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- Changes to Apple SW Updates
- March 27, 1997
-
- Over the next few weeks, we will be introducing exciting
- improvements to Apple Software Updates.
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- The all-new Disk Copy 6.1 provides the technology to make
- software downloading and installation easier than it has
- ever been before. Disk Copy 6.1 is required to take
- advantage of the new changes. Download Disk Copy 6.1 today
- to be ready for the changes to Apple Software Updates!
-
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- New Packaging for Easier Installation
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- Nearly all self-extracting archives (".sea" files) on Apple
- Software Updates will be converted to a new format that will
- make downloading software updates faster and easier. This
- format is called New Disk Image Format, or NDIF.
-
- Disk Images in NDIF format are compressed to save space and
- download time, and decompress transparently at lightening
- speed when they are in use. Now you can access software
- instantly with just a double-click with no more leftover
- self-extracting archives. You can even mount and install
- software directly from NDIF disk images on the desktop
- instead of making floppy disks. If that was not easy enough,
- you can even automate software installation by the use of
- scripts. The NDIF format also includes checksums which
- guarantee the data integrity of disk images.
-
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- How Will this Work?
-
- The existing disk image format requires the following steps:
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- Download and decode the .hqx (BinHex) file (or files), which
- results in a .sea file. Most Web browsers use Stuffit
- Expander to decode; most FTP clients decode on the fly.
- Double-click the .sea file to launch it and decompress the
- enclosed disk image. Throw away the .sea file. Make a floppy
- from the disk image. Insert the floppy and run the
- Installer, which will ask you to insert any other floppies
- that are part of the installation.
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- The new NDIF format will require the following steps:
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- Download and decode the .hqx (BinHex) file (or files), which
- results in a Disk Copy NDIF disk image. Double-click on the
- disk image to mount it on the desktop. Run the Installer.
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- Optionally, you can also use DiskScript files:
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- Download the DiskScript file and place it in the same folder
- as the disk images that are part of the installation.
- Double-click on the DiskScript file. Disk Copy will
- automatically mount all the disk images that are part of an
- installation and run the Installer. When the Installer
- quits, all the disk images will unmount.
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- Disk Copy 6.1
-
- Disk Copy 6.1 is a completely overhauled and updated version
- of Apple's disk image utility. It is required to use the new
- NDIF format disk images. Disk Copy 6.1 offers the following
- features:
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- Make exact copies of floppy disks. Mount disk images on your
- desktop instead of creating floppy disks. Convert disk
- images from one format to another. Create your own disk
- images of any mounted volume. Create your own disk images of
- any folder. Supports NDIF disk images, existing disk image
- formats, and PC drive container files. Can be used to create
- your own compressed disk image files to save space on your
- hard drive. Can be used to archive your floppy disk
- collection. Completely supports AppleScript for easy
- automation.
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- Disk Copy 6.1 supports all 680x0-based Mac OS computers
- running System 7.0.1 or later, and it offers enhanced
- performance when used on PowerPC-based Mac OS computers.