[X-Unix] Disk utility wierdness

[William H. Magill]

On 11 Feb, 2004, at 03:01, Kirk McElhearn wrote:

> On 2/11/04 3:09 AM, "William H. Magill" <magill at mcgillsociety.org> 
> wrote:
>
>> A) What does the line indicate?
>>
>> B) Why is the DMG there? -- after reboot, i.e. when the DMG is NOT
>> mounted.
>>
>> C) Why don't all the other DMG files I have on various drives
>> (including on that same drive) show up in Disk Utility?
>>
>> D) Why doesn't it go away?
>
> Think of the left side of the DU window as a type of sidebar, like in 
> the
> finder. When you create a DMG, it gets added to that sidebar, _in 
> case_ you
> want to do something more with it. Only those you create from DU show 
> up
> there, as well as any you manipulate directly with DU.
>
> To remove it, just drag it off - poof!

Fascinating... I guess the EPSON update used Disk Utility to create the 
DMG.

Although the backup dmg's I've created in the past have never done that.

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William H. Magill
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