Comments on: How to Install Software from DMG Files on a Mac

By: Louie

Louie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:29:24 +0000

I tried both ways and all I get is this message “The application could not be launched because this system is incompatible.” I have a Powerbook G4 running Mac OS 10.2.8 … what am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help.

By: Of Zen and Computing

Of Zen and Computing — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:41:04 +0000

Tom: I took the long way. You can usually just drag and drop the application icon onto the Applications folder shortcut in the same Finder window as the DMG’s contents. Not every application comes with this shortcut though, so my explanation takes the long way.

I think Apple’s method of software installation is a huge step forward, and I like the drop & drop approach much better than the typical “Wizards” found on PCs. I also partially agree with you, in that there is always room for improvement. I would love to see a method of installing applications via drag and drop that still gives the user an opportunity to do a custom installation that excludes unnecessary parts of the program, or 3rd party “helper” applications.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:48:39 +0000

Thanks for the walk-through, very useful, although if you’ve had to write it and by your own admission it’s a common problem then the Mac installation of a .dmg process could hardly at any stage be called ‘intuitive’.

By: ganesh

ganesh — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:15:52 +0000

nice tutorial…..

By: Pamela Dooley

Pamela Dooley — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:45:20 +0000

I would like permission to use your directions for “How to Install Software from DMG Files on a Mac” for the Web Mastering course I am writing.

By: jessica

jessica — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:34:54 +0000

Everytime i try to open the .dmg file, it opens as ‘data’! i fixed this once before but now i am stuck and can’t seem to get this running. any advice you can give would be very helpful.

By: Suresh

Suresh — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:11:05 +0000

It worked.. Thanks

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:12:09 +0000

I’m one of those novice users who was completely confused by the download process and was quickly becoming frustrated. Thanks so much for this quick tip, it worked perfectly!

By: Tyrone Lee

Tyrone Lee — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:21:04 +0000

Thanks for this I was desparate to learn so bad because i am from Vista and Xp pro back ground.

OSx86 is new to me

By: krishna

krishna — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:29:06 +0000

hey.. that was really simple. all this time I had to mount my application and use it.

thank you very much.

krishna