1. On Mac OS X, applications are usually distributed using disk images (DMGs). These images are mounted as a separate volume, and it often suffices to drag the application out of the image into your Applications folder. A nice extra feature of these disk images is that their look can be customized, just as every other folder under Mac OS X.
2. It’s hosted on GitHub and you can download the latest 1.4.4 dmg version here file here. Make sure you keep updated with the latest versions. When building an image with AutoDMG the OSX version you are building on must match the image build – so building an OSX 10.9 image must be built on a OSX 10.9 Mac.

• Dmg Image Reader
• Burn Dmg Image

I have already created.dmg image from new custom ElCapitan including all printers, software, etc. I am trying to make boo table USB like the one with El Capitan but instead of using my custom.dmg image. I use disk imager 5 with clean El Capitan OS X and USB 16GB drive - that works fine, but how can I create the one with custom build dmg image?

Looks like the new kid on the block AutoDMG will be superceding InstaDMG as the preferred image maker of OSX clean never booted images. It’s currently a development product nearing a final release. It has a GUI front end which makes it super simple.

It’s hosted on GitHub and you can download the latest 1.4.4 dmg version here file here. Make sure you keep updated with the latest versions.

It can take some time for AutoDMG to create an image but, once finished, a never-booted asr compatible disk image is created that can be restored using any number of methods. To test, I’d recommend using an external hard drive to restore the image to and then booting a suitable Mac from it. I have done this from a flash usb. Use disk utility to create an image. When it is done make sure that under Images you scan image for restore. Then put the machine you wish to image into target disk mode and image it through disk utility as well. Jan 20, 2018  Make a macOS install DVD in Windows PC from DMG/ISO image. Apple has changed the file architecture of the macOS installer from OS X Mavericks 10.9. Hence, you cannot follow the above-given technique to directly extract InstallESD.DMG in Windows and make it a bootable DVD in newer macOS variants like Catalina and High Sierra. Nov 26, 2011  This is a short tutorial for how to do the custom DMG Background Image.

When building an image with AutoDMG the OSX version you are building on must match the image build – so building an OSX 10.9 image must be built on a OSX 10.9 Mac. AutoDMG can also build OSX 10.8.5 images. The OSX Yosemite 10.10 guide is here.

Download and Install AutoDMG

Download AutoDMG

Move to your Applications

Updating the OSX Mavericks Installer

Before you begin it is best to use the latest OSX Mavericks installer which is currently at 10.9.4 upgrade it hereBuild 13D65, download it via but don’t install, the installer location will override the previous installer.

When the installer is finished downloading it will prompt you to install, just quit as we will be using the installer to build the image.

Creating an AutoDMG 10.9 Mavericks Up To Date Image

Launch AutoDMG

Drag in the Mavericks installer. If you can’t find it, do a spotlight search -“Install OS X Mavericks.app“

AutoDMG will check for available updates – click the Download button to get them.

AutoDMG downloads any incremental updates.

When it’s done, Build the image.

Dmg Image Reader

Save to a destination and let the building begin.

View Log

In the event where things don’t go so well check the log under the Window menu for the Why?.

All too easy!, you can deploy with DeployStudio or direct to disk with ASR.

With Apple Software Restore you can image a disk directly from the Terminal:

Change the source and target to suit.

so.netbooting a netinstall.
any takers?

Of course, if you're lucky enough to have an Xserve setup with Netboot (using Netrestore Helper app to create this Netrestore boot image) then you can boot in a minute or so (instead of the 12-15min required by bootCD.
Or use a FireWire drive with a system on it to boot from.
Also, now a new option is Panther install CD1. In disk utility there is a new 'restore from image' option. this cd boots in a minute too.
cool
-x

true story.
Just lookin for some war stories on people who've setup netboot or install on os x server.

err or you could just boot the machine from another source firewire or cd (if ya got hell time to spare) and drop into terminal and go
sudo asr -source (drag in the source image) -target (drag in the target drive) -erase -nocheck
Done, lot quicker than messin round with netrestore, netrestore works really really well when it does fully automated restores over a network or from a restore dvd, i have built quite a few automated restore dvd's as in chuck in the dvd choose it as the startup disk have a coffee come back in about 25-30 mins and its restored only prob with this is the 4.4Gb limit take out 600 odd meg for the netrestore system and it gives you about 3.7-3.8Gig for an image

Does that copy over the resource forks?

