Nov 22, 2012 I have a sparsebundle on a fileserver that I use for timemachine backups and everything's great. It's just that I have to manually mount it every time I wake the macbook from sleep. I have tried dragging the sparsebundle into the login items, but that only mounts the shared harddrive and doesn't mount the sparsebundle itself.
I am trying to construct a .dmg containing my application bundle, an examples directory, and a readme file. I use a shell script to construct the directory 'G4beamline-3.01' containing them, and then do
- I think you need to convert the iso to a dmg first: hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o debianConverted debian-8.5.0-amd64-CD-1.iso open debianConverted.dmg diskutil list (to see your mount number) hdiutil mount /dev/diskN (where N is the number for debianConverted) Similar to what you would do to create a bootable USB on macOS.
- I think you need to convert the iso to a dmg first: hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o debianConverted debian-8.5.0-amd64-CD-1.iso open debianConverted.dmg diskutil list (to see your mount number) hdiutil mount /dev/diskN (where N is the number for debianConverted) Similar to what you would do to create a bootable USB on macOS.
$ hdiutil create -srcdir G4beamline-3.01 G4beamline-3.01.dmg
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hdiutil: create failed - error -5341
What does that error mean? How can I fix it?
Here's the crazy part -- if I move the app bundle out of that directory, I can create two .dmg-s:
$ mv G4beamline-3.01/G4beamline.app .
$ hdiutil create -srcdir G4beamline-3.01 one.dmg
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created: ...path/one.dmg
$ hdiutil create -srcdir G4beamline.app two.dmg
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created: ...path/two.dmg
So the puzzle is: why is it that it can create the .dmg when the two pieces are separate, but not when they are together (as required)?
Note that all .dmg-s open normally, and if there is an app inside it runs correctly. There is plenty of space on the drive. In Terminal I did 'su - g4bl' to build the app as a user other than the primary user, but tests as the primary user give the same error. Inside the app bundle I of course copied all non-system dylib-s into Contents/lib, and used install_name_tool to modify all executables and dylib-s to reference them there. This used to work, but with an older version of the app bundle.
In an attempt to fix this, I just re-installed Mac OS X (Mavericks), and did software update. No change.
Open DMG File on Mac OS
Since DMG is a native Mac OS disk image format opening DMG file is as easy as double clicking on it in Finder. When you open DMG file this way, disk image stored inside DMG file will be mounted, and then opened in a separate Finder window. If DMG contains installation of an application, then installation window of the app will open. If not, then you will see the disk image content. Even in case when disk image contains installation of the application you can still view contents of the mounted DMG file by clicking on its name in Finder Locations section or by selecting Go->Go to Folder… in Finder menu, typing /Volumes/ and clicking Go button.
Mount and unmount using Hdiutil
To mount a disk image using hdiutil you need to open terminal app and type following command there:
hdiutil mount example.dmg
To unmount type:
hdiutil unmount /Volumes/example
Where /Volumes/example is a path where disk image was mounted
Mount using DiskImageMounter.app
You can quickly mount DMG file by Control-Clicking on it and selecting Open With->DiskImageMounter.app. This will mount DMG file and its content will become available in Finder Locations and /Volumes folder.
Mount using Disk Utility
Hdiutil Mount Dmg On Network Map
You can also mount DMG file using Disk Utility application available in Mac OS. Look for Disk Utility using Launcher and launch it. After that select File->Open Disk Image… in the main menu and choose DMG file you want to mount. After clicking Open you should see a screen like below where disk image details will be shown including used and free space, mount point, disk type and more.
You can also access disk image mounted by Disk Utility in Finder Locations or /Volumes folder.
Once application located in the DMG file is installed it is safe to delete it since DMG file is only needed during the installation process.