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BR777
May 21, 2019Copper Contributor
Edge Canary for Mac Installer refuses to install
Hello, So I downloaded the new Edge Canary version for Mac OS and I get a .pkg file but going to install it does absolutely nothing. I click on the package icon and get the package opening animat...
RobbBrock
Jun 16, 2021Copper Contributor
I have experience the very same issue since MicrosoftEdgeCanary-93.0.910.0.pkg.
First the Canary automatically updated and then no longer functioned. If you start the app you see it open a screen and then close.
So, I removed the app completely including removing all files in the Applications folder and ~/Library folder. I then downloaded (every day for the last 8 days) the latest build from https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download and tried to install. The installation starts and everything seems to work fine. It even gets to the "Successfully installed." screen. But nothing has been added to the Applications folder. The app is nowhere to be found on the entire system.
First the Canary automatically updated and then no longer functioned. If you start the app you see it open a screen and then close.
So, I removed the app completely including removing all files in the Applications folder and ~/Library folder. I then downloaded (every day for the last 8 days) the latest build from https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download and tried to install. The installation starts and everything seems to work fine. It even gets to the "Successfully installed." screen. But nothing has been added to the Applications folder. The app is nowhere to be found on the entire system