diff --git a/data/scripts/create_apple_dmg.sh b/data/scripts/create_apple_dmg.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# by Andy Maloney
+# http://asmaloney.com/2013/07/howto/packaging-a-mac-os-x-application-using-a-dmg/
+
+# make sure we are in the correct dir when we double-click a .command file
+dir=${0%/*}
+if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+  cd "$dir"
+fi
+
+# set up your app name, version number, and background image file name
+APP_NAME="LMMS"
+VERSION="1.0.0"
+DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG="dmg_branding.png"
+cp $HOME/lmms/data/$DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG .
+
+# you should not need to change these
+APP_EXE="${APP_NAME}.app/Contents/MacOS/${APP_NAME}"
+
+VOL_NAME="${APP_NAME} ${VERSION}"   # volume name will be "SuperCoolApp 1.0.0"
+DMG_TMP="${VOL_NAME}-temp.dmg"
+DMG_FINAL="${VOL_NAME}.dmg"         # final DMG name will be "SuperCoolApp 1.0.0.dmg"
+STAGING_DIR="./Install"             # we copy all our stuff into this dir
+
+# Check the background image DPI and convert it if it isn't 72x72
+_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_DPI_H=`sips -g dpiHeight ${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG} | grep -Eo '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+'`
+_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_DPI_W=`sips -g dpiWidth ${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG} | grep -Eo '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+'`
+
+if [ $(echo " $_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_DPI_H != 72.0 " | bc) -eq 1 -o $(echo " $_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_DPI_W != 72.0 " | bc) -eq 1 ]; then
+   echo "WARNING: The background image's DPI is not 72.  This will result in distorted backgrounds on Mac OS X 10.7+."
+   echo "         I will convert it to 72 DPI for you."
+   
+   _DMG_BACKGROUND_TMP="${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG%.*}"_dpifix."${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG##*.}"
+
+   sips -s dpiWidth 72 -s dpiHeight 72 ${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG} --out ${_DMG_BACKGROUND_TMP}
+   
+   DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG="${_DMG_BACKGROUND_TMP}"
+fi
+
+# clear out any old data
+rm -rf "${STAGING_DIR}" "${DMG_TMP}" "${DMG_FINAL}"
+
+# copy over the stuff we want in the final disk image to our staging dir
+mkdir -p "${STAGING_DIR}"
+cp -rpf "${APP_NAME}.app" "${STAGING_DIR}"
+# ... cp anything else you want in the DMG - documentation, etc.
+
+pushd "${STAGING_DIR}"
+
+# strip the executable
+echo "Stripping ${APP_EXE}..."
+strip -u -r "${APP_EXE}"
+
+# compress the executable if we have upx in PATH
+#  UPX: http://upx.sourceforge.net/
+if hash upx 2>/dev/null; then
+   echo "Compressing (UPX) ${APP_EXE}..."
+   upx -9 "${APP_EXE}"
+fi
+
+# ... perform any other stripping/compressing of libs and executables
+
+popd
+
+# figure out how big our DMG needs to be
+#  assumes our contents are at least 1M!
+SIZE=`du -sh "${STAGING_DIR}" | sed 's/\([0-9\.]*\)M\(.*\)/\1/'` 
+SIZE=`echo "${SIZE} + 1.0" | bc | awk '{print int($1+0.5)}'`
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+   echo "Error: Cannot compute size of staging dir"
+   exit
+fi
+
+# create the temp DMG file
+hdiutil create -srcfolder "${STAGING_DIR}" -volname "${VOL_NAME}" -fs HFS+ \
+      -fsargs "-c c=64,a=16,e=16" -format UDRW -size ${SIZE}M "${DMG_TMP}"
+
+echo "Created DMG: ${DMG_TMP}"
+
+# mount it and save the device
+DEVICE=$(hdiutil attach -readwrite -noverify "${DMG_TMP}" | \
+         egrep '^/dev/' | sed 1q | awk '{print $1}')
+
+sleep 2
+
+# add a link to the Applications dir
+echo "Add link to /Applications"
+pushd /Volumes/"${VOL_NAME}"
+ln -s /Applications
+popd
+
+# add a background image
+mkdir /Volumes/"${VOL_NAME}"/.background
+cp "${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG}" /Volumes/"${VOL_NAME}"/.background/
+
+# tell the Finder to resize the window, set the background,
+#  change the icon size, place the icons in the right position, etc.
+echo '
+   tell application "Finder"
+     tell disk "'${VOL_NAME}'"
+           open
+           set current view of container window to icon view
+           set toolbar visible of container window to false
+           set statusbar visible of container window to false
+           set the bounds of container window to {400, 100, 920, 440}
+           set viewOptions to the icon view options of container window
+           set arrangement of viewOptions to not arranged
+           set icon size of viewOptions to 72
+           set background picture of viewOptions to file ".background:'${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG}'"
+           set position of item "'${APP_NAME}'.app" of container window to {160, 205}
+           set position of item "Applications" of container window to {360, 205}
+           close
+           open
+           update without registering applications
+           delay 2
+     end tell
+   end tell
+' | osascript
+
+sync
+
+# unmount it
+hdiutil detach "${DEVICE}"
+
+# now make the final image a compressed disk image
+echo "Creating compressed image"
+hdiutil convert "${DMG_TMP}" -format UDZO -imagekey zlib-level=9 -o "${DMG_FINAL}"
+
+# clean up
+rm -rf "${DMG_TMP}"
+rm -rf "${STAGING_DIR}"
+rm -rf "${DMG_BACKGROUND_IMG}"
+
+echo 'Done.'
