When this file opens, you will then follow the basic steps to install the application. This is a “package installer”, and you simply press control-option-space or command-o on the file. When you open or “mount” the disk image (.DMG file), you will find a file with a. These are also third party applications you will download from developer websites or some other source.

Once you have copied the application file, close or go back to the open disk image to close it with command-w.įinally, a third way of installing applications is doing exactly that.

If this is not present, you will have to navigate to the Applications Folder and then press, command-v to paste the applications file into that folder.

If there is an item that says, “applications alias”, this is a shortcut to your Applications folder and you can press, command-v when you are on that alias to copy the application directly into your Applications folder.

Copy the application file with command-c.

Change the view to list or columns with either command-2 or command-3.

DMG file with control-option-space or command-O. To deal with these files, try the following steps: These usually come in what are known as disk images and come with. Copying Applications to the Applications FolderĪ second manner of getting applications is by way of downloading them from a third party website.

You don’t need to do anything more than that, and you will then be able to find the application available to be launched from your Applications folder or you can then place a shortcut to the Dock for it by pressing shift-command-t when you are on that application in Finder. One simply buys or chooses the “Free” button from the store and the application is automatically downloaded into your Applications folder. This is the easiest and most convenient method for installing applications. The Mac App StoreĪs of Snow Leopard 10.6.8, we now have the Mac App store as a place where we can buy or download applications. This will depend on the application itself and the version of the Mac OS you are running. There are three basic ways that one will find for installing applications. General Mac OS X How to Install Applications on the Mac The specific instructions are under heading level 3 for each “how to” post. I have separated the topics in heading level 2, such as General Mac OS X, Finder, Safari, etc. Note that one can use header navigation with their screen reader for faster navigation. Here are some “how to” instructions related to the Mac itself.

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