January 7th, 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.
August 6th, 2012· Workaround for « No Matching processes belonging to you were fond » error.
· Retina icon.
· Brazilian Portuguese translation, thanks to Paulo Neto.
August 2nd, 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.
July 27th, 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 !
July 24th, 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.
July 23rd, 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).
May 11th, 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.
March 1st, 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.
September 23rd, 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.
September 23rd, 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.
August 26th, 2011· The infamous « MyDiskName variable not defined » should have been definitely squashed now, hopefully.
August 26th, 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.
August 23rd, 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.
August 22nd, 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.
August 3rd, 2011· US translation.
· Bug fixes.
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