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I ran into a situation of editing bootable dmg for my need, I utilized the hdiutil shadow mode for my purpose and thought share best possible way to edit read only dmg with community.
Disk Images, or DMGs, are a common way to compress large files on Mac computers, including apps. Because these files can often be a few gigabytes in size, a USB flash drive is usually the fastest way. How to Install Software from DMG Files on a Mac. 21 September, 2007 by Tom Harrison in mac os x. A.DMG file is a container file commonly used to distribute applications for Mac OS X. Installing software from one of these requires you to mount the image and move its contents to your computer’s “Applications” directory. Jul 09, 2011 HOW TO MAKE READ-ONLY.DMG FILES WRITABLE. Apple, Mac, VMware Add comments. This post is very useful if you have ever needed to make a readonly mac.dmg file writable. Say for instance that you wanted to create a Mac OS X install disk, then mount it up writable, add something to it and then save it to be used to install OS X in say “VMware.
What is DMG file and what’s the purpose of it?
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- Preserve bootable state of dmg
- Eliminate a space required to convert read-only dmg to read-write
- Add, edit, delete any items on dmg
- Less time consuming as compare to other approaches
Edit Read Only DMG
Step 1
Attach read-only dmg file using hdiutil
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