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Add "drag to applications folder" for Mac installer

Open seanewest opened this issue 7 months ago • 3 comments

When opening the .dmg file on a mac there is not textual instruction or graphic instructing the user to drag the application icon into their Applications Folder. I propose adding one to make it more obvious for the end user to know what to do.

We currently have an influx of Linux-curious users due to Bazzite, PewDiePie's Linux video, etc. Because of this, something as simple as this direction would go a long way for those that aren't (yet) as tech proficient.

seanewest avatar May 31 '25 09:05 seanewest

Do you mean a note to the README file? Or is there a way you can make it to show on Mac when opening the .dmg file?

grulja avatar Jun 02 '25 05:06 grulja

When opening the .dmg. It's a common graphical hint. One of the reasons it's helpful is because some apps have an installer in the .dmg that they want you to double click on, and some (like Media Writer) want you to drag it into Applications instead.

Here are some examples. I'm sure it'd be fine without as much graphical work though: just so the user knows what to do.

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seanewest avatar Jun 02 '25 06:06 seanewest

Often with these types of setups the applications folder in the opened dmg window actually is a functioning folder, so you can literally drag the icon of the app into it.

seanewest avatar Jun 02 '25 06:06 seanewest