On a Mac, do I drag into Genymotion or Genymotion Shell.

Topic: Hypervisor & VM Setup

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On macOS you install Genymotion Desktop by dragging the Genymotion.app bundle into the Applications folder.

Step‑by‑step

1. Download the DMG from the link above and open it.

2. Inside the DMG you’ll see two items:

  • Genymotion.app (the main GUI)
  • Genymotion Shell (a helper command‑line tool)

3. Drag only Genymotion.app to the Applications folder.

4. (Optional) If you want to use the command‑line tools, open Terminal and run:

sudo ln -s /Applications/Genymotion.app/Contents/MacOS/genymotion /usr/local/bin/genymotion

This creates a shortcut so you can start Genymotion from the terminal with genymotion.

5. Eject the DMG and launch Genymotion from Applications. Log in with your Genymotion account, create a virtual device, and you’re ready to go.

That’s all you need – the shell is just for advanced CLI usage; the main app is what you drag into Applications. 🎉

Q&A ID: 1071

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