Yes. It is perfectly fine to run from a DMG although it would be a 2 step process. 1. Double-click the DMG file to open it and 2. Double-click the application icon. It will be read-only.
Your users will be left with the open DMG image which looks like a drive volume that they will have to "Eject" when they are done. Bill On Dec 18, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Hi List: > > Is it reasonable to have users run an app from a DMG volume on OS X, as > opposed to copying the app to their drive? > > I have a colleague who wants to distribute an app in an easily launched > compressed format. On Windows one can create a self-expanding ZIP that, > when double-clicked, automatically decompresses and launches the contained > EXE. I'm wondering if a DMG file could serve the same purpose on OS X. I > assume the DMG volume is not writable, but I don't think it matters in this > case since the files are a bunch of media (Flash movies, PDF, etc). > > Thanks for any advice here. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
