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+# Information for making the DMG
+
+## How to make the DS_Store file needed for the DMG prettification
+
+> ALSO SEE https://www.ej-technologies.com/resources/install4j/help/doc/concepts/dmgStyling.html
+
+```
+cp ../../build/install4j/11/Jalview-OFFLINE_macos-app_DEVELOPMENT-j11.dmg ./temp.dmg
+
+hdiutil convert temp.dmg -format UDRW -o temp_rw.dmg
+
+CURSIZE=`hdiutil resize temp_rw.dmg | perl -n -e 'm/^\s*\d+\s+(\d+)\s+\d+$/ && print "$1\n";'`
+
+NEWSIZE=$(( CURSIZE + 20000))
+
+hdiutil resize -sectors $NEWSIZE temp_rw.dmg
+
+open temp_rw.dmg
+
+open /Volumes/Jalview\ Installer
+```
+
+Then manually position/resize icons, extend size of Finder window, etc
+
+```
+cp /Volumes/Jalview\ Installer/.DS_Store ./DS_Store_N
+
+umount /Volumes/Jalview\ Installer
+```
+
+## Background image
+
+The vector version of this is made in Adobe Illustrator and saved as the pdf jalview_dmg_background_layers.pdf
+
+This is then exported as 300dpi PNG to jalview_dmg_background_large.png
+
+This is then converted to the right size, with DPI information removed with ImageMagick
+
+```
+convert -geometry 500x461 utils/install4j/jalview_dmg_background_large.png  -strip  utils/install4j/jalview_dmg_background.png
+```