The Creation Pane

After all previous panes have been completed, the creation pane takes the information and actually builds your packages one-by-one. For each item in the Contents pane, it will create a package as follows:

  1. Copy the file/directory at the specified path to a temporary location
  2. Apply recommended permissions
  3. Preserve resource forks
  4. Setup Locator definitions if the item is a relocatable application
  5. Assign an authorization level based on the specified install location
  6. Set the specified values for title, description, bundle identifier, version, post-install action, and resources
  7. Build the package
  8. Delete the temporary location

The assistant may require authentication to build the package(s).

If multiple items were specified, when the assistant finishes building each package, it will wrap them in a distribution or a metapackage as follows:

Metapackage

  1. Set the specified values for title, description, bundle identifier, version, and resources
  2. Add the packages as internal packages with selected status
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  3. Build the metapackage

Distribution

  1. Set the specified values for title, bundle identifier, version, and resources
  2. Create a choice for each package and add the package as an internal local package reference
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  3. Build the distribution

When creation is completed, you can view the package/metapackage in the Finder, edit it in PackageMaker, or test it in the Installer.