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    Trying to install Retropie for the first time

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
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      @KevinSheedy said in Trying to install Retropie for the first time:

      Right, it's not downloading properly to my mac, how do I fix this?

      What do you mean by that ? You get an error trying to download it or why is not downloading properly ?

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        KevinSheedy @mitu
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        @mitu I may have misunderstood but I get two different checksum results so I'm assuming the file I have downloaded is not what I should have. It wasn't a .gz tho, it's an .img file.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
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          How did you download the file ? Using a browser or other program ?

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            KevinSheedy @mitu
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            @mitu I clicked on it in Safari, then dragged in into a folder from downloads

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator
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              Strange, if I download from Safari, I get prompted to save an .img.gz file

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              What size is the file ?

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                KevinSheedy @mitu
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                @mitu Ah, I was just clicking on the button rather than right clicking..... let me try that instead

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @KevinSheedy
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                  @KevinSheedy said in Trying to install Retropie for the first time:

                  Ah, I was just clicking on the button rather than right clicking.

                  That's exactly what I did.

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                    KevinSheedy @mitu
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                    @mitu That's very odd..... I'm trying with the .gz file in etcher now

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator
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                      On macOS, I use Apple Pi Baker to write images on the sdcard.

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                        KevinSheedy @mitu
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                        @mitu Thank you for all your help, it seems to be working now!

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