Very, very new to MacBook Pro. Have downloaded latest Gimp image manipulation program / application. Expected it to appear in Applications folder, but it's in a folder named Devices. How do I relocate it to the Applications folder?
By default, when you download GIMP, it will go into your Downloads folder (provided you have not changed this destination).
Open a new Finder window before you double-click the GIMP installer, because it does not include a link target to your Applications folder. From the sidebar in the new Finder Window, click on Applications. Scroll to the bottom of that window, then drag and drop the GIMP-2.10 application icon from within the installer into the Applications folder.
Because GIMP is not installed from the Mac App Store, you first need to right-click on it and choose Open from the secondary menu. There will be a brief pause, and then you will see a progress bar where Apple's Gatekeeper is verifying GIMP. Then, another dialog will appear:
Click the Open button, and GIMP will then launch. From this point forward, GIMP will launch like any normal Mac application, and this was just a one-time ritual that one must perform to validate applications not obtained from the Mac App Store. Eject the GIMP installer from your Desktop.
If you drag that .dmg to the Desktop, then double click to open the .dmg the app should appear on the Desktop.
You can drag the Gimp.app to your Application folder. Now you can drag the mount gimp.dmg volume to the trash to remove it.
Safely open apps on your Mac - Apple Support
I hope this message goes to BDAqua who replied to my request for help regarding getting my GIMP program into my Applications folder. In my Downloads folder there is a file named gimp-2.10.10-x86_64.dmg. There is no "Install" in the name. As I said, I'm infantile in the Mac realm. I had to search on-line to learn what a DMG is and I'm not sure what "mounted" means, though I assume it means selected. When I mount/select the file, it does not show a file extension of ".app". Sorry to be so agonizingly slow, but I'm in a whole new world here. I have years of MicroSoft experience; zero Mac.
To see all extension on macOS do:
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/10/29/how-to-show-or-hide-filename-extensions-in-os-x-yosemite/
applications on the mac have the extension of .app. Applications are folders on the mac.
R
Is it possible to drag the Gimp app to a folder other than what appears to be the default Applications folder...?
I have a secondary disk that I place some larger applications to reduce the use of HD1. But installing to my alternate drive HD2 prevents the app loading (with no apparent error message)...?
Find Any File...
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.php
Hold Option or alt key when selecting Find to Find All.
Just installed it myself to see...
Look for a DMG called GIMP2.1.0 Install, mounted it will have GIMP-2.10.app that you can drag to Applications.
Just double click on it to mount it & see the App. :)
I suggest you try using Photoshop 7 which is best and simple photo editor available online.
Photoshop 7 was discontinued in 2003 and it certainly won't run on High Sierra.
Uhhhh... There is no legal way to get a free version of Adobe Photoshop 7.0. It’s now discontinued.
I've just run it from another drive & needed to address & change 46 files in the GIMP App in the App folder, so no, not possible.
Any chance you can give a few more details please. Maybe a file list or what you searched for in the files to identify the changes. Was it simply the HD1 string, is it that simple?
Thanks
Get GIMP into Applications Folder