yes it does. ASR does block file copies as long as the image being used is prepared as an ASR compatible image file. Best done as read only/compressed. Restores are much faster.
NetRestore is really a gui front end to the command line ASR that Apple included since 10.2.3

Burn Dmg Image

#!/bin/sh # ASR Image Bash Script # Manuel Plascencia Alhambra School District # Apple System Restores from 'Source' Macintosh_asr.dmg to 'target' /Volumes/Macintosh HD/ (Make sure Target Volume has the correct name) # -erase 'erases target volume first' # -nocheck 'skips checksum' ( this will cut your cloning in half ) # -noprompt 'will continue cloning with other user interaction' asr -source Macintosh_asr.dmg -target /Volumes/Macintosh HD/ -erase -nocheck -noprompt #Put a Stupid message Echo Alhambra School District !!!! Echo Echo Done !!! Echo Echo Enjoy !!! #This will reboot machine once cloning is complete. #You will hear the reboot chime which will give you #notification of clone completion. Reboot

Script got screwed up , heres the script again below
Remember to chmod +x 'yourfile' after script is made.
This Script is assuming that the image is located in the same directory, and it is running of a firewire drive. From terminal prompt I type :
cd /Volumes/Firewire
./go ( I've named my script go , but to run it you must type ./ in front )
#!/bin/sh
# ASR Image Bash Script
# Manuel Plascencia Alhambra School District
# Apple System Restores from 'Source' Macintosh_asr.dmg to 'target' /Volumes/Macintosh HD/ (Make sure Target Volume has the correct name)
# -erase 'erases target volume first'
# -nocheck 'skips checksum' ( this will cut your cloning in half )
# -noprompt 'will continue cloning with other user interaction'
asr -source Macintosh_asr.dmg -target /Volumes/Macintosh HD/ -erase -nocheck -noprompt
#Put a Stupid message
Echo Alhambra School District !!!!
Echo Echo Done !!!
Echo Echo Enjoy !!!
#This will reboot machine once cloning is complete.
#You will hear the reboot chime which will give you
#notification of clone completion.
Reboot
#End Script
Hopes this helps someone.

don't you'd think you'd benefit from netbooting the install images, and installing them over the network, rather than lug a drive around?

Firewire drive fit in your pocket , and they weigh nothing . Besides all 150+ eMacs are in one location , in boxes. Netboot would be 4 times as slow and that is not including the Bandwidth that would be shared with X amount of eMacs , cloning would crawl unless i had a Gigabit Switch. in comparison, firewire is the Best solution.
If Symantec or Apple , made a Cloning program that would be close to ' PC GHOST' that would be awesome. Multicast Broadcast Cloning , Over a Gigabit Switch would be FAST. Or if Apple would include Firewire Over IP in the ROM then I could Daisy chain A bunch of emacs to one Firewire Drive . Theres So many ways just the Tech is not here ..

DMG is also referred to as the Apple’s equivalent to MSI files in Windows PC. Non-Macintosh systems may access DMG files and extract or convert them to ISO image files for burning. Several applications are designed to offer this solution for Windows systems. 7-Zip and DMG Extractor are the best options to open DMG file on Windows because they. Open dmg file on mac. Jun 11, 2019  Open a DMG file in Windows. Though there isn’t much you can do with a.dmg file within Windows, there are ways to open the platform within your computer. Despite the differences between the core of Mac OS and Windows 10,.dmg files can be read with the assistance of third-party apps. Open DMG Files in Windows By Using 7-Zip or DMG Extractor. There are a lot of different tools you can use to extract DMG files in Windows. Our two favorites are 7-Zip and DMG Extractor. In our testing, we found a few DMG files that would open with one of those apps but not the other.

This method is all well and good, assuming that the machines are all Firewire enabled. What about older iMacs or the non-DV models. I was physically taking out the drives, putting them into a firewire bay and using Carbon Copy Cloner to clone them from a master drive.
Not only did this take hours (I did 65 iMacs), but added the possibility of damaging the machines.
We don't have an XServe or anything fancy at this particular school site, so is there some tricky command line work around?
Thanks,
M@

Create a bootup OSX CD as mentioned, boot up the old iMac from that CD, and connect up to a network share that has the image.

In that case i would netboot , or maybe create an image on a DVD-R thats bootable to a CLI , and start ASR.

? I am migrating to a powerbook and selling my G4 Tower. can i CCC my system and re-install the applications, etc. to my powerbook? Has anyone else done this and/or have an idea of going about it?
thanks in advance,
ken;