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When I click on a DMG file, finder opens and mounts it. Then I have to search for the new "disk" and select it.

Is there a way to open a DMG file and make finder select and show it automatically?

I don't want to create a DMG that does this. I want this behavior to be de default one for any DMG I download from the web.

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    Strange, automatically opening and switching to the mounted DMG window has been the default behaviour for me for as long as I can remember.... not even sure how I would stop it doing that. (I'm still running Mojave, though, maybe that's changed in newer versions?)
    – calum_b
    Commented Sep 28, 2021 at 23:57
  • I can't remember anytime it worked automatically like that for me. It is very annoying.
    – Duck
    Commented Sep 29, 2021 at 0:11
  • Out of curiosity, if you open Finder, right-click on a DMG, Open With... is DiskImageMounter there and shown as the default, or has something else possibly overwritten that?
    – Charlie74
    Commented Sep 29, 2021 at 0:45
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    Having to search for it implies you don't have your disks showing on the desktop. They don't always open a window, but they always mount to the same spot on the desktop, just below any already-mounted disks.
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Sep 29, 2021 at 7:47
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    @Tetsujin AHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! That's it. I enabled "show external disks on desktop" and now the DMG opens automatically! BRILLIANT. Please make your comment an answer, so I can accept.
    – Duck
    Commented Sep 29, 2021 at 15:25

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Not all .dmg files open immediately to show their content in Finder [I think it depends entirely on whether they were open or not at creation/last Save], so if they don't, you need to have your Finder prefs set to show External disks. This will then show them to the right side of your desktop, below existing mounted partitions.

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That way, if they don't auto-show, you can at least simply double-click them to open.

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