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defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-verify TRUEWant to drag a file to another folder and copy it instead of moving it? Press the Option key when you drag that file and it'll be duplicated rather than moved entirely.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Frederik Lundgren said 9:19AM on 8-18-2008
This can be set from the preferences in Disk Utility also. Actually better from there because you can set two different options for when to check.
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Karl said 9:19AM on 8-18-2008
Instead of using the defaults command in a Terminal session, you can just launch Disk Utility and change the setting in its preferences.
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Dbs143 said 9:29AM on 8-18-2008
i don't understand. doesn't the skip button work just as well?
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ximon said 9:54AM on 8-18-2008
"…sometimes [this process] is completely unnecessary. To stop disk image verification forever…"
Wait, what? Wouldn't the skip button be better for those times that the process is unnecessary? Babies and bathwater spring to mind...
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Dave said 6:08PM on 8-18-2008
Exactly. I would rather leave this enabled because unless the image is really large, it doesn't take a long time to complete. And, quite frankly, those extra few seconds make me feel better about the contents that I'm copying out of the newly mounted volume.
Raphael Salgado said 9:56AM on 8-18-2008
What about the "The disk image you are opening may be damaged and could damage your system. Are you sure you want to open this disk image?" prompt - I make DMG images in Disk Utility for my kids' games so I don't have to insert each disc for them and have them load on startup, but I get 10 prompts at every bootup. What am I doing wrong?
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yagorob said 7:02PM on 8-18-2008
this happens to me too. same scenario with the kids' programs. i dont know what causes it... i think it might have happened after a security update, or maybe after upgrading from 10.3 to 10.4? don't remember.
Peter Zich said 11:07AM on 8-18-2008
The problem is you can no longer skip verification after creating an image as of 10.5, this fixes that.
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Peter Zich said 11:11AM on 8-18-2008
Actually, this may not do what I'm talking about, I'd really like to be able to do that.
MfS said 11:41AM on 8-18-2008
Now if only there was a way to cancel out of the "verifying..." time it takes after burning any kind of CD or DVD...
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Ted said 12:17PM on 8-18-2008
Nice! I'm tired of click the skip button.
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Big John said 5:21PM on 8-18-2008
Thanks for this!
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PCheese said 7:16PM on 8-18-2008
Just repair the disk image in Disk Utility. You may first have to convert it to read/write if you imaged it as read-only.
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