I am experiencing a problem while installing new software to my MAC system. Recently I had downloaded a DMG file from commercial MAC software CSSEdit but when I try to mount that file I am unable to do so. After getting such problem I again download another image from the same corporation and tried to open DMG file but failed.
If all of that seems to be fine, see if you can open the dmg in safe mode. If opening the dmg in safe mode did the trick, you can keep following the posts in the linked guide to see how to inspect your system modifications to try to figure out what's causing your computer to fail to mount the dmg normally.
Error: Receiving 'No mountable file systems' error when installing the game client on Mac Solution: Try updating your OS version You might encounter the below error.
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Great, Great, Great. I am creating a lot of disk images at the moment for the distribution of a product and obviously I have to test those images. After mounting about 10 the Finder stops doing it's work as described in the hint. This problem exists even in 10.3.5 and I am very happy now, cause rebooting, the only solution I had figured out so far, really interrupts my work big time. Thanks for the tip. --- DubMaster -- Rehab is for quitters!
I have an image that is password protected, and it still doesn't mount with this hint. Here's the output from terminal. Since the GUI password box came up on the display, I suspect that whatever OSX bug the command line evades is non-evaded when the PW function is called. Another encrypted image that mounts ok in the standard way (double-click) mounts fine using hdiutil. Haven't tried rebooting to see if that lets me mount the first image.
AppleScript to Force-mount unmountable disk images
It just so happens that we already built an AppleScript solution using this method; I'll paste it below for those who are Terminally challenged. As for the issue with password protected disks, this script will indeed trigger a GUI window asking for any such passwords not already stored in Keychain. I have yet to find an instance where presentation of the password box triggered the failure we're looking to overcome in this hing, but the -stdinpass switch would likely resolve it (see the man page), and could be added to this script. Sorry about the code wraps, Rob, I tried to install AS returns, but they wouldn't deal with the line wraps any better because of the parentheticals.
AppleScript to Force-mount unmountable disk images
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[Rob, you can delete the post above (when are we going to get edit privileges?) if you want; I modified the script to fit nicely--F] It just so happens that we already built an AppleScript solution using this method; I'll paste it below for those who are Terminally challenged. As for the issue with password protected disks, this script will indeed trigger a GUI window asking for any such passwords not already stored in Keychain. I have yet to find an instance where presentation of the password box triggered the failure we're looking to overcome in this hing, but the -stdinpass switch would likely resolve it (see the man page), and could be added to this script.
AppleScript to Force-mount unmountable disk images
Man, it is amazing how fast folks around here report bugs. Sorry for the oversights; the script was originally written for single DMGs, and I added multiples without really testing it or thinking it through; also we rarely use a special character in a file path because we're so used to working on the web. All bugs should be resolved, except those idiosyncracies that exist with name problems in hdiutil (such as 'image already specified' errors).
AppleScript to Force-mount unmountable disk images
Now, if you could add an 'on open' handler that handled drag-and-drop, you'd be all set! Just drag your dmg files onto the script and they would mount. No file dialog to get in the way. :-)
AppleScript to Force-mount unmountable disk images
Hi there.. Well, I tried both versions of your script on several disk images (including one that I KNOW mounts fine by itself), and most of them were grayed out in my file dialog. My first thought was that perhaps they were corrupted, but at least one of them mounts fine on its own, and it was not accessible either. I very much appreciate your scripting skills, but do you have any idea why I might be having such problems? Any suggestions from anyone else out there? I would really appreciate the help! Thanks in advance, mlaurenc
AppleScript to Force-mount unmountable disk images
I may just be a big newbie, (and I undoubtably am), but when running this script the only items I could select when it asked me which DMG I wanted to mount were file folders and no DMG files. Even with a foler selected, 'Choose' never highlit. Am I doing something wrong? Also, is there an applescript super newbie thread I should be hitting up before getting to knee deep in this? by the way, rebooting still didn't allow me to mount the DMGs. I'm running 10.3.7. Thanks for any/all help guys! -Seth
AppleScript to Force-mount unmountable disk images
I may just be a big newbie, (and I undoubtably am), but when running this script the only items I could select when it asked me which DMG I wanted to mount were file folders and no DMG files. Even with a foler selected, 'Choose' never highlit. Am I doing something wrong? Also, is there an applescript super newbie thread I should be hitting up before getting to knee deep in this? by the way, rebooting still didn't allow me to mount the DMGs. I'm running 10.3.7. Thanks for any/all help guys! -Seth
While this is a nice workaround - I really wish the problem would be solved instead. Very annoying. On my machine - happens everyday after about my tenth disk mount. The image actually appears to get mounted and appears in /Volumes but it shows up no where else and is impossible to access.
I must say, it doesn't happen much with me. But if it shows up in /Volumes, you should be able to refresh the finder by doing 'disktool -r'. I am writing a script that triggers mounting of dmg and the 'disktool -r' seems to solve some of my problem. Good luck
I tried this Hint for the first time today, but I didn't appear to have the relevant utility. Typing in hd and tab brought up hdiutil which is not the command quoted in the actual command string in the Hint. Anyway, I tried hdiutil, and it tried to attach the dmg, but failed with the same problem: no mountable file systems. <sigh> Back to restarting.. from Clytie, still having trouble --- Clytie Siddall -- Renmark, in the Riverland of South Australia iBook G3, 10.3.5, all updates current
Unfortunately, this didn't work for me. :-( --- Ron
I tried the applescript but nothing is highlight-able --- Infants are born. Children learn as they grow. Knowledge is power. Information in the wrong minds is deadly!!!
It is not a difficult task to install VLC player on Mac device. Below are the steps. At first, download the dmg file of VLC from the above link. Open the downloaded dmg file by double click on it. It takes some time to verify it. After verifying, the file will be open. After that, drag and drop the VLC icon to the Applications folder. Vlc dmg mac not recognized. Dec 30, 2011 This is almost certainly a.dmg file that was not downloaded correctly. I was downloading.dmg files with chrome and could not get the system to recognize them. I switched to firefox and bingo! (My system is a macbook pro 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 running Lion - but this may be irrelevant). VLC for Mac OS X: 64 bit VLC dmg package download link which works for Mac OS X 10.6 and later. 9 thoughts to “Downloading and Installing VLC Media Player for Mac” Jean Finney says: May 9, 2019 at 2:20 am Same as AGloria, I have Mojave and I can’t get anywhere with VLC. Contents hide What is a DMG File? DMG File Not Recognized Error on Mac How.
Same here It won't work --- Infants are born. Children learn as they grow. Knowledge is power. Information in the wrong minds is deadly!!!