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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
v.0.5.5b | 9/16/2007
| 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
v.0.5.4b | 4/9/2006
| 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)
v.0.5.3b | 7/25/2005
| 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
v.0.5.2b | 7/11/2005
| "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
v0.5.1b | 4/7/2005
| 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
v0.5b | 3/23/2005
| 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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