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I find it pretty hard to believe that this is really the most typical response. Most Mac software downloaded goes like this: Double-click to mount, drag Applica
by powrtoch 16y ago
I find it pretty hard to believe that this is really the most typical response. Most Mac software downloaded goes like this: Double-click to mount, drag Application into Applications folder. Two steps, usually with big arrows to make it as clear as possible. The only other use case I know is: Double-click to mount, Double-click installer, click through till you're done. And most Mac users I know (non-techies) have installed several third party applications.
- xinsight 16y agoYou left out the most important and confusing step: Running the app. That requires not clicking on the icon you see in the dmg folder, but opening the applications folder and scanning all the apps looking for the unfamiliar one that was just installed.
- djacobs 16y agoI've had several friends come to me after installing their first OS X application, saying they thought they had a virus. "Whenever I try to run this application, I get the warning 'This was downloaded from the internet', etc., etc. I have to click 'Okay' every time I use the app. It doesn't seem safe." The problem? They had dragged the app straight from the disk image onto the dock. That said, OS X installation is about as simple as you can get. (Though I wish Apple would finally include Homebrew as its default package manager.)