Hi Jason - A .dmg file stands for 'Disk Image' so it's kinda like inserting a CD. You double-click on a .dmg file to 'mount it' on your desktop. You'll see a new icon - could be a folder - and when you double-click on that you'll see the contents of what's contained in the .dmg file. (By the way, to 'eject' the mounted .dmg file, you either 'control+click' or 'right-click' or drag the icon on the desktop to the trash icon on your dock (which will change to a trash can.)
Anyway... you never run an application from the mounted .dmg's folder. rather, you drag it to your 'Applications' folder and run it from there. Sometimes, whoever created the .dmg file conveniently provides a shortcut to the 'Applications' folder (denoted by a small black arrow) so you can drag the application to that and drop it. If not, open a new Finder window, navigate your way to your 'Applications' folder and then, making sure you can see both the mounted .dmg's Finder window and the 'Applications' folder window, you can drag and drop between the two folders. Once you've got the app - in this case, 'Quicksilver' - into your applications folder, eject the mounted .dmg and then delete the actual .dmg file you downloaded - you don't need that anymore. Find Quicksilver in your applications folder, double-click on it and off you go. Same goes for many other applications too. Sometimes, you get a '.pkg' file to install an application. In those cases - just double-click on the file and follow the on-screen instructions to install the app. Enjoy your Mac. Tim. PS: I was typing this when Patrick sent his reply. This is the long version ;-) On 15 Aug 2013, at 06:30, Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried installing quicksilver by downloading from the website. The .dmg file > downloads onto my mac, I double click on icon, input my password but the > application never loads. What's going on? I'm a brand new mac user. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Quicksilver" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quicksilver" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
