cheers, thanks for the reply although it seems to contradict this effort thou. HowTo open .dmg file (Mac Disk Images) with Linux
I mentioned is not compressed, I also meant encrypted which does seem to pose issues! - however there seems to be many accounts of ppl mounting just using the -o loop, especially as this is a RW DMG which by definition are not compressed.
As for the local access with the iPhoto addon, not sure that will be an issue once the DMG is mounted, the source to the xml can be local or remote. I recall that being how it worked many years ago, and having just checked appears to be same.
Appreciate any further input