Let me just state, I'm completely new to Mac's so forgive me if this is some dumb Rookie question.

What does

"3.Give a specific permission to the *.app."

mean if this is one of the steps for Installation in the NFO file? How do I go about doin this?

 

Check Permission Reset app and you'll normaly get a good way to do your stuff.

Cheers

 

Use permission reset as pointed by davea
or BatChmod to change the .app permission.
You usually want to set it to Owner:YourUserName Group:Wheel, everything to RWX (Read,Write,(E)Xecute).
Permissions are very important in OSX, so start to get used to them. Here some more info, give it a read:
Introduction to permissions in OS X
Have fun on your Mac

 

You don't have to do any of what the above folks said. You don't need to add or download anything.

Just right-click (or control-click) the App itself and then select "Get Info".

A side-window will open up and at the bottom you can select and/or designate permissions.

 

No doesn't give to the Root just folder only... IGNORE THIS COMMENT

 

hi all

i have an application that i cannot open
it says
"this application cannot be run with this mac"
i don't understand
in the intall folder, it says, i must give specific permissions to the application
can someone help me please ?
thx

 

It's easiest to change the permission via a program called Terminal.

It should be in Applications/Utilities

Start it and type

sudo chmod -R 755

into the Terminal window. Leave a space-character behind the 5 and then pull the app icon into the Terminal window, which should result in a path to that app being displayed. Next hit return, and enter your admin password when prompted. It will not be displayed in the Terminal, so you have to type it in blind. Don't forget to hit return once you've entered it *yes*

Don't forget to type a capital letter R in above example, not r. If you just do a get-info on the app and change permissions, you will have only changed the permissions for the top-folder (an app is really just a folder). Ideally you'd want to change the permissions of everything in that folder as well. Hence you need the -R option, R for recursive.

The "this application cannot be run" error might occur if you try to run a newer software on an older OS.

And if you use BatChmod make sure you tick 'Apply to enclosed folders and files' on the bottom of the BatChmod interface.

 

Just:

Code:

sudo chmod -R +x \Folder\filename.app