s2parks wrote:
I recently journeyed into the land of the light and am the brand new owner of a MacBook Pro. Having been a slave to PC's for WAY too long, I am clueless how the mac operates, but a VERY quick learner.
I am have downloaded an executable file that I need for work, but cannot seem to get it to launch to install my program. I know this is very elementary, but we all have to start somewhere.
Thank you!
Shelly
How to Open Exe Files on Mac. This wikiHow teaches you how to run Windows' executable (EXE) files on a Mac. https://exploreever885.weebly.com/blog/flipshare-app-for-mac. To do so, you can either install WINE, which is free software, or install Windows 8 or 10 using your Mac's Boot Camp feature. I have a mac app. Let's say the app is myapp.app, and runs an executable called myapp. In the docker, when you hover over the icon, it says 'myapp'. I would like to change this so that the hover.
PS - this is only the first elementary question i will have, so if you have a good source for Mac beginners, please share. I haved purchased 'Macbook Pro - Portable Genius', but that seems to be more focused on visually arranging my computer.
Sorry to say this but now you will become a Slave to Apple and Mac OS X.
Actually there is very little difference between the 2 platforms.
As to the Executable file. Apple Mac OS X does not use Executable files (.exe). Those are for Windows based computers. Mac OS X uses .DMG files and .APP files. .DMG is the compressed format of a program which may come as just a DMG or a DMG wrapped up in a .ZIP file.
You would need to double click on a ZIP file to expand it to a DMG then double click on the DMG to expand it into a working .APP file and then drag it to the Applications folder. Some programs have installers that walk you through the process and others don't. With the ones that don't you need to physically Drag the .APP file to the Applications folder to install it. The ones that do kind of walk you through the process you will still need to drag the app icon to the Applications folder but that will be done in its own window.
I installed Wireshark on my MacBook Pro via MacPorts, because theprebuilt Wireshark package didn’t work on my machine, due to some dynamiclibrary version conflict. However, I still wanted a Wireshark icon I coulddrop into my dock, to permit single-click launching of Wireshark. Long-timeMac enthusiasts no doubt could wrap a “naked” executable in their sleep,but doing so was a new exercise to me. This article describes what I did.It should work for any executable that isn’t wrapped in a Mac OS Xapplication bundle.
Pull up the AppleScript editor(Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor) and enter the followingscript. Replace
/opt/local/bin/wireshark with the full path towhatever executable you want to run.
https://exploreever885.weebly.com/blog/screen-watcher-app-mac. Then, save the script as an “application bundle”, as shown in thefollowing dialog box (which comes up if you select “File > SaveAs” from the Script Editor’s menu).
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You can stop here if you want. The application you just saved willrun the executable you specified in the script, and you can dragthat application to the dock. However, it’s much nicer if there’san application-specific icon. So, assuming you’ve alreadydownloaded a PNG or some other image, here’s how to create anicon.
Make Shell Script Executable MacConvert your Image to an Icon
Your final icon will be 128x128 pixels. It’s not absolutelynecessary to scale your image to that dimension, but doing so givesyou more control over how the scaled image looks. In any case, onceyou have the image ready, bring up the Icon Composer, which you’llfind in /Developer/Application/Utilities. Drag your image intoeach of the boxes in the second column. In the top three rows, youwill be asked about a 1-bit mask. (See below.) Select “ExtractMask” in all cases.
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When you’re done, save the resulting icon to a file.
Convert the Icon to a Resource File
Download and install the open source Icns2Rsrc utility. Once itsinstalled, run it, open the icon file you created above, and save theresult as a resource file.
Change the Application’s Icon
The simplest way to change the application’s icon is:
Mac Executable Extension
Make File Executable Mac
Mac install apps into passport. That’s all there is to it.
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