What's new in DiskMaker X 9.0
Nov 24, 2019
- Compatible with macOS Catalina Install app
- Notarized for use with macOS Catalina
- Updated the minimail USB thumb drive requirement (now 16 GB)
- Updated French localization
- Updated icon and background pictures
New in DiskMaker X 8.0.3 (Nov 22, 2018)
- Every time DiskMaker X 8.0.2 was launched, it said a new version was available. Fixed.
New in DiskMaker X 8.0.2 (Nov 21, 2018)
- Resolves some issues when launching the app due to lack of codesigning.
New in DiskMaker X 8.0.1 (Nov 21, 2018)
- Fix for more of the {425, 76} issues
- New icon !
- Dark mode support (sort of) ^^
New in DiskMaker X 8.0 (Sep 26, 2018)
- First release with macOS Mojave support.
- Added a README file to warn of issues when running DiskMaker X in macOS Mojave.
New in DiskMaker X 7.0.1 (Jul 31, 2018)
- Many fix for infamous errors, especially The disk could not be created because of an error: An error occured: -10006. Finder got an error: Can’t set alias ”Install macOS High Sierra:Install macOS High Sierra.app” to {425, 76}.”. Many thanks to Louis Chrétien for fixing this one, probably one of the biggest issues with this version of DiskMaker X!
- The building disk process was displaying sometimes waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many notifications. Now the improved process will display a lot less notifications. Thanks again to Louis Chrétien for fixing this part of the app.
- Fixed many glaring issues with the icon naming.
- Made the process to get the full macOS version a lot sturdier.
- Added localization again, but these may not be complete, except for French. Because we won the World Cup, eh (just kidding). If you want to help with localization, please drop me a line.
New in DiskMaker X 7.0 (Sep 25, 2017)
- This version will ONLY work with macOS 10.13 installer, and will not support previous versions.
New in DiskMaker X 6.0 RC 3 (Sep 21, 2016)
- Compatible with macOS 10.12 Sierra.
New in DiskMaker X 5.0.3 (Jan 25, 2016)
- Fixes an issue where DiskMaker X could not be launched because of a code-signing issue.
New in DiskMaker X 5.0.2 (Jan 13, 2016)
- The Installer disk was most of the time not visible in Startup disk System Preference.
- Updated icon for OS X El Capitan install disks.
New in DiskMaker X 5.0.1 (Jan 13, 2016)
- Creating a boot disk failed when the user’s home folder was not on startup disk. Fixed.
- Added a bit more logging. You can check the logs in ~/Library/Logs/DiskMakerX.log.
- Added Turkish translation.
- Added German translation.
New in DiskMaker X 5.0.0 (Jan 13, 2016)
- Compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
- Compatible OS X 10.10 and OS X 10.9 install apps.
- Removed compatibility with OS X 10.8 install app.
- Now using exclusively Apple’s createinstallmedia command to vastly improve the process of building a disk.
- Performance improvement
- Removed the “Check if another newer OS is available”. Never worked properly anyway…
- Removed some errors in localization files
- New translations available:
- Japanese, thanks to Masa Taka.
- Brasilian (Portuguese), thanks to Paulo Neto.
- Dutch, thanks to Jeroen van Keulen.
- French, thanks to me.
New in DiskMaker X 4.0 Beta 2 (Jul 30, 2014)
- Corrected a few issues and things should be much better in the new version. Especially, if you got “/Volumes/YosemiteInstallDisk/System/Installation/Packages does not exist” error… things should be a lot smoother.
New in DiskMaker X 4.0 Beta 1 (Jul 26, 2014)
- Added support for Yosemite Developer Preview and Yosemite Beta.
New in DiskMaker X 3.0.4 (Feb 4, 2014)
- A few bug fixes, especially a bug (error -10006) which happens at the end of the process (it seemed to touch especially non-English or non-French users).
- More localizations:
- Spanish, thanks to Fernando-Juan Santos;
- German, thanks to Léo Pittoni;
- Italian, thanks to Nicola Castaman;
- Japanese, thanks to Masa Taka;
- Brazilian Portuguese, thanks to Paulo Neto.
New in DiskMaker X 3.0.3 (Nov 16, 2013)
- Finally corrects the problems with error -1762 (“Can’t get disk “OS X Mountain Lion Install Disk” or similar.)
New in DiskMaker X 3.0.2 (Nov 13, 2013)
- No more error message when trying to rename a 10.7 or 10.8 Install disk.
- Other bug fixes
- Simplified some parts of the code.
New in DiskMaker X 3.0.1 (Oct 28, 2013)
- Sometimes the process went fine all along, but the disk did not appear in Startup disk Preference or at startup when pressing the Option key. Fixed. (I explain how just below).
- If you try to build a Mavericks installer from 10.6.X, you are now warned that it won’t work.
- I disabled the warning which appeared early stating that a newer version was available. People wondered why it appeared when they had the Installer in their /Applications folder…
- Better handling of errors when the InstallESD.dmg file is damaged/corrupted.
New in DiskMaker X 3.0 (Oct 24, 2013)
- Lion DiskMaker is now DiskMaker X !
