How to mount a dmg file on mac

00:04hi my name is brian and this is how to

00:06mount a

00:07dmg file a dmg file is

00:10mac os x's disk image file

00:14so whenever you download an application

00:15from the internet oftentimes

00:17they'll appear on your computer as a dmg

00:19file that needs to be mounted in order

00:21to be opened and installed on your

00:22computer

00:24normally what you can do to open up a

00:26dmg file is just double click on it and

00:28let your computer decide what it needs

00:30to open it

00:31however if a dmg file is not being

00:33mounted and not opening

00:34there is a utility you can use on your

00:36mac to open the file

00:38it's called disk utility and if you go

00:41into your search and type in disk

00:42utility