CoyIM Installation Guide - macOS

CoyIM Installation

  1. Go to CoyIM download section: https://coy.im/download/
  2. Select the option Download for macOS and the download will start automatically.
  3. By default, the program will be saved in the Downloads folder.
  4. (Recommended) Verify the integrity of the download.
    • Download the verification file (checksum) corresponding to macOS (coyim.dmg_checksum).
    • In a terminal window, execute the following command:
     shasum -a 256 /path/to/file/coyim.dmg
    
    • The command will generate an alphanumeric code that must be the same to the content of the file coyim.dmg_checksum.
  5. (Optional) It’s possible to move the file to the directory of your preference.
  6. Double-click on the file coyim.dmg.
  7. Copy CoyIM to the Applications folder.
  8. Run CoyIM double-clicking on its icon.
    • In the first execution, the operating system will show a warning dialog about the risk of running CoyIM, this is because this executable file has not been validated within the AppStore.
    • To register as a safe program, you must right-click on the app and select Open, in this case it shows us the same risk message, with the option to Open the application.
    • With this, we enable its normal execution from now on.