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AutoDMG Changelog

What's new in AutoDMG 1.9

Sep 25, 2018
  • Added 10.14 support.
  • Removed 10.10 and 10.11 support.
  • Removed HFS+ support for 10.14+.

New in AutoDMG 1.9 Build 572 Pre-release (Aug 15, 2018)

  • To successfully build on Mojave b4+ the installer must be on an external volume, see issue #222.
  • Added workaround for issue #223.

New in AutoDMG 1.9 Pre-release (Jun 7, 2018)

  • Added 10.14 support.
  • Removed 10.10 and 10.11 support.

New in AutoDMG 1.8.1 (Apr 29, 2018)

  • Show a helpful error message when an incomplete installer is used.
  • Better error messages when image building fails.
  • Fail but don't crash if a profile is bad.
  • Add App Transport Security exception for cdn-apple.com.

New in AutoDMG 1.8 (Oct 6, 2017)

  • Added 10.13 and APFS support.
  • Added APFS/HFS+ selection to the Advanced Options window.
  • Added -F/--filesystem option to CLI.
  • Added Filesystem option to templates.
  • Removed 10.9 support.
  • Fixed crash when CLI build can't eject image.
  • Fixed crash when unchecking updates without a source.
  • Fixed Unicode handling of paths for additional packages.
  • Slightly improved app launch time.

New in AutoDMG 1.8 Build 544 Pre-release (Sep 19, 2017)

  • Building images in CLI.

New in AutoDMG 1.8 Build 537 Pre-release (Sep 4, 2017)

  • Added 10.13 and APFS support.
  • Removed 10.9 support.
  • Fixed crash when CLI build can't eject image.
  • Fixed crash when unchecking updates without a source.
  • Fixed Unicode handling of paths for additional packages.
  • Slightly improved app launch time.

New in AutoDMG 1.7.3 Build 508 (Dec 20, 2016)

  • Display warning if Apple has stopped updating the target OS.
  • Only update the profile if the running OS is supported.
  • Handle already mounted InstallESD.dmg if installer app was moved afterwards.
  • Abort the build if disk image creation fails.
  • Print warning in log when build number changes during install.

New in AutoDMG 1.7.1 Build 494 (Dec 8, 2016)

  • Now displays the current OS name and placeholder icon.
  • New menu item to select an installer, ⌘I. ⌘⌥I will pick the first installer it finds in /Applications.
  • Log window wraps long lines and shows colorful warnings.
  • Preserve TMPDIR when running CLI builds without sudo.
  • Better error handling when ejecting the temporary build image.

New in AutoDMG 1.7 Build 469 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Rewrote launch code for the privileged task that runs the OS installer.
  • Fixed beach-balling during finalize task.
  • Fixed language detection for Setup Assistant on 10.12.

New in AutoDMG 1.6 Build 452 (Sep 19, 2016)

  • Added 10.12 support.
  • Removed 10.8 support.
  • AutoDMG will not try to remount already mounted images, fixing 10.12 installer.
  • Added advanced option to skip asr imagescan (thanks @timsutton).
  • AutoDMG will not relaunch on login (thanks @nmcspadden).
  • Fixed volume size setting not being saved to templates (thanks @timsutton).
  • Fixed handling of relative package paths on the command line (thanks @timsutton).
  • Fixed usage of base image as source on the command line (thanks @timsutton).

New in AutoDMG 1.6 Build 446 Pre-release (Sep 15, 2016)

  • Added 10.12 support.
  • Removed 10.8 support.
  • AutoDMG will not try to remount already mounted images, fixing 10.12 installer.
  • Added advanced option to skip asr imagescan (thanks @timsutton).
  • AutoDMG will not relaunch on login (thanks @nmcspadden).
  • Fixed volume size setting not being saved to templates (thanks @timsutton).
  • Fixed handling of relative package paths on the command line (thanks @timsutton).
  • Fixed usage of base image as source on the command line (thanks @timsutton).

New in AutoDMG 1.5.5 Build 429 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • Respect TMPDIR when building images on 10.9+.
  • Avoid occasional error messages on program exit.
  • Fixed handling of packages where size can't be calculated.

New in AutoDMG 1.5.4 Build 412 (Nov 28, 2015)

  • Added ⌘B keyboard shortcut to build (thanks @zuhl).
  • Added -s/--size option to CLI (thanks @timsutton).
  • Fixed error handling of bad Additional Packages paths.
  • Display confirmation dialog when updating profiles.
  • Disable profile update checking while images build.
  • Fixed handling of large error messages from the build script.

New in AutoDMG 1.5.3 Build 393 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Include custom volume name when saving a template from the GUI.
  • Fixed resolving of certain aliases on 10.10.
  • Fixed error message when log file couldn't be opened.
  • Fixed building when a mobile account is roaming and can't look up its username.

New in AutoDMG 1.5.2 Build 382 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • Fixed Setup Assistant country/language selection on 10.10.

New in AutoDMG 1.5.1 Build 378 (Oct 31, 2014)

  • Fixed crash on startup when ~/Library/Logs has wrong permissions.

New in AutoDMG 1.4.3 Build 325 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • Fix download button when checking for AutoDMG updates.
  • Updated URL for update profiles.