Using a prebuilt app package
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. _macprebuilt:

The recommended way to install RAW on Mac is using a prebuilt app package. To install
from a prebuilt app package simply download the :file:`RAW-{x}.{y}.{z}-mac.dmg` (where :file:`{x}.{y}.{z}` is the
version number) file from sourceforge (
`https://sourceforge.net/projects/bioxtasraw <https://sourceforge.net/projects/bioxtasraw>`_),
double click it to open the dmg, and drag the :file:`RAW.app` file to your Applications folder
(or wherever you want to install RAW).

.. raw:: html

    <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bioxtasraw/files/latest/download"><img alt="Download BioXTAS RAW" src="https://a.fsdn.com/con/app/sf-download-button" width=276 height=48 srcset="https://a.fsdn.com/con/app/sf-download-button?button_size=2x 2x"></a>


**Important Notes:**

*   Because the RAW team is an unidentified developer, you may get a warning message
    the first time you run the program. If that happens, right click on RAW and
    select :menuselection:`Open` from the right click menu, and then click the :guilabel:`Open` button in the
    window that appears.

    *   *Note:* This requires administrator permissions.