Hi i am new to mac as i have just bought a macbook. I was always on windows and now want to change. I am setting my newly mac and wanted to have another email app instead of the apple mail. I have downloaded polymail zip file, unzip it but have found polymail.app and macosx folder. I know only to install .dmg file but this one can't figured it out. Can anyone pls tell me how to install this one as i have told i am new to mac. Thanks for your support.
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Drag Polymail.app into your Applications folder.
i.e.
http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content...loaded-application-to-applications-folder.png
i.e.
http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content...loaded-application-to-applications-folder.png
Thks a lot. But one more question. How to access the mail. Because inside the polymail.app there is another folder(Content) under which there are some more folders e.g frameworks ,resources ,mac os etc. Like in dmg file when you drag it to the application folder it give you an icon but how for this one.
You've done something wrong, you shouldn't be seeing those files.
Drag Polymail into Applications and double click it. What happens?
Drag Polymail into Applications and double click it. What happens?
Yes i have taken the screenshot from a windows laptop. Attach is the one taken from my mac.As you were told in the other forum you posted in, your screen shot is of Windows not OS X!
I just downloaded Polymail 1.03 from their web site. It is not distributed as a Zip. It is not distributed as a DMG. It downloads directly as an App, with no need to do anything but move the package from the Downloads folder to the Applications folder.
You originally said you downloaded "Polymail.app" - which is the same result I had. How/when did it change to "Polymail-v103.zip?"
Also, just so you understand a bit more about the world of Mac... A .app is what's called a Package, a bundle of files and folders that is made to appear as a single item in Finder. If you right-click/control-click on a Package, you'll have the option to Show Package Contents. Otherwise, you should never see folders or files. It's Apple's way of preventing average users from accidentally breaking file/folder structures that shouldn't be messed with by average users.
You originally said you downloaded "Polymail.app" - which is the same result I had. How/when did it change to "Polymail-v103.zip?"
Also, just so you understand a bit more about the world of Mac... A .app is what's called a Package, a bundle of files and folders that is made to appear as a single item in Finder. If you right-click/control-click on a Package, you'll have the option to Show Package Contents. Otherwise, you should never see folders or files. It's Apple's way of preventing average users from accidentally breaking file/folder structures that shouldn't be messed with by average users.
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I'm not quite sure how you got so sideways... but let's just start over. Boot into OS X and delete the zip file and all those other Polymail files you have.
https://polymail.io
Then go here and download the app again. That should put the file Polymail-v103.zip in your Downloads folder. Double click that file to unzip it. That should leave you with this when you open the Downloads folder.
Now with your cursor, grab the file Polymail (in blue in my shot) and drag it over to Applications in the sidebar like in my shot. Then go to the Applications folder and double click Polymail to launch it.
Polymail is also available free in the Mac App Store.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/polymail-simple-beautiful/id1134717305?mt=12
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/polymail-simple-beautiful/id1134717305?mt=12