FreeDMG

Updates and new features

Version changes (most recent first)

v.0.5.9b 8/28/2009
  • Checks for empty volume/device array before updating menus in "-menuNeedsUpdate" method (was crashing on launch when run on 10.4/10.6 machines)
  • Removed "Create from Device" option under Images menu (was causing crashing in 10.6)

v.0.5.8b 10/12/2008
  • Uses new version of mkdmg, which uses getopts and checks for missing source files
  • Added Russian localization
  • Added German localization

v.0.5.7b 7/16/2008
  • Uses new version of rtf2r (1.3), which corrects endian issues with styl resources
  • Uses new toolbar and application icons

v.0.5.6b 3/8/2008
  • Uses new "rtf2r" tool to create resource for source code for SLAs
  • Added slider to resize window for more visual resize adjustments
  • Uses mkdmg v.0.1.6.6b
    • Fixes bug related to GUID partitioned images
    • Adds support for sparsebundles
  • Conversion format preference is now separate from new image format prefs
  • Added support for 256-bit encryption
  • Expanded documentation and help files
  • Improved Software License Agreement attachment process
  • Dropped support for Mac OS versions lower than 10.4



9/16/2007 v.0.5.5b
• Added the ability to attach sofware license agreements to disk images
• Localized programatically and created Localizable.strings file
• added new checksum types:
- DC42 - Disk Copy 4.2
- CRC28 - CRC-32 (NDIF)
- CRC32 - CRC-32
- MD5 - MD5
- SHA - SHA
- SHA1 - SHA-1
- SHA256 - SHA-256
- SHA384 - SHA-384
- SHA512 - SHA-512
• Added "Log Position" menu item to View menu
• Added glossary to help files
• Added "Make Hybrid" option to images menu - ISO image creation is now possible
• Programatical changes made to support forward compatibility
• Now accepts dropped ISO type images as disk images

4/9/2006 v.0.5.4b
• Universal Binary
• New icon
• Bug fixes
• Toolbar
• Added "Type" option to new disk image window (UDIF vs. Sparseimage)
• Enabled AppleScript support for "open" verb
• Added options for disk image drop actions in preferences
• Added "Limit segments to size:" preference
• Added bzip2 support for Mac OS X 10.4+
• Added drawer to main window (contains log and commonly used preferences)

7/25/2005   v.0.5.3b
• Now checks operating system version to determine whether to pass -puppetstrings options (problematic in 10.2 and 10.3)
• Scan for Restore option now recignizes depricated "-blockonly" option for asr in 10.4 (older functionality intact)
• New option under File menu creates new (blank) images
• No longer uses bindings in preferences
 
7/11/2005 v.0.5.2b
  •"Folder or volume as root of image" is now the default behavior
• Save panel now sets filename based on format (pathname extensions)
• Added shared user defaults bindings in nib
• Added "Resize..." option to images menu
• Shows determinate progress when imaging (certain functions only)
• Uses mkdmg 1.6.3
• Convert option under Images menu now respects overwrite flag in preferences
• Window resize is autosaved in user defaults
• Fills name of disk image from filename in create/convert image panels
 
4/7/2005 v0.5.1b

• Added overwrite option in preferences
• Added slider to adjust the zlib compression used with UDZO format
• Added option to quit after imaging when imaging on launch
• Added options to Images menu:
- Segment
- Burn
- Change Password
• Uses mkdmg 1.6.1
 
3/23/2005 v0.5b
  • Added "Images" menu that includes:
- Creat from File/Folder (normal mkdmg functions)
- Convert
- Get Info
- Verify
- Checksum
-- CRC-32
-- MD5
- Compact
- Make Internet Enabled
- Scan Image for Restore
- Scan Image for Block Restore

• More image format options in preferences window consisting of:
UDRW - UDIF read/write image
UDRO - UDIF read-only image
UDCO - UDIF ADC-compressed image
UDZO - UDIF zlib-compressed image
UFBI - UDIF entire image with MD5 checksum
UDRo - UDIF read-only (obsolete format)
UDCo - UDIF compressed (obsolete format)
UDTO - DVD/CD-R master for export
UDxx - UDIF stub image
UDSP - SPARSE (growable with content)
RdWr - NDIF read/write image (deprecated)
Rdxx - NDIF read-only image (Disk Copy 6.3.3 format)
ROCo - NDIF compressed image (deprecated)
Rken - NDIF compressed (obsolete format)
DC42 - Disk Copy 4.2 image

• Encryption option in preferences window
• Uses mkdmg v.1.5
 
v0.4.7b 3/17/2005
  • Uses mkdmg v.1.4.3
 
v0.4.6b 3/12/2005
 
• Removed faulty "Cancel" button from preferences window
• Uses mkdmg tool version 1.4.2
- bug fix - no longer accepts input without source specified after -s flag
- uses memory more efficiently
 
v0.4.5b 1/15/2005
 

• Reports errors
• New preferences
- Imaging on the fly option
- Folder or volume as root of image option
• Uses new mkdmg tool (version 0.1.4.1)
- Checks for locked volume or read-only dir with chosen imaging location.
- Other, programmatical restructuring changes

 
v0.4.4b 12/04/2004
 

• New mkdmg tool (version 0.1.3)
• New Icon
• Performance enhancements
• Status text field

   
v0.4.3b 9/13/2004
  • Preference window is now sheet
• Preferences are better managed (fixes v. 0.4.2b prefs overwrite)
• Verbose preference (for verbose logging)
• Internet Enabled preference (make disk image internet enabled)
• New version of mkdmg tool used (0.1.2)
   
v0.4.2b 8/30/2004
  • Preference window now available with compression format options.
• New version of mkdmg tool used (0.1.1)
   
v0.4.1b 8/22/2004
  Major overhauls - the likes of which include:
• New TaskWrapper class used to alleviate stress on the finder, and application,
this stops certain observed "sticking"
• New Log view integrated into window using tab view - less sytem log dump
   
v0.4b 8/20/2004
  •using new mkdmg engine (binary executable vs. shell script)
   
v0.3.3b 8/2004
  •removed certain error messages
•bug fixes
   
v0.3b 8/2004
  •First online release version
•Name changed to protect the innocent.
•Dock icon drop.
•Dock icon menu.
   
v0.1.1 05/05/2004
   
v0.1 04/20/2004

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