Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-19 Thread Chunk 1978
i'm really a big fan of DMG Canvas, and i'm surprised the developer is offering it as donationware, but unfortunately i can't use it... there seems to be a bug that will automatically set off "internet enabled" option (even if it's unchecked) when the .DMG is downloaded from my server, and there's

Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-19 Thread Alastair Houghton
On 17 Jan 2009, at 21:02, Markus Spoettl wrote: Totally agreed, scripting the entire process would be wonderful. But: How does one go about scripting a template DMG creation that should open in a certain view mode in Finder (e.g. icon) using a defined icon size and defined icon locations, b

Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-17 Thread Michael Ash
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Markus Spoettl wrote: > Totally agreed, scripting the entire process would be wonderful. But: How > does one go about scripting a template DMG creation that should open in a > certain view mode in Finder (e.g. icon) using a defined icon size and > defined icon loca

Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-17 Thread Markus Spoettl
On Jan 16, 2009, at 11:07 PM, Michael Ash wrote: I highly recommend scripting the entire process. This is the kind of thing you want to be able to do by typing a single easy command, not have to slog through the whole process twice just because you forgot something the first time. (This won't be

Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-16 Thread Michael Ash
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote: > i'm manually creating a .DMG using Disk Utility... the process is that > i create a template . DMG, make it look all pretty and stuff, then > convert it to it's final . DMG... let's say now that the final . DMG > is 20.2mb after it's been compre

Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-16 Thread Chunk 1978
oh... nevermind... sorry, i'm dumb... i was trying to erase free space on the .DMG and now the mounted volume... got it now... and thanks for your help :) On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote: > i though maybe it's because i recreated the .DMG without erasing > anything to keep it

Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-16 Thread Chunk 1978
i though maybe it's because i recreated the .DMG without erasing anything to keep it down in size... so then made another one, deleted stuff, put new stuff on the .dmg and now i have the erase tab... but the "Erase Free Space" is grayed out... On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote: >

Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-16 Thread Nick Zitzmann
On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote: excuse my ignorance... but how can i do that? /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app -> choose the mounted image - > click the "Erase" tab -> click the "erase free space" button -> choose to zero out deleted files. When you do your convers

Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-16 Thread Chunk 1978
excuse my ignorance... but how can i do that? On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote: > > On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:19 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote: > >> i'm assuming this has something to do with .trashes, but i don't have >> access to that hidden folder on the template so i can't go in and >

Re: .DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-16 Thread Nick Zitzmann
On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:19 PM, Chunk 1978 wrote: i'm assuming this has something to do with .trashes, but i don't have access to that hidden folder on the template so i can't go in and REALLY delete the original file that i want deleted... what can i do? Use Disk Utility to zero out the eras

.DMG Keeps Getting Bigger After Converting?

2009-01-16 Thread Chunk 1978
i'm manually creating a .DMG using Disk Utility... the process is that i create a template . DMG, make it look all pretty and stuff, then convert it to it's final . DMG... let's say now that the final . DMG is 20.2mb after it's been compressed/converted... oh, but i forgot to do something to a lar