Create a customized look for disk images in 10.3
Sep 09, '04 09:57:00AM
Contributed by: llee
Here is the method I usually use to create a disk image with customization for icon placement and size, default window size, background images, etc. These are the steps needed for Disk Utility in Panther, but you should be able to do the same thing with Disk Copy in Jaguar.
- Open Disk Utility and choose "New" -> "Image From Folder...".
- Select the folder you want to create the image from, provide a name for the image in the "Convert Image" window and select "read/write" from the Image Format pop-up menu, choose the save location, and click save.
- Mount the newly created image and customize its top-level window by changing the attributes such as those already mentioned. You can add a background images and/or a folder without allowing their icons to be viewed in the Finder by using the SetFile utility that comes with the Developer Tools to remove their visibility. Be sure to use the latest Developer Tools available for your system.
- Without closing the disk image volume's window or unmounting its volume, go back to Disk Utility and choose "Convert..." from the "Images" menu, provide a name for the image in the "Convert Image" window and select "compressed" from the Image Format pop-up menu, choose the save location, and click save.
Now when you mount the converted image, the customization for its window should remain the way you saved it.
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