Where is the Disk Image Mounter Application located?

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Where is the Disk Image Mounter Application located?

Hi,

Sometimes when I download something I get it as a MPEG when it should be a DMG. I know I can go to Get Info and select open with but Disk Image Mounter does not show up so where would I find it exaclty? I tried doing a search and nothing came up either.

S.

iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 17" & 1.67GHz PowerPC G4 512 MB DDR SDRAM, Mac OS X (10.4.9), itunes 7.1.1

Posted on Oct 28, 2007 5:51 PM

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The Looby

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Oct 28, 2007 7:01 PM in response to spiralgirl

It's a sneaky one. I tried to catch it in the ActivityMonitor process list -- but it pops into existence for only a second or two when an image is first mounted. Too quick to inspect. But unix always provides a solution (or three). Try this in Terminal.app:

sudo find / -name "\ DiskImageMounter"

/System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app
/System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskImageMounte r
/System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app/Contents/Resources/DiskImageMo unter.scriptSuite
/System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app/Contents/Resources/DiskImageMo unter.scriptTerminology

BTW, the "sudo" prefix is optional -- it just avoids cluttering-up the output with a gaggle of "permission denied" error messages. If you don't have admin privileges, redirecting stderr to the bit bucket will do the same:

find / -name "\ DiskImageMounter" 2> /dev/null

...in the beginning was the command line,

Looby

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J.C

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Oct 28, 2007 7:29 PM in response to spiralgirl

Hi there

Disk Image Mounter is located in
/System/Library/CoreServices

J.C

Sorry, didn't read entire post just up to terminal command. Will be more vigilant in future.

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spiralgirl Author

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Oct 28, 2007 8:08 PM in response to The Looby

The Looby,

Thanks, found it in HD/System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter.app

The problem is when I select the MPEG and hit Get Info or Open With and I go to that spot the DiskImageMounter.app is faded out so I can't select that as an option. It only lets me pick DivX Converter.app, DivX Player.app, Microsoft Excel, Path Finder.app or Stuffit Expander or Other. Help?

Any ideas?

S.

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The Looby

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Oct 28, 2007 9:17 PM in response to spiralgirl

Not sure how a .dmg would end up with an .mpg suffix -- but if the file contents really are in .dmg format, simply re-naming the file to a .dmg suffix should do the trick. (If it's anything valuable/irreplaceable, I'd suggest making copy before running that experiment.)

An MPEG isn't a "disk image" (in the unix filesystem sense), so D.I.M. wouldn't know what to do with it.

I tried just clicking DiskImageMounter.app, but only got a "puff of mist" and no window -- pretty much what I expected. It's clearly not intended to be run as a stand-alone app, and probably requires some magical incantations/parameters at launch-time.

If you're a command-line hacker, you might find something interesting in the man pages for: hdiutil(1), hdid(8), load_hdi(8), and stuff like that.

...or search http://developer.apple.com for DiskImageMounter documentation,

Looby

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spiralgirl Author

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Oct 28, 2007 9:50 PM in response to The Looby

The Looby,

No, I'm not a command line hacker but wish I was, sounds fascinating. Thanks, I'll try what you suggested and look at the Disk Image Mounter info as well.

S.

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Niel

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Oct 29, 2007 6:13 PM in response to spiralgirl

Click Other, choose All Applications from the menu at the top, and then navigate to either the Disk Image Mounter or Disk Utility.

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spiralgirl Author

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Nov 6, 2007 10:17 AM in response to Niel

Niel,

Thanks, I've tried other and Disk Image Mounter is faded out so can't choose that option. That's the problem. Would disk utility make it a dmg I haven't tried that option.

S.

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spiralgirl Author

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Nov 24, 2007 12:24 PM in response to spiralgirl

I still haven't figured this out and have tried the suggestions here so will leave it for now.

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