Downloaded .dmg files will not mount

Since upgrading to Snow Leopard, I cannot get any downloaded .dmg files to do anything. After downloading them, I double click on them and nothing happens. Nothing. No error message. No bouncing dock icons. Nothing. I've tried downloading them using Firefox and Safari with the same results. This is happening with all .dmg files, not just the same ones, so I know it's not unique to a particular .dmg file.

Any ideas or fixes? Anyone else having this issue?

15" Macbook Pro (LED screen, pre-unibody), Mac OS X (10.6), MBP: 2.4Ghz, 2Gb RAM

Posted on Sep 1, 2009 2:42 PM

36 replies

an4rew

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Sep 16, 2009 4:27 PM in response to an4rew

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Sep 19, 2009 12:31 PM in response to A A P L

I hate to have to keep doing this ALL the time just to get the files to be recognized and open the correct application. Anyone else have an idea what we can do to result the issue.

LoganGreer Author

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Sep 19, 2009 12:35 PM in response to LoganGreer

Has anyone filed an official bug report with Apple about this yet? I know there's a way to do it, but I can't remember how.

Sep 19, 2009 12:44 PM in response to LoganGreer

No I have not and not sure how to do that either

Ian W.

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Oct 1, 2009 8:23 AM in response to LoganGreer

This is just a "me too" post. I've tried deleting Finder and LaunchServices preferences, neither of which helps.

Oct 1, 2009 10:23 PM in response to Wei-Shen Lin

Snow Leopard was installed over Leopard 10.5.8 (itself resulting from lots of upgrades from Tiger).
No problem here with .dmg files

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Downloaded .dmg files will not mount