Specifying the Contents

The contents of a metapackage are made up of packages and other metapackages. You specify the contents in the “Contents” tab of the PackageMaker user interface. The contents can be located at one of three places:


Specifying the package location

No matter which of these locations you choose, you are responsible for moving the contents there, either before or after the metapackage is built.

You can add/remove packages/metapackages from the metapackage using the + and - buttons and can also add packages/metapackages via drag-n-drop. Content items can be assigned attributes, which will affect how they are displayed in Installer.app if the user customizes the install:


Specifying the package attributes