Re: ImageJ 1.42 won't start in Mac OSX, v 10.6.2

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Dec 10, 2009; 3:37pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-1-42-won-t-start-in-Mac-OSX-v-10-6-2-tp3690151p3690152.html

 > Previously I mentioned that there was no .dmg for OS X and
  > Wayne you stated that there was a need for an image to
  > instruct users on what to do with it once open. I think you
  > have mixed .dmg up with .pkg. .dmg is merely a disk image,
  > not an installation medium. .pkg is used to install
  > applications on OS X and these are often come inside .dmg.
  >
  > Thus .dmg is very similar to the available tar.gz and is
  > what Mac users usually expect to download if there is no
  > .pkg. Just add a readme, install or other texts in that to
  > explain. When a Mac user downloads a tar.gz or other it does
  > not necessarily open all the way (tar.gz becomes .tar), but
  > a .dmg will open and mount for easier use.
  >
  > So how about it?

The OS X version of ImageJ is now distributed as .zip file. The problem
with using a .dmg file is that the user ends up with a copy of the
ImageJ folder inside a read-only disk image, and some users do not
realize that the ImageJ folder needs to be copied somewhere else. A
readme file is not a good solution.

-wayne