+
+exit
diff --git a/data/scripts/create_apple_installer.sh b/data/scripts/create_apple_installer.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#title         :create_applet_installer.sh
+#description   :Creates Apple ".app" bundle for LMMS
+#author        :Tres Finocchiaro
+#date          :20140331
+#version       :1.0
+#usage         :bash create_applet_installer.sh
+#notes         :See also https://github.com/LMMS
+#notes         :Troubleshooting try: export DYLD_PRINT_LIBRARIES=1
+#requires      :deploymacqt
+#=========================================================================================
+
+# MacPorts Location
+MACPORTS=/opt/local
+ 
+# LMMS compiled resources
+CMAKE_INSTALL=$HOME/lmms/target
+
+# Place to create ".app" bundle
+APP=$HOME/Desktop/LMMS.app
+
+# MacPorts installs libreadline with wrong permissions
+LIBREADLINE=$MACPORTS/lib/libreadline.6.2.dylib
+
+#=========================================================================================
+
+echo -e "\n\nRunning..."
+
+# Check for u+w permissions on libreadline
+_perm=`stat -f "%p" $LIBREADLINE`
+_perm=${_perm:3:1}
+if [ ${_perm} != "7" ]
+then
+  echo -e "\n\n\t\t\t\t***********\n\t\t\t\t* WARNING *\n\t\t\t\t***********"
+  echo -e "File $LIBREADLINE is not marked as user writable."
+  echo -e "This will break macdeployqt's linking process after it is copied."
+  echo -e "A sudo password is required to elevate and fix using chmod u+w."
+  echo -e "\nPLEASE ENTER SUDO PASSWORD:"
+  sudo chmod u+w $MACPORTS/lib/libreadline.6.2.dylib
+fi
+
+# Remove any old .app bundles
+rm -Rf $APP
+
+# Create new bundle, copy our built code to it
+mkdir -p $APP
+cd $CMAKE_INSTALL
+mkdir $APP/Contents
+cp -R * $APP/Contents
+
+# Make all libraries writable for macdeployqt
+cd $APP
+find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod u+w
+
+# Move lmms binary to the proper location
+mkdir -p $APP/Contents/MacOS
+mv $APP/Contents/bin/lmms $APP/Contents/MacOS
+rmdir $APP/Contents/bin
+
+# Move libraries to proper locations
+mkdir -p $APP/Contents/Frameworks
+mv $APP/Contents/lib/lmms/libZynAddSubFxCore.dylib \
+   $APP/Contents/Frameworks/libZynAddSubFxCore.dylib
+   
+mv $APP/Contents/lib/lmms/RemoteZynAddSubFx \
+   $APP/Contents/MacOS/RemoteZynAddSubFx
+
+# Fix more Zyn Linking issues
+# install_name_tool -change $CMAKE_INSTALL/lib/lmms/libZynAddSubFxCore.dylib \
+#   @loader_path/../../Frameworks/libZynAddSubFxCore.dylib \
+#   $APP/Contents/lib/lmms/libzynaddsubfx.so
+
+install_name_tool -change libZynAddSubFxCore.dylib \
+   @loader_path/../../Frameworks/libZynAddSubFxCore.dylib \
+   $APP/Contents/lib/lmms/libzynaddsubfx.so
+
+install_name_tool -change $HOME/lmms/build/plugins/zynaddsubfx/libZynAddSubFxCore.dylib \
+   @loader_path/../../Frameworks/libZynAddSubFxCore.dylib \
+   $APP/Contents/MacOS/RemoteZynAddSubFx
+
+# Build a list of shared objects in target/lib/lmms
+for file in  $APP/Contents/lib/lmms/*.so; do
+   _executables="$_executables -executable=$APP/Contents/lib/lmms/${file##*/}"
+done
+
+# Build a list of shared objects in target/lib/lmms/ladspa
+for file in  $APP/Contents/lib/lmms/ladspa/*.so; do
+   _executables="$_executables -executable=$APP/Contents/lib/lmms/ladspa/${file##*/}"
+done
+ 
+# Additional binaries that require linking
+_executables="$_executables -executable=$APP/Contents/MacOS/RemoteZynAddSubFx"
+_executables="$_executables -executable=$APP/Contents/Frameworks/libZynAddSubFxCore.dylib"
+
+# Build our App Package using "macdeployqt"
+macdeployqt $APP $_executables
+
+# OS X Specific Artwork
+cp $HOME/lmms/data/lmms.icns $APP/Contents/Resources/
+
+# Create "Info.plist" using lmms.icns file, http://iconverticons.com/online/)
+echo "\
+<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\"\
+\"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">\
+   <plist version=\"1.0\">\
+   <dict>\
+      <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>\
+      <string>lmms.icns</string>\
+   </dict>\
+</plist>" > "$APP/Contents/Info.plist"
+
+# Done.  Ready to build DMG
+echo -e "\nFinished.\n\nPlease run \"create_apple_dmg.sh\" to build the installer.\n"