Still can't see my custom icon on installer

[Michael_Tsai]

@Livfoss

When you suggest Go > Computer, all I get is a list of the usual suspects (Applications, Dropbox etc) with their own little monochrome icons. If I have already double-clicked on the dmg file, I get it represented by a standard monochrome representation of a disc - I tend to think of icons as coloured, but maybe that is stupid in this context.

You seem to be referring to the monochrome icons in the sidebar of the Finder window. I’m talking about the main part of the Finder window. When you choose Go > Computer, you should see your hard drive, perhaps a Time Machine volume, Network, Remote Disc, and any mounted disk images.

@Livfoss

The icon of the dmg itself (in this example, I put it on the desktop) is unaffected.

Right, as I said above, it’s the mounted disk image, i.e. the virtual disk that you see when you double-click the .dmg file, that gets the custom icon. Please see here for an example. Without the custom icon, it would be pure white instead of having the DropDMG icon badged on it.

@Livfoss

As to the other issue, I’m not sure where the conversion of the file is allowed or catered for in DropDMG: of course it must be there, but I did not see it in the Configurations or Advance.

The Preferences window is for configuring DropDMG’s settings. Actions are performed in the main window or from the File menu. You may also want to look at the Basics section of the manual, as I think it will make more sense if you see the big picture.

@Livfoss

Of course, I didn’t really create the installer with an earlier version of MacOS, as everything I’ve been doing has been done in the last few days on the same computer - so the problem really does appear to be an issue with the Transmit FTP client.

I really think there must be some other factor here. A regular .dmg file will survive transfer via Transmit just fine. It will have exactly the same size, contents, and checksum as the original.