Imagine you have finished a macOS app, exported it from Xcode, and now want to distribute it to users. The most common way of distributing an app outside the Mac App Store is by putting it in a .dmg file. These are hard to create, especially good-looking ones. You can either pay for a GUI app where you have to customize an existing design or you can run some homebrewed Bash script and you still have to design it. This tool does everything for you, so you can play with your cat instead. The DMG detects the minimum runtime of the app, and uses ULFO (macOS 10.11 or later) or UDZO as appropriate. The resulting image has the filename App Name 0.0.0.dmg, for example, Lungo 1.0.0.dmg. It will try to code sign the DMG, but the DMG is still created and fine even if the code signing fails, for example if you don't have a developer certificate.

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  • Don't forget to notarize your DMG
  • GraphicsMagick is required to create the custom DMG icon that's based on the app icon and the macOS mounted device icon
  • This tool does everything for you
  • Create a good-looking DMG for your macOS app in seconds
  • This tool is intentionally opinionated and simple
  • Ensure you have Node.js 8 or later installed

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JavaScript

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2022-05-17