What'S A Dmg File Archive That You

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But after the download when I click on it I get some cant mount error.

What is a DMG file.

What is the equivalent of a PC.ZIP or.EXE file for Macs then Many THanks Michael.

If it wont mount its possible the file is corrupted, or incomplete.

Also I think there is a way to not automatically verify dmg files, which will sometimes let you mount dmgs with weird behaviors.

One reason its harder to make viruses for mac os.

What'S A Dmg File Archive That You

As of 10.3, the OS can zip and unzip zip files, but the standard archive that you may see for the mac is.sit, which is a stuffit archive.

Theres also gzip and tar, but I dont really know much bout those.

Product Installed.pkg (package) is kinda like the equivalent of a setup.exe.

Double click it, and you should get a virtual disk on your desktop.

Copy the program from the virtual disk to your hard disk applications folder, and youre set.

You can then eject the virtual disk.

Agreed. sounds like your.dmg didnt download correctly.

As for Bobws question, I dont have the link as I cant find it now.

I was trying to download the copy of some non region DVD player for my Mac (I think its called VPC).

I tried downloading this several times and aint had no luck THanks Myke.

So I little preventive maintenance can go a long way IMHO after most every major software install (even from Apple) a person should go to Applications-Utilities-Disk Utility and run Repair Permissions.

Unix uses all kinds of Permissions for files and a lot of software developers still havent figured then all out yet.

So running Disk Utility and Repairing Permissions will save many future software headaches.

One more thing, you can always do a Get Info on a file by highlighting a file and select File-Get Info or do a commandthe Apple buttoni (the same output).

Inside that window is an Open With and you can choose which program open the file.

The one mine is set at is DiskImageMounter and.dmg files all open good.

Maybe you should check to see what the file is set to open with.