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Someone Finally Fixed Installing Apps on a Mac

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Justin Pot
Someone Finally Fixed Installing Apps on a Mac
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EasyDMG is a new utility tool designed to simplify the process of installing software on macOS by automating the mounting, copying, and cleanup of DMG files. It aims to replace the traditional, manual installation dance with a single-click experience.

You download a DMG file, open it to mount a virtual disk, and drag the application from there to your Applications folder. Then, to keep things tidy, you need to unmount the virtual disk and delete the DMG file. It's … convoluted. To be fair, it was relatively streamlined back in 2001 when it became the main way to install applications on the then-new Mac OS X. But that was a quarter-century ago, and there has to be a better way by now.

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