When I open a DMG file, it hides the toolbar

[Oneechan69]

When I open a DMG file, it hides the toolbar, sometime it stays hidden when I'm on other tabs. How can I keep the toolbar visible when opening them?

This is what it looks like, and I just want the toolbar to be visible when I open DMG files.

 

[Darth.Titan]

I'm pretty sure that the creators of certain dmg files hide the toolbar (and sidebar) on purpose probably using a hidden .DS_STORE file. Like your example shows, this also allows them to make the icons larger and/or change the window background for aesthetic reasons.

There's no way I know of to override this, but Option-Command-T will bring the toolbar back.

 

[arw]

Not a real solution, but you can close the automatically opened window and navigate to the mounted dmg from a different Finder window / tab. Then it keeps your default view (a.e. Details instead of Icons) and your normal toolbar layout.

 

[Heindijs]

I remember Xtrafinder opening dmg files up into a new tab, which means you still have your toolbar. But I don’t know if it still does.

 

[Oneechan69]

I wish I could install and try xtrafinder but I have an 16'' MBP with the M1 Pro, and apparently xtrafinder doesn't work on it because it wasn't correctly compiled. It was compiled as arm64 instead of arm64e like it should've.

 

[bogdanw]

Simple QuickAction to mount DMG file(s), without opening the default window for the dmg


Basic script

for f in "$@"
do
hdiutil attach $f
done

Faster and opens /Volumes/ in Finder

for f in "$@"
do
hdiutil attach $f -noverify
done
open "/Volumes/"

 

[Oneechan69]

How exactly do I create it? In Automator I created a new quick action, copied the screenshot, tried both shell scripts, saved with CMD S before trying each one, then opened a DMG in Finder. That didn't work and the toolbar still got hidden each time. Here's what it looks like for me:

 

[bogdanw]

Instead of double click on a dmg, you right click and click on the created QuickAction

 

[Oneechan69]

Does the shell script open the volumes in list view by default or programmed to? Also do you know how I can make it so it runs when I double click DMG files?

 

[bogdanw]

Also do you know how I can make it so it runs when I double click DMG files?

Someone made an app for that: FastDMG https://sveinbjorn.org/fastdmg

 

[Oneechan69]

Someone made an app for that: FastDMG https://sveinbjorn.org/fastdmg

I installed it and restarted my Mac, but it doesn't work. It opens DMG files but keeps hiding the toolbar.

 

[bogdanw]

I installed it and restarted my Mac, but it doesn't work. It opens DMG files but keeps hiding the toolbar.

Uncheck “Open image after mounting” in the app.

 

[Oneechan69]

That works, but I would prefer if the DMG did open though. I'm still taking answers / solutions to this.

 

[bogdanw]

You can create your own app in Automator and open /Volumes/

for f in "$@"
do
    hdiutil attach "$f" -noverify
done
open /Volumes/

Opening the exact mounted volume will probably require more complex scripting.