Okay, Maybe I figured out what was going wrong. I was trying to paste it to the Applications folder that was showing in the DMG window, which is an alias. When I pasted it to the actual applications folder it worked.
Thanks for the reassurance. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Pioneer, and Musician dgcarlson0...@gmail.com On Nov 20, 2022, at 8:53 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: Open the dmg, interact with the volume then select and copy with command -c the application file and paste it with command-v to the Applications folder. On the desktop select that volume and eject it >From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 11/20/2022 8:33 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > I’ve read all sorts of stuff on the web, and they say how simple it is. Just > drag the resulting app to the applications folder. Really? > Here’s what I’m experiencing: > 1. Command O on the .DMG file > 2. A finder window opens with just to entries > One is Applications, and the other is the name of the program I’m installing. > 3. Also, on my desktop I get an entry (must be a volume) with the same > program name. > 4. So do I just do a Command+c to copy the program name item and > Command+Option+V to paste it to the applications folder? > Doesn’t do a thing. > What am I doing so wrong? > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Pioneer, and Musician > dgcarlson0...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/1AF70EA5-CCD5-42DC-8E8C-2DDA96567C89%40gmail.com.
