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I have a MBpro retina and I am having problems downloading .dmg files. I bought the computer so i could use autocad and the like, but when i tried to download the file, it said the .dmg file could not be mounted. How can i fix this?
MacBook Pro with Retina display
disguise wrote:
Just to be clear...you're not having problems downloading a disk image file - the download worked fine.
The correct size for the file is 654MB, the file that the OP downloaded is 452MB.
How does that equate with your statement that the download worked fine?
I didn't notice that... I have tried re-downloading it three times now and it always comes up short of 654 MB, could this be due to the fact that i am using campus wireless?
rhyno214 wrote:
I didn't notice that... I have tried re-downloading it three times now and it always comes up short of 654 MB, could this be due to the fact that i am using campus wireless?
Quite likely, can you use an ethernet connection instead of wireless (wireless is the least reliable and slowest method you can choose)
haha, i just realized i don't have the connector for the ethernet >.<
You can buy the adaptor from an Apple Store.
ok, i was watching the download the entire time, and it seems to get about halfway there and then just jump to completion. can i download it to a thumb drive from a different computer and transfer the .dmg to this one?
rhyno214 wrote:
ok, i was watching the download the entire time, and it seems to get about halfway there and then just jump to completion. can i download it to a thumb drive from a different computer and transfer the .dmg to this one?
That will work if the download completes correctly, if the 'different' computer is on the same network it may not, but at least we'll know where the fault lies if that happens.
does that other computer have to be a mac, or, since it is just downloading to a td, can it be a pc?
If the thumb drive is formatted as FAT32, and you download directly to it there should be no problem, do not use an NTFS formatted drive.
And copy the dmg to your Mac before you install.
how can you tell how it is formatted?
In Windows right click on My Computer, select Manage, select Disk Management and you can read the format from there. The vast majority of Thumb Drives are FAT32 (unless very large 128G and up are usually NTFS, 8G is what you need and most likely will be FAT32). If you don't check all you will lose is a little time so it's up to you.
it says the format is MS-DOS (FAT) is that the same as FAT32?
rhyno214 wrote:
it says the format is MS-DOS (FAT) is that the same as FAT32?
Yes.
thank you so much, i am sorry for all the questions, i am just not super smart on all the little details about computer work (go figure i am in engineering graphing and design XD)
rhyno214 wrote:
thank you so much, i am sorry for all the questions, i am just not super smart on all the little details about computer work (go figure i am in engineering graphing and design XD)
No problem and you're welcome. 🙂
Problem with .dmg files
