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Disc Image Failing to Mount.

  • 09-01-2009 11:23am
    #1
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    Just downloaded an app of the net and the DMG is failing to mount.
    Took ages to download, will I have to do it again?
    Also net connection dropped a few times during download, could this effect it?


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
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    Yeah it might have been corrupted. How big is it?


  • #3
    K.O.Kiki
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    Happens to me sometimes.
    You could try relaunching Finder (press Alt+Cmd+ESC for Force Quit, then select Finder & click); or restarting OSX. Works for me sometimes.


  • #4
    11811
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Yeah it might have been corrupted. How big is it?

    tis a big one, over 4 gigs! quite annoying as it took a while to download.


  • #5
    Sad Professor
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    I've often experienced problems opening big image files though. I find it's usually better to burn them instead.


  • #6
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    Sad Professor wrote: »
    I've often experienced problems opening big image files though. I find it's usually better to burn them instead.

    Just burn it onto a dvd ( I presume, Given the size of it) with disk utility?


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  • #7
    Sad Professor
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    Yeah worth a try I suppose — if you have the disc to spare.

    Are you actually getting an error message about it failing to mount? If so then I'd imagine it almost certainly is corrupted.


  • #8
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    yeah I am - error 4960
    best just download again I reckon....there goes the download limit....


  • #9
    Sad Professor
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    Yeah 4960 usually means it's corrupted alright.

    How did you download it?


  • #10
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    Just a regular direct download on safari from digidesign on line store.


  • #11
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Safari is the problem. Don't ever use a web browser for a download that big. Use a download manager next time - either iGetter or Speed Download. More reliable and probably a lot faster as well.

    They've improved a lot over the years but I still consider web browsers to be very dodgy when it comes to downloading.


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  • #12
    11811
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    cool, will do next time.
    cheers


  • #13
    babypink
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    do they offer an ftp download facility?


  • #14
    11811
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    they have their own download manager, but it refused to work for me, so I used safari, I'm going to download it again next week when I've access to high speed broadband. Thanks for the help guys.


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