Tutorials or instructions on delivering MacOSX apps...

[Alex Rice]

On Feb 9, 2004, at 3:24 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

> Given that, I still have one problem with an OS X distribution which 
> hopefully some guru on the list will be able to answer :-) (Alex - are 
> you listening?)

Sorry, there is only one guru on this list: Sivakatirswami
:-)

>
> I know this can be done as I have downloaded disk images with a 
> background picture, so does anyone know how?

I suspect there is some caching going on with the Finder's metadata. 
You have to trick the Finder into syncing the metadata to disk. See 
3.7.4 below

<http://www.c-command.com/dropdmg/manual.shtml#x1-120003.5>
3.7 Making Images With Background Pictures

When making an image from a folder, DropDMG copies to the image the 
background pictures and view options of all the contained folders. It 
does not copy this information for the top-level folder because Apple 
does not provide a way to do this. If the top-level background picture 
and view settings on the image are important to you, you can set them 
as follows:
	1.  	 Drag the folder onto DropDMG and create a read-write image.
	2.  	 Mount the image in the Finder.
	3.  	 Set the background picture on the mounted image. Make sure the 
picture file you select is saved somewhere on the disk image. Set the 
view options and arrange the icons the way you want them.
	4.  	 Sometimes the Finder doesn’t save changes to the view options. 
It may help to create and delete an empty folder on the image.
	5.  	 Unmount the image in the Finder using the Eject command in the 
File menu.
	6.  	 Drag the .dmg file onto DropDMG and convert it to read-only or a 
compressed format.


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Alex Rice | Mindlube Software | http://mindlube.com