How to create Mac Install file

[Leitchy]

Hello,

I am hunting around for a software solution that allows me to produce an install file for the Mac.

I've got an application that can only be run from the disk at the moment, but I want to be able for users to install these files to there desktop. Dragging the files from the CD to the desktop does not work due to the .app files looking for a named disk.

I've seen installers where they just drag an icon from the software to the applications folder which seemed really easy for the end user to do, but what is used to create such an interface?

Thanks!

 

[AdWright]

You need to create a Disk Image (.dmg), with a copy of the relevant application in it, along with an alias to the applications folder

http://www.ploem.be/blog/?page_id=26

 

[Whiskas]

Hi,

You could give Packagemaker a shot (it comes as part of the Developer Tools)- the version in Leopard now also supports Snapshots.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

You don't need to make an installer, it isn't needed.

You have 2 easy choices;

1) Make a .dmg image with the .app inside
2) Make a .pkg installed that auto-extracts the .dmg, mounts it and copies the .app to the Applications folder

It is the user that will "install" the app, unless you use a .pkg, and even then it will require root access permission *given by the user*