Questions tagged [disk-image]
A file with the .dmg extension, often used for installing applications.
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Shrink disk image to eliminate free space
I created a larger-than-necessary writable disk image, copied content to it, then shrunk the partition with diskutil resizeVolume.
This left a big gap at the end of the partition table:
MEDIA: "&...
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How extract a Time Machine snapshot as a full machine volume?
From an old Time Machine backup (Backups.backupdb folder) on a physical external disk I would like to extract some snapshots to other external disks as complete machine volumes. These resulting ...
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Best type of disk image to use on NAS to archive Mac system copies on a NAS
I bought a shiny new NAS with plenty of space. I also have quit a few old pysical external hard drives with bootable macOS system copies: I always make a copy of my system which I store away when I ...
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Make image of, and restore iPad Mini flash chip?
Is it possible to make an image of the entire disk of an iPad Mini 1 that’s running iOS 6.1.3 using dd over ssh, for the purpose of backing up and restoration? Additional info below…
iPad Mini 2,5 ...
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Setting the size and resizing disk images
In Disk Utility, one can create disk images from arbitrary folders; even encrypting them if you like. However, there doesn't seem to be a way of setting the image size, so once you run out of space, ...
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Computer automatically mounting install disks when plugging in Mini DisplayPort
I have a MacBook Pro 2015 running Mojave. Whenever I plug in a Wacom Cintiq (output VGA converted with a dongle to Mini DisplayPort) my computer mounts a whole bunch of installer images (appear where ...
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Deploy macOS devices with images for employees
In our company, we would like to deploy MacBooks and other Apple devices (e.g. iMacs) via images and make them available to the employees so that we can provide all employees with a uniform system ...
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Is there any way to create a disk image where its Finder window will not display the status bar or tab bar?
I'm trying to create a disk image for distributing an application, where it automatically opens a Finder window in icon view with a custom background. (The sort we see used for many applications.)
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Unable to mount encrypted TimeMachine backupbundle using DiskImageMounter
I've been backing up two of my MacBooks to a network-accessible USB disk. The backups have been done using TimeMachine and are encrypted.
One of the machines was recently damaged and unrecoverable, ...
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macOS: How to read the file system of a disc image
is there terminal command that shows/reads the file system(s) (and versions) of a .iso or .dmg image?
E.g. Udf 2.50/Joliet/hfs+
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Backblaze and similar services not necessary for a small hdd? Upload full disk dmg to cloud services easier?
I understand the usefulness and convenience of a site like backblaze, but if I wanted an offline backup and my drive is under 100gb, would it make sense to just make an encrypted full disk dmg image ...
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How can you create a valid/reliable disk image of APFS drives?
Last year before Catalina was released, I tried to perform a disk image of my boot drive of Mojave (macOS 10.14) on a new computer before updating and customizing it. I have done this for years to ...
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create file that can be mounted
I am trying to create a bootable filesystem filename.fs from a directory that contains all the OS files.
My problem is that I cannot create a file that contains a filesystem. I found a explanation for ...
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Need to get rid of disk image after Bootcamp
So, I was using Bootcamp, but during the point where it asked me to create the partition size, I decided that I no longer wanted to do it anymore and I used the quit option. However, after quitting ...
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Disk image creation from folder: error 28 - no space left on device
I wanted to create a full copy of my MacBook Air in a disk image for archive.
I can't save the disk from the booted system, so I restarted my Mac in Recovery mode (keys Command and R) on boot.
From ...
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How to restore a disk image to source disk using Disk Utility?
I've created a .dmg using Disk Utility from a 32 GB source drive. Now I'm back in Disk Utility in order to restore this disk image to the very same source disk it was created from. I thought it would ...
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Mount Read-only Disk Image Without Breaking Spotlight?
I have a disk image with my main media library inside it, but I normally only mount this as read-only, as this prevents applications from touching anything inside (which can cause a lot of band files ...
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How to copy Time Machine directory when rsync can see files but ls can't?
I recently used GNU ddrescue to save a 6TB drive that was having troubles. When I would try to mount the drive, fsck_hfs determined it couldn't be fixed (it was trying to rebuild the catalog b-tree, ...
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How do I skip verification of a .dmg file?
I have downloaded a dmg file but when I click on it it keeps verifying.
I've also tried to go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app but I can't click on the .dmg because it is greyed out.
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How do I remove a disk image that I created myself?
I went to disk utility and created a new image with 1.5 GB of my hard disk.
Now I want to remove it and have all the space back for my Macintosh HD. Nothing seems to work. If I eject it, it's not ...
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"Create disk image" disabled
My 2015 MacBook Pro has become unbootable after software update for 10.14.5 failed to install. Because I do not have a recent backup, I would like to create a disk image of the entire boot disk. ...
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How long does it take to convert a cdr to an iso? [closed]
I ran the command
sudo dd if=/dev/disk# of=/Volumes/Path/To.iso
at about 6am this morning. It's now almost 2pm and the command is still running. The cdr input image is about 300GBs.
I have a Late ...
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Using dd to image a corrupted Windows disk?
What is the proper way to use dd (or anything else - asr?) to create an image of a corrupted yet readable Windows disk?
If what I am using (see below) is correct, then is it possible that an image of ...
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What does a .dmg verify?
Whenever I open a .dmg, my computer says that it is Verifying… for a moment. I'm just curious as to what it is doing at this time. Is it running a checksum, checking if it is the same as the online ...
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How can I stop DiskUtilities from requesting permission every time I try to create an image from a CD
I have a big stack of CDs from the 90s that I want to keep the data from, but don't want the physical CD anymore. So I'm using Disk Utility to create the disk images.
Every time I do (by right-...
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Unable to eject disk images or drives in High Sierra
I am running a MacBook Pro Early 2015 13" on High Sierra 10.13.5, and keep getting the "X disk cannot be ejected because one or more programs might be using it" message, when apparently there is no ...
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Create disk image which can be read on Windows
I am interested in creating a disk image, using Disk Utility (or any other software) on macOS which can also be read on Windows.
Disk Utility provides the ability to create .dmg, .sparseimage, and ....
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macOS High Sierra 17G2112 vs 17G65
I was trying to use
installinstallmacos.py to create an installer disk image for High Sierra 10.13.6 (I need an offline installer and downloading from App Store only downloads a ~4MiB stub file with ...
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See a log of all DMG files that were mounted
Today I saw for a very brief moment (like a fraction of a second) an alert telling me that some “BaseSystem.dmg” file was being mounted, even though I wasn’t trying to mount anything, nevertheless a ...
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Recover data in Sparsebundle disk Image
I'm afraid I'm out of luck but... I followed the directions in various places,
# hdiutil -nomount -noverify -noautofsck SecureRecords.sparsebundle
/dev/disk1
# fsck_hfs -drfy /dev/disk1
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MacBook Air High Sierra disk image not recognised couldn't open
I created a disk image from a folder using disk utility and now when I double click it to open it i get an error message saying image couldn't be opened. Image not recognised. What can I do?
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Is a Sparse Bundle image or Sparse Image better for many files 3 TB external hard drive 4TB?
I'm on a Mac and Windows PC, and have many files (videos, photos, documents, iTunes Backups, but without Windows or macOS system backup)
the size is 3TB or larger in my old external hard drive.
I use ...
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How to Mount a Sparsebundle Disk Image from Time Machine Backup?
I have several sparse bundle disk images on my system, used for various purposes (mostly to prevent Time Machine from backing up the entirety of very large files).
However, I'm planning to ...
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