How to write to mounted disc image

I need to add a file to a disc image I created, but it always comes up no write no matter what I do.
Anyone know a good tip to do this?
Thanks.

That sounds excellent, thanks.
I also found this old tip on Mac OSX Tips. In Terminal type:
hdiutil attach yourDisc.dmg -shadow /tmp/yourDisc.shadow -noverify
You can then write to the shadow image, and make a disc image copy of the mounted shadow.
I think yours is a bit quicker though, but I thought you might enjoy this anyway in a pinch.

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Somethings gone wrong with my iMac, I've attempted to mount a disc image, and I receive the following error:
"The following disc images failed to mount. Reason: No such file or directory"
This now happens with every single .dmg file I try to mount. Even ones I know work because i've used them before. So I know for a fact that the file I've tried to mount isn't just been damaged.
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Copying file from mounted disc image.

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OK, we fixed this for now with the simple, but common Mac way of
throwing something in the trash.
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Apple networking is annoying, but then on the other, it's easy. We lose printing in a similar way.
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That worked however when I insert a blank DVD-R, the disk image still has to be copied to the DVD-R buffer and then it can be burned. And so this doesn't really save any steps - the "copying into the buffer" step still has to occur whether or not you have created a disk image of your files. So creating a disk image doesn't really shorten the process of burning multiple copies of a DVD.
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3. choose "burn" (the actual burning also takes a long time)
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drag the dmg to the dock, right click, and "open at login?", that should achieve what you want

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I will do my best, First Why are you making a sparse image and then burning? To Me this seems like extra work. What you can do is make a Burn Folder, add the things you want burned and then burn it. It will add Icons for the stuff in it with an alias Icon but it will burn the file not just an alias. I personally only use the images when I want to secure something with a password, or store files I've downloaded.
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