You need to download the Minecraft.dmg disk image, double-click it to mount it, then drag the Minecraft.app contained therein into your Finder -> Applications folder or use the shortcut window that pops up:
You cannot run the Minecraft.app while it is simply showing in the disk image, it must be dragged to the Applications folder so it can download/write the extra files it needs from the Internet. That is why you are getting this error:
I'm trying to play some minecraft on my Mac and the launcher gave me the message 'Unable to start Minecraft, if you are running from a dmg, please drag to applications and try again.' I don't know if I'm using it or not, and I don't know what to drag to applications. Any help would be appreciated. Run Minecraft Launcher As Administrator. Let’s get the easy troubleshooting steps out of the way. Minecraft dmg issue hi, my dad just helped me switch mac computers like a week ago and i tried opening minecraft on it for the first time today and it said: “Minecraft Launcher Unable to start Minecraft, if you are running from a dmg, please drag into Applications and try again” any ideas on how to fix this? Tyy in advance EDIT: Actually. How to fix your Minecraft when it is displaying: 'Mincraft Unable To Start Runtime Environment' Or messages of the sort.BUY NOSCOPE HERE: https://www.noscope. This video is about how to fix mc on the mac.
Note: by and large, the only thing you'd ever need to be doing in the ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft folder is to delete that folder of your Minecraft ever gets corrupted. If you're having any problems, deleting that folder and run the Minecraft.app which you should have moved into your Finder / Applications folder. The support directory will be re-created from scratch automatically.
The information you're reading from that 2015 thread is very old and not an issue anymore.
Unable To Start Minecraft If You Are Running From A Dmg Mac Free
May 19, 2019 12:01 AM
Minecraft Running From Dmg
I have been having trying to install Minecraft on Linux since I switched my distribution over to FerenOS.
However, starting the launcher sees it load for a few seconds before crashing before the application shows up on my screen.
Looking through
launcher_log.txt. I discovered that this was a localization issue. (Reinstalling did not fix the issue)Full log available here
Pasting this log into my browser led me to this thread
However, running
locale outputs:Showing that my localisation is configured unlike the poster of that thread.
What I concluded is that Minecraft does not support the AU local. So, I went to my system settings and changed my local to the UK.
However, when running
locale again. My locale is now a mix of UK and AU due to me setting it to AU on setup. (still giving the same minecraft-launcher error too)I figure that it would be a good idea now to ask the Linux community about whether changing my localisation will be able to fix this issue?
Personally, I think that the adjusting
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 might be able to fix my issue.However, I am nervous that this might impair the function of other applications on my system. (An explanation of this would be appreciated)
Thanks for reading through everything.
Feel free to request for more logs or to ask questions about my system if that will help you!
(Also tips about formatting posts would be appreciated )