[travisgw]

Im brand new to macs coming over from a PC

Im having trouble understanding downloading software. When i download it it gives me a .dmg file which gives me some sort of image disk/drive that sits on my desktop and thats how i access the program. How do i just make it an application program?

Or do i put the .dmg file in applications and open it that way? just tryin to understand the logic and how the mac system works

[Hal Itosis]

A "*.dmg" is a disk image file.

Opening the image (double-click) means some program reads the data
and mounts the "disk" filesystem.

Look for your app inside the mounted volume, and copy it (the app, docs,
etc) where appropriate.

When the copying is done, eject/unmount the disk image.

Save the image file if you want to, or just throw it away.
(i.e., No, don't mount the image every time to run the
program on it. In fact... wedon't do that at all, usually).

[bowwowman]

d N d

Just mount the .dmg file, open it to find the app, then drag N drop it to the applications folder, OR if it has an "installer" or "filename.mpkg" file, dbl clik on it and select the applications folder as the destination.

Once dnd or installer is complete, drag the .dmg file to the trash can and and then empty the trash

[travisgw]

sweet thanks