> that's the only way to have an icon Icon for what? .apps inside dmgs have icons just fine, like anywhere else (locally). Moreover, people add background imag

> that's the only way to have an icon Icon for what? .apps inside dmgs have icons just fine, like anywhere else (locally). Moreover, people add background images via some special metadata files, to have those arrows telling you to drop the .app onto the symlink to the Applications folder.