a folder with the files your DMG will contain.
Open Disk Utility (It's in /Applications/Utilities/)
Go to File > New > New Image from Folder (Cmd + Shift + N)
Choose the folder containing you files
Make sure "Compressed" is checked, then set where you want to save the created DMG
Method 2:
To do things like setting a background image can be a bit convoluted (You basically add the background image to the DMG, set the windows properties to use that image, using the command line you move the background image from background.png to .background.png to make it hidden)
I would recommend iDMG, which makes things a bit less tedious.
You can also script the creation of DMGs using the command hdiutil. Something along the lines of
hdiutil create -srcfolder mydirtodmg mydmg.dmg
As for the custom license agreement, you should look into the tool included with the Developer Tools "PackageMaker" - it's pretty self-explanatory. It's in /Developers/Application/Utilities/
If you need to add a custom EULA to your disk image, this page describes how to do so using command-line tools. The gist of it is to use the template software licensing agreement resource provided in Apple's slas_for_udifs_1.0.dmg, modify the resource with your EULA text and inject the resource back into your disk image file. (I include brief instructions below in case the above link becomes unavailable, and to update the search term it provides in step 1.)
Using your Apple Developer account go to the Downloads page and search for Software Licensing for UDIF
Download and mount the disk image
In Terminal:
cd /Volumes/SLAs_for_UDIFs_1.0
DeRez SLAResources > /tmp/sla.r
Edit /tmp/sla.r in a text editor, updating the content of the data 'TEXT' (5000, "English SLA") resource to contain your new license text.
Unflatten the disk image file that contains your installer:
hdiutil unflatten installer_image.dmg
Add the edited license resources to the image:
Rez -a /tmp/sla.r -o installer_image.dmg
why don't you just run a script from your xcode project. try something like this:
# be sure to check the man page for hdiutil
# it is very powerful and has tons of options...
hdiutil create -megabytes 54 -fs HFS+ -volname awesome_app_install myAwesomeApplication.dmg
hdiutil mount myAwesomeApplication.dmg
cp -r /build/Release/AwesomeApplication.app /Volumes/awesome_app_install/
then save your script as something like 'makeDMG.sh' and in your target,
select add->new build phase->run script build phase
and drag your script into this build phase.
once you've done all that, then when you build your project the script will create the disk image and copy your release build into it...
of course you should spice your script to flavor... these three lines are just the raw meat
ps: your custom EULA should get built into your packagemaker project (which you can also script very nicely)
I made a little bash script to automate a disc image creation.
It creates a temporary directory to store all needed files then export it in a new DMG file. Temporary directory is then deleted.
You can automatically launch this script at the end of your build process.
#!/bin/bash
# Create .dmg file for macOS
# Adapt these variables to your needs
APP_VERS="1.0"
DMG_NAME="MyApp_v${APP_VERS}_macos"
OUTPUT_DMG_DIR="path_to_output_dmg_file"
APP_FILE="path_to_my_app/MyApp.app"
OTHER_FILES_TO_INCLUDE="path_to_other_files"
# The directory of the script
DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
# The temp directory used, within $DIR
WORK_DIR=`mktemp -d "${DIR}/tmp"`
# Check if tmp dir was created
if [[ ! "${WORK_DIR}" || ! -d "${WORK_DIR}" ]]; then
echo "Could not create temp dir"
exit 1
fi
# Function to deletes the temp directory
function cleanup {
rm -rf "${WORK_DIR}"
#echo "Deleted temp working directory ${WORK_DIR}"
}
# Register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
trap cleanup EXIT
# Copy application on temp dir
cp -R "${APP_FILE}" "${WORK_DIR}"
# Copy other files without hidden files
rsync -a --exclude=".*" "${OTHER_FILES_TO_INCLUDE}" "${WORK_DIR}"
# Create .dmg
hdiutil create -volname "${DMG_NAME}" -srcfolder "${WORK_DIR}" -ov -format UDZO "${OUTPUT_DMG_DIR}/${DMG_NAME}.dmg"