'How do you use these DMG files properly when downloading applications? Sometimes when I download apps a DMG file opens and there are instructions to install the program when I open it. MacFixIt reader Mary wrote in with a question about this: The file will likely be named similarly to the application, and some people may be a bit confused about how to properly use what they have downloaded. dmg file instead of the application itself.
When you purchase an application or download it from a the Internet, often it will download as a.