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If you really want to make an installer DVD, there's a posting on the MacRumors forum by tywebb13 that gives a command-line procedure for making a disk image that you can burn to DVD. I haven't tested it, but I'll include it here in case that source goes away.
One way to burn files to a CD or DVD in OS X Yosemite is to simply insert a blank disc and select the files you want to burn on the fly.
Just follow these steps to burn a CD or DVD:
- Insert a blank CD or DVD disc.You see an alert that asks you what you want to do with the disc.
- Choose Open Finder from the Action pop-up menu.Open Finder is the default choice unless you’ve changed that default in the CDs & DVDs System Preferences pane.Your choices are
- Open Finder: Mounts the blank disk in the Finder
- Open iTunes: OpensiTunes automatically when you insert a blank CD
- Open Disk Utility: Opens the Disk Utility application automatically
- Open Other Application: Lets you choose the application to use when you insert a blank CD or DVD disc
- Run Script: Runs a specified AppleScript when you insert a blank disc.
Pick one or click the Ignore button to leave the disk in your drive without doing any of the above or the Eject button to eject the disk.If you didn’t ignore or eject the disk, if you want to make whichever action you selected the default for future disks you insert, enable the Make This Action the Default check box before you click OK. - Click OK.Your blank CD or DVD mounts, and its icon appears in the Sidebar of Finder windows (and on the Desktop, too, if Finder Preferences are set that way), just like any other removable disc, but its distinctive icon tells you that it’s a recordable DVD (or CD).
- Drag files or folders onto the disc icon in the Sidebar (or Desktop) until the disc contains all the files you want on it.
- (Optional) If you like, you can change the disc’s name from Untitled DVD (or CD) the same way that you change the name of any file or folder.
- When you’re ready to finish (burn) your DVD (or CD), open its disc icon and click the Burn button (below the Search field near the top right) or click the Burn button next to the disk’s icon in the Sidebar.The Burn button in the window is a button that says “Burn;” the one in the Sidebar looks like the warning symbol for radioactivity.
- Choose a speed from the Burn Speed pop-up menu, click the Burn button, and you’re done.Select the Save Burn Folder To check box if you think that you may want to burn another copy of this disc someday.Warning: CD-RW and DVD-RW disks (the RW stands for rewritable) discs rarely work in devices other than your Mac, including CD (audio) players and DVD (video) players. If you burn a music CD or video DVD and intend to watch or listen to it on a device other than your Mac, make sure the disk is a CD-R or DVD-R; NEVER use rewritable CD-RW or DVD-RW disks.Make bootable flash drive linux. Jul 10, 2018 In this tutorial we will show you step by step how to create ans make a bootable USB Flash Drive from a Mac OSX.DMG image file from Windows 10 (Sometimes called pen drive / thumb dive) so you.
Disk images, or DMG, are a great way to archive files, or move software from one computer to another, because they are digital clones of the physical media they represent. This means you can use a disk image like you would a flash drive or execute a CD without the disk itself.
How To Burn Yosemite Dmg To Dvd Drive
In this tutorial, I will show you how to write the disk image to a CD or DVD, in order to run software at boot, or just for safekeeping data.
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Fire Up That Laser
Prior to the introduction of the App Store, Apple often used disk image files specifically designed for OS X--called DMG files--to install applications. These DMG files are quite flexible within OS X, but are rarely used outside of the typical context of dragging a newly downloaded file to the Applications folder.
The best tool for interacting with DMG is Apple's own Disk Utility. To add a DMG to Disk Utility, simply drag it to the left-side menu of Disk Utility where the other mounted drives are listed (hard drive, SuperDrive, etc.). It will be mounted as a disk and then be available to compress, mount, encrypt or burn.
To burn the disk image to a CD or DVD, simply click the DMG file in the left sidebar, and then click the Burn icon at the top of Disk Utility. You will be prompted to insert your blank media, after which you can then click Burn to confirm that you wish to write the DMG to the disk. Depending on the size of the disk image, and the speed of your writing drive, you will have your freshly minted disk in a matter of minutes.
DMG: More Than Meets the Eye
Apple disk images are also handy because they can store files or applications for transferring to other computers or archiving. To create a new disk image, in Disk Utility simply click the New Image icon at the top, and complete the prompts.
The size selection correlates to sizes of various writable CDs or DVDs so make your selection based on the type of media you intend to store it on. For example, if you are using a 80-minute CD-R disk, choose 663 MB (CD-ROM 80 min); if you're using a DVD-R disk, you'll most likely choose 4.6 GB (DVD-R, DVD-RAM). If you intend to always leave the disk image in digital form, you can choose custom as the size. The format should remain as OS extended (journaled) if you plan to use the disk image with a Mac. Change it to MS-DOS (FAT) if you wish to use it on a Windows PC or Linux.
Finally, you can choose whether or not to encrypt the volume and the partition scheme, though if you choose a disk image size that correlates to a CD or DVD, the CD/DVD partition scheme will automatically be selected.
Once finished, click Create to make the disk image. The DMG will be mounted to your desktop and in Disk Utility and be ready to accept your contents. Be sure to burn the DMG to a CD or DVD, or store it on a flash drive before ejecting the disk image. Otherwise, your contents will be lost.
Windows Burn Dmg
Tip: If you need to eject (or unmount) a disk image from Disk Utility, simply click and drag it off of the left sidebar of the app; it will poof away just like a discarded Dock app.
Apples to Apples
Since DMG's are designed for OS X, if you intend to take use a disk image on a non-Apple computer, they may prove difficult to work with. For a more widely accepted alternative, look to the ISO filetype, named for the ISO 9660 file system commonly used on CD-ROMs.
ISO Friendly
ISO disk images, though not specific to use with OS X, work similarly to DMG files. To mount an ISO file, simply drag the ISO to the left sidebar in Disk Utility. Once mounted there, to burn a CD or DVD, click the ISO file to highlight it, and then click the Burn icon at the top. You will be prompted to insert a blank disk, after which you can simply click Burn again to confirm the disk-writing.
ISO files are often used to make LiveCDs of Linux distributions for testing purposes, and burning an ISO through Disk Utility serves that purpose beautifully.
Tip: If you need to open an ISO file beyond burning it to a disk, though, you will need to download an app for modifying archives, such as the free Unarchiver.
An Old Standby
Though there are many ways to store and share files, disk images have stuck around for their ease-of-use and practicality. Now you know about the two types of disk images: DMG and ISO, how to create your own, and how to burn both types to a CD or DVD within OS X.