- And it has a brand new cool icon !
- Mavericks compatible. Yeah baby !
- Automatically checks if a new version of OS X is available on the App Store, allowing to have an always up-to-date OS X boot disk.
- Automatically checks if a new DiskMaker X version is available.
- New auto-detect feature detects if a disk was previously built with Lion DiskMaker, selecting it automatically when building the disk.
- No more DVD support. DVDs are soooooo 2000.
- Many bugs corrected.
- New bugs added. Just for fun.
New in DiskMaker X 3.0 Beta 3 (Oct 21, 2013)
- Now uses the Apple provided tool to build the disk for Mavericks. This implies that you have to authentify once as an admin account to be able to build a Mavericks disk, as this tool requires root access. I would have prefered to stay in a user domain, but it was not possible to get some files from the OS directly using the old method and the process risked to be less reliable. This is true only for Mavericks, 10.7 and 10.8 are not affected.
- Among other changes:
- LDM will warn you at startup if a new version is available. FUN.
- It will also warn you if a newer version of OS X is available. Newer than the one you are running, in fact. However this is quite messed up as it does not take into account the version of OS X you will use to build the disk later. I’m working on it to make it a bit smarter :)
- You don’t have to put the Install OS X Mavericks app in /Applications anymore. Avoid though to put it in disks/folders with exotic names (especially, using quotation marks or quotes may make Lion DiskMaker bite you. Hard.).
- Lion DiskMaker will now detect if a connected disk was already built using Lion DiskMaker, and therefore propose to replace it with the new OS you chose, avoiding to choose the disk manually. Nifty (I suppose).
- 10.7 and 10.8 are now both officially supported. So LDM will work with the three major OS released since 2011!
- Removed all references to DVD support in LDM. DVD is sooooooooooo 2000.
- Be aware that single DMG support (without the app) won’t be there for Mavericks, and that’s sealed. The way Lion DiskMaker works now requires to have the full OS X Mavericks Install app.
New in DiskMaker X 3.0 Beta 2 (Oct 14, 2013)
- Compatible with the Golden Master (GM) release of Mac OS X 10.9 aka Mavericks
New in DiskMaker X 2.0.2 (Jan 7, 2013)
- Fixed a bug which could prevent mounting the InstallESD.dmg file. This should prevent some hdiutil: attach failed errors.
- AsObjc Runner updated to version 1.9.9.
- Some code enhanced. No big deal.
New in DiskMaker X 2.0.1 (Aug 6, 2012)
- Workaround for « No Matching processes belonging to you were fond » error.
- Retina icon.
- Brazilian Portuguese translation, thanks to Paulo Neto.
New in DiskMaker X 2.0 (Aug 2, 2012)
- New super cool icon ! Thanks to Benjamin Renaut, aka Nekkotografix ! You can check one of his many blogs here.
- Improved Japanese translation, thanks to Masataka-san and François Tcheng.
- Chinese version, thanks to Sébastien L. !
- The too famous hdiutil error should have been squashed (big mistake from my side, sorry if you got problems with this one).
- And the Can’t get file « private:tmp:MLDiskIcon512.png error should also be history. Or so I hope. It seems to happen on Macs which use a third-party decompression utility like BetterZip, UnArchiver, Stuffit Deluxe… I now force using Archive Utiltiy in every case. Let me know if it works for you.
New in DiskMaker X 2.0 RC 3 (Jul 27, 2012)
- Workaround for many bugs when used with Mac OS X 10.6.X. Now everything should work properly. No more /tmp/ errors !
- Sometimes the warning dialog displayed a wrong list of disks that may be erased. Though not harmful, could be scary :-) Fixed.
- Sometimes an error message was displayed, saying that ASOBjc Runner could not be found. Fixed.
- Sometimes the list of disks could be empty. Blame System Events… Fixed.
- Japanese localization, thanks to François Cheng !
- Finnish localization, thanks to Teemu Masalin !
New in DiskMaker X 2.0 RC 2 (Jul 24, 2012)
- Now signed with Developer ID to make GateKeeper in Mountain Lion happy :-)
- Choosing the wrong type of file or a DMG file led to an error. Fixed.
- On Macs running Mac OS X 10.6.x, the defaults command could not read the path of some temporary file if used with the .plist extension, leading to an error. Fixed.
- Removed an unnecessary icon in the package.
New in DiskMaker X 2.0 RC 1 (Jul 23, 2012)
- Compatible with Mountain Lion and still compatible with Lion !
- No more 4 GB drive support. Time to buy an 8 GB USB thumb drive, people.
- Now only relying on Spotlight to find the OS X Installer file. It will of course find it if it is in /Applications.
- You can use the Install OS X application OR the InstallESD.dmg file, if you prefer to keep only this one.
- Progress bars ! Yeah, now the copying process displays progress and the name of currently copied file. AWESOMENESS. I use AsOBjcC-Runner for that (http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/runner.html).
- The process to select the disk to erase is a lot less clunkier. Now all the disks are displayed in a neat list.
- Before erasing the disk, the dialog eventually displays the volumes that might be erased as well, thus preventing to erase a full disk mistakenly.
