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Mac App: How to Install Stuff

May 12, 2006 on 6:17 am | In Mac Apps | No Comments

Okay, on a mac there are usually two ways to install something:

1. Double click the executable/installer
2. Drag and drop the executable into your Applications folder (or some other folder of your choosing)

How do you tell which is which? Well, read the readme file that came with the app. If it doesn’t have a readme file, you can always try to double click the file. If it opens and starts running, you know that you need to perform Option 2 (the drag and drop method). If it starts installing and asks for a place to install, you know that you are using an installer.