Apr 17, '09 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: ChaChi
Personally, I can't stand double clicking a disk image file (.dmg) on the Desktop and not getting instant notification that the disk is being mounted. This is probably not as much of a problem on newer, faster Macs. However, depending on how many processes I have running at the time, it can take my iBook G4 a while before it displays the disk mounting progress dialog.
As a result, I often end up double-clicking a disk image more than once, thinking I may not have properly double-clicked it the first time. Often times, I've just resorted to highlighting the file and using Command+O to insure that the disk will mount soon.
Here's one way to make the DiskImageMounter application icon appear in the Dock while mounting a disk image. This will provide you with almost instantaneous notification that the disk mounting process has been successfully initiated, even if the dialog box is missing in action.
- Launch Terminal (in Applications » Utilities).
- Make a backup of DiskImageMounter.app's Info.plist file first:
Provide your admin password at the Password: prompt.$ cd /System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app/Contents $ sudo cp Info.plist Info.BU.plist - Use the defaults command to change the LSUIElement setting:
$ sudo defaults write /System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app/Contents/Info LSUIElement 0 - Re-set the permissions on the Info.plist file:
$ sudo chmod 644 /System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app/Contents/Info.plist