- If you choose an 8 GB disk, the full disk is erase in GPT format, making it easier to boot on it.
- Now proposes a list of DVD burners (internal, external, USB, Firewire). Should make some people happy.
- Better burning process. Or I hope. Not much tested though. You’d rather use a USB thumb key, REALLY. Please note that only dual Layer 8,7 GB DVD are supported with Mountain Lion.
- New Icon ! But not great, I hope to have another one soon.
- New alert sound when Lion DiskMaker has finished… Woohoo ! ;-)
- New option to open Startup Disk Preference when the disk is ready.
- The name of the disk now displays the OS sub-version (i.e. 10.7.4).
New in DiskMaker X 1.7 (May 11, 2012)
- More localizations : Lion DiskMaker is now translated in Italian (thanks Nicola Castaman), German (thanks Johannes Huber) and simplified Chinese ((thanks Tommy Yang) !
- No more timeouts if a dialog is left open and idle.
New in DiskMaker X 1.7 Beta 1 (Mar 1, 2012)
- 4 GB USB drives again compatible with Lion 10.7.3. I had to regain space by not copying AdditionalSpeechVoices.pkg (which is NOT essential) if you choose to use a 4 GB USB thumb drive. Lion DiskMaker will propose to copy AdditionalSpeechVoices.pkg on the Desktop after creating the disk.
- Now you can use Lion DiskMaker to create a boot disk without reformating the WHOLE volume. Now, if you use a bigger-than-4-GB disk, only the volume selected to install Lion DiskMaker will be erased. The other volumes will be kept safe.
- If you use a more-than-4GB drive, the disk will be visible in the Startup control panel, with its real name… but the disk will need to use the GUID partition scheme.
- More languages : Lion DiskMaker is now translated in Italian and Chinese ! A german version should arrive soon.
New in DiskMaker X 1.6.3 (Sep 23, 2011)
- Fixed now infamous error -10006 which happened mostly if your Finder displays the full path to a window instead of the name (an option you can activate with third-party system tools or command line).
- Added 2 localizations : Spanish (thanks to Fernando Juan-Santos) and Czech (thanks to Boris Dušek). If you want to help Lion DiskMaker, you can also propose new translations.
New in DiskMaker X 1.6.2 (Sep 23, 2011)
- Removed the Automatic detection of disks. People tend to not read the alert message saying that the whole drive would be erased, so better no detection than bad detection and complaining. You have now to manually select your USB stick or whatever drive by yourself.
- Added an extra warning message before erasing the disk. Read first paragraph.
New in DiskMaker X 1.6.1 (Aug 26, 2011)
- The infamous « MyDiskName variable not defined » should have been definitely squashed now, hopefully.
New in DiskMaker X 1.6 (Aug 26, 2011)
- Fixed the MyDiskName variable problem encountered by many…
- Fixed English localization not appearing. Sorry English-speaking people who’ve been confronted to French
- Changed the language of comments in the script to English.
- Changed a few variables names to avoid confusion.
- Now Spotlight looks for the full, literal « Install Mac OS X Lion » string. Should limit the risk of showing wrong files.
- A few buttons’ texts have been shortened.
New in DiskMaker X 1.6 (Aug 23, 2011)
- Fixed the MyDiskName variable problem encountered by many…
- Fixed English localization not appearing. Sorry English-speaking people who’ve been confronted to French
- Changed the language of comments in the script to English.
- Changed a few variables names to avoid confusion.
- Now Spotlight looks for the full, literal « Install Mac OS X Lion » string. Should limit the risk of showing wrong files.
- A few buttons’ texts have been shortened.
New in DiskMaker X 1.5 (Aug 22, 2011)
- Full localization support ! No more different versions for US or French, now the script will use the proper localization automatically according to your’s system language ! And if you wish to translate it in another language, please get in touch with me, the job will be VERY easy to do (juste a mere file to translate).
- Icons in dialog messages. Because, well… I just could.
- Full support for InstallESD.dmg files, in case you used this one instead.
- Smarter choice of eligible disk. Lion DiskMaker will try to detect if you use a small (less than 8,5 GB), removable drive, and will propose to use it automatically. You’ll still be able to change it though.
- Utilities folder is now automatically copied at the root of the Install disc, so that you won’t have to search in the subfolders for these tools (especially the Firmware Password Utility…). And yup, its name is automatically localized.
- When you open the disk, it will look beautiful now ! You will find the « Install Mac OS X Lion » application, Utilities folder, properly aligned with the neat background . Now THAT looks cool ! And it has a bonus effect: it appears in the Startup Manager, so you will know you have to choose this one.
- And because we thought we could make it even cooler… A nice custom icon for your disk ! Won’t work for DVDs, sorry !
- I also worked-around an issue with Lion DiskMaker failing when a Mac has two DVD drives or more connected to it. Thus, now the first drive considered will always be the first internal one. If you want to use another, just change the needed parameter in the script by opening it with AppleScript Editor.
- And a few small issues fixed.
New in DiskMaker X 1.3 (Aug 3, 2011)
- US translation.
- Bug fixes.