DropDMG 3.5.4 – Quickly create disk image (dmg) archives.

August 19, 2018

DropDMG is the easiest way to create macOS disk images, which pack entire folders or disks into a single compressed file, either for transport across the Internet or simply for backup. They are Apple’s preferred format for distributing Mac software. Disk images are also the only archive format whose contents you can directly access in the Finder. Just drag-and-drop a folder or file, and you’re done. Or, you can drag an existing disk image or archive onto DropDMG to convert it to any of the other supported formats or to burn it to CD or DVD.

DropDMG supports advanced options such as signed, encrypted, and segmented disk images; WYSIWYG layout with background pictures and custom volume icons; and rich-text license agreements in multiple languages. There are many time-saving features, and it can also be automated via AppleScript, the command-line, and Automator.

What’s New

Version 3.5.4:

macOS 10.14 has new data protection features that require the user to specifically grant applications such as DropDMG access to do certain things. In general, you will want to grant DropDMG Automation access for Finder and possibly Full Disk Access as well. This is further explained in the Security & Privacy Access section of the manual.
Added support for Dark Mode on macOS 10.14.
Improved the quality of the generated volume icons on macOS 10.14.
If the LayouterCheckViewOptions esoteric preference is set, DropDMG now checks and re-applies the icon positions.
When creating a disk image with a custom icon or layout (or using the AlwaysUseSlowPath esoteric preference), DropDMG now works around a bug in macOS 10.13 that could prevent icon files from being invisible.
Worked around a bug in macOS 10.13 that could prevent keyboard input after closing the Help menu.
Worked around a bug in macOS 10.13.4 that could cause an internal error when locating DropDMG’s data files.
Worked around a bug in macOS 10.14 that prevented recent destination folders from being saved.
Worked around a bug in macOS 10.14 that prevented license agreements from being added to a disk image.
Fixed a bug where creating a disk image could fail if DropDMG was given a symlink.
Fixed a bug where converting an encrypted disk image to another encrypted format would fail with an authentication error if you were changing the password at the same time.
Fixed some drawing glitches with the Activity window on macOS 10.14.