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Adding Packages to a Boot or Install Image

To include additional application (.app) or file (.pkg) packages in an image, add the packages to the image using System Image Utility.

You can add packages at the time you create an image or add packages to an existing image.

To add packages to a new image you're creating using System Image Utility, click the Add (+) button after you select the image source in the Contents pane.

To add packages to an existing image, open System Image Utility, click Images, and select the image in the list. Then click Edit, and click the Add (+) button in the Contents pane.

In either case, you can drag package icons from the Finder to the Other Items list in the Contents tab instead of using the Add (+) button.

Note: Using System Image Utility, you can add only embedded metapackages like iTunes and Apple Remote Desktop, which contain the packages they reference. As for unembedded metapackages (.mpkg files), you can't add them to an image using System Image Utility, but you can add the packages that they reference directly from the Finder.

You can also add packages to a boot or install image by modifying the image and its associated rc.cdrom.packagePath or minstallconfig.xml file in Terminal. For more information, see the system image chapter of the command-line administration guide.