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Version 3.2 of DropDMG is now available. This is a free update for owners of DropDMG 3.0 that includes the following enhancements:
Highlights
DropDMG’s user interface is now fully optimized for Macs with Retina displays, as well as multi-display setups.
DropDMG now renders Retina-quality background images. The source background picture can be a 72 or 144dpi image, a PDF file, or a multi-resolution TIFF file. DropDMG will render a multi-resolution background picture that’s optimized for display on both Retina and non-Retina Macs.
Rather than adding an application icon to a layout, you now have the option of adding an application icon placeholder. This makes it easy to use the same layout to create disk images for different applications.
Previously, you could add an Applications folder symlink to layouts by dragging and dropping your Applications folder. There’s now a dedicated button for adding the symlink, to make the feature easier to use and more discoverable.
Layouts now support a maximum icon size of 512 points (up from 128).
DropDMG can now create segmented ZIP archives (e.g. .z01, .z02, .zip). Such archives cannot be expanded by Mac OS X’s built-in Archive Utility, but there are free third-party expansion utilities such as The Unarchiver.
Added the Append version number feature. When imaging or archiving an application or installer, this option will add its version number to the end of the filename.
Added support for Notification Center (requires OS X 10.8).
Added the Burn OS X Install DVD feature, an easier way to make your own installer or emergency DVD.
Streamlined disk image creation by no longer optimizing images for restore that don’t need such optimization.
Added the ZlibLevel esoteric preference, which lets you set DropDMG to create .dmg files more quickly but with less compression.
Added the DisableRetinaBackgroundPictures esoteric preference, which lets you create non-Retina background pictures in order to work around a bug in Mac OS X 10.6.
Other Improvements
DropDMG now tells the system that it can use the integrated GPU, which should reduce battery use on newer MacBook Pros.
You can now remove the background image from a layout using the contextual menu on the image view.
DropDMG now offers advice for dealing with “Resource busy” errors.
Expanded the Making Images With Background Pictures instructions to describe how to make a standard disk image for distributing a Mac application.
Improved the What information should I include when I report a problem? page.
Improved the folder name when a folder for segments already exists.
The documentation now recommends choosing a background picture that’s at least 437 points wide, to account for the Finder’s minimum window width.
The crash reporter can now make recommendations based on the contents of the crash log.
Deleting a layout, license, or configuration now moves it to the trash rather than deleting it outright.
DropDMG itself now has a Retina disk image background, and it shares the layout with other C-Command products.
After purchasing, DropDMG used to show your user image to indicate that it had been successfully personalized. It now shows a generic checkmark to avoid prompting you for Contacts access on OS X 10.8.
Added a link to the forum in the Help menu.
Fixes
Reverted to version 1.2.3 of the Growl SDK to avoid problems with high CPU usage, internal errors, and crashes.
Fixed a bug where sometimes the layout editor would reset the scroll position.
Fixed a bug where the tooltips in the main window’s pop-up menu didn’t always update when a configuration was changed.
Fixed a bug where sometimes packages weren’t wrapped.
Fixed a bug where sometimes disk images were created without enough space for the background picture or custom icon.
Layout thumbnail previews no longer change the aspect ratio.
Fixed a bug where sometimes changes to the segment size in the temporary options dialog didn’t take effect.
Fixed an issue where, when loading your recent destination folders, DropDMG would sometimes prompt you with a dialog to find folders on unmounted volumes.
Fixed a bug where TIFF files were not allowed for background pictures.
Fixed a bug creating images in .cdr format with custom icons or layouts.
Fixed a bug where there was an extra gray strip next to the action button in the Layouts tab of the preferences.
Fixed a bug handling errors if the software update failed; if it succeeded, the .dmg file is now deleted.
For information about previous releases of DropDMG, please see the version history.
2012-11-07: DropDMG 3.2 was submitted to the Mac App Store.
2012-11-26: DropDMG 3.2 is now available from the Mac App Store.