Re: Run App from DMG?
Yes. It is perfectly fine to run from a DMG although it would be a 2 step process. 1. Double-click the DMG file to open it and 2. Double-click the application icon. It will be read-only. Your users will be left with the open DMG image which looks like a drive volume that they will have to "Eject" when they are done. Bill On Dec 18, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Hi List: > > Is it reasonable to have users run an app from a DMG volume on OS X, as > opposed to copying the app to their drive? > > I have a colleague who wants to distribute an app in an easily launched > compressed format. On Windows one can create a self-expanding ZIP that, > when double-clicked, automatically decompresses and launches the contained > EXE. I'm wondering if a DMG file could serve the same purpose on OS X. I > assume the DMG volume is not writable, but I don't think it matters in this > case since the files are a bunch of media (Flash movies, PDF, etc). > > Thanks for any advice here. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design > > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Run App from DMG?
Scott Rossi wrote: I'm wondering if a DMG file could serve the same purpose on OS X. I assume the DMG volume is not writable, but I don't think it matters in this case since the files are a bunch of media (Flash movies, PDF, etc). A client of mine has customers who don't know any better, and run his app all the time from the .dmg. So I guess it works okay, even though we didn't intend it to. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Run App from DMG?
On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:08 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: I assume the DMG volume is not writable I use dropDMG for putting together DMGs, adding background images to the DMG folder, EULA text, etc. You can set the DMG as writable or non as you use dropDMG. First I put it togther as writable and add a bg image etc and then re-save (re- do?) as non-writable for the finished DMG. Took me a while to figure out the interface btw, some bits seem not very well explained but your mileage may vary when using it. dropDMG is quite useful sims ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Run App from DMG?
Scott, I don't know about running an app from a DMG but I regularly use them for data I read AND write. So it should work for your purposes. Paul Looney On Dec 18, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Hi List: Is it reasonable to have users run an app from a DMG volume on OS X, as opposed to copying the app to their drive? I have a colleague who wants to distribute an app in an easily launched compressed format. On Windows one can create a self-expanding ZIP that, when double-clicked, automatically decompresses and launches the contained EXE. I'm wondering if a DMG file could serve the same purpose on OS X. I assume the DMG volume is not writable, but I don't think it matters in this case since the files are a bunch of media (Flash movies, PDF, etc). Thanks for any advice here. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Run App from DMG?
Hi List: Is it reasonable to have users run an app from a DMG volume on OS X, as opposed to copying the app to their drive? I have a colleague who wants to distribute an app in an easily launched compressed format. On Windows one can create a self-expanding ZIP that, when double-clicked, automatically decompresses and launches the contained EXE. I'm wondering if a DMG file could serve the same purpose on OS X. I assume the DMG volume is not writable, but I don't think it matters in this case since the files are a bunch of media (Flash movies, PDF, etc). Thanks for any advice here. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
