diff --git a/bin/osx-release b/bin/osx-release
index 868747e5ccc48f7c21adce59a7819fe7b1f42743..0165e4b915613d628c3e1b25a8c609e8d930525e 100755
--- a/bin/osx-release
+++ b/bin/osx-release
@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ sub create_dmg_from_source_dir {
            '-fs', 'HFS+',
            '-fsargs', '-c c=64,a=16,e=16',
            '-format', 'UDRW',
-           '-size', '256MB',          # it looks like this can be whatever size we want; compression slims it down
+           '-size', '512MB',          # has to be big enough to hold everything uncompressed, but doesn't matter if there's extra space -- compression slims it down
            $dmg_filename) == 0 or die $!;
+
+    announce "$dmg_filename created.";
 }
 
 # Mount the disk image, return the device name