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downloaded trial for mac, all requirements are met, but cannot get download to open as an application, mac is trying to open with text edit; downloaded several times, every time the disk utility opens
After spending hours and hours with adobe support (before I saw your post, Jeff), I was finally given this path to change the "open with" selection:
System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter
This worked! I was looking every where for "Installer" or something similar.
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to clarify, the download "lightroom_4_LS11.dmg" file opens in disk utility; from there, the "lightroom 4" file opens as a separate drive and the file "adobe photoshop lightroom 4.pkg" and a pdf are the only files there. the .pkg file opens in text edit.
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Which version of Mac OS are you using? The pkg file should be opening with the Installer.app program.
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OS 10.7
The pkg file is labeled as "document" and opens in text edit. In trying to select the app to open the file with, there is no "installer".
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Please see if you can locate the installer at System/Library/CoreServices. If you are then please choose the Lightroom 4.pkg and go to File and select Get Info. You will then want to adjust the Open With option to reflect the Installer.app located in System/Library/CoreServices.
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After spending hours and hours with adobe support (before I saw your post, Jeff), I was finally given this path to change the "open with" selection:
System/Library/CoreServices/DiskImageMounter
This worked! I was looking every where for "Installer" or something similar.
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Interesting was this for the DMG or the PKG? The DMG should open with the DiskImageMounter.
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The .dmg was opening with Disk Utility, where it would verify and then mount the "Lightroom 4.0" disc image on my desktop. Clicking on this opened the folder, which contained the .pkg file, but it wouldn't work (opening with TextEditor). I changed the .dmg file to open with DiskImageMounter and thought I would have to manually change the .pkg file as well, but once the .dmg file opened with DiskImageMounter, the Lightroom 4 file opened with it as well and I got the installation screen right away. Installation from that point on went as usual. It was a very frustrating experience, but now I know where to look when a file won't install. But as for your question, they both opened with DiskImageMounter.
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Ok thank you very much for the update.