"Mounting" a disk or image

[drgrafix]

I'm new to macs so some of the terminology and buzz words can be confusing. What exactly _is_ a disk image and how do I "mount " it?

Sorry for the dumb question . Is this like zipping & unzipping or if you have two disk images on your desktop that represent a program, how do I "install" that utility program?

 

[aaronw1986]

A .dmg file. You mount it by double clicking it. If a program is inside of of, you drag that program to the Applications folder to install it.

 

[blackbelt]

I'm new to macs so some of the terminology and buzz words can be confusing. What exactly _is_ a disk image and how do I "mount " it?

Sorry for the dumb question . Is this like zipping & unzipping or if you have two disk images on your desktop that represent a program, how do I "install" that utility program?

i am fairly new to macs as well, but my understanding is that it just means that the DMG or drive shown on your desktop as a drive, and allows you to open and install the files. Just mount the drive and double click to open.

I have not had any problems with it, if i am wrong, someone please correct me.

 

[boast]

its like putting a CD in your drive, except the CD is virtual because it is already on you hard drive.

So you "mount" the image, as if it is a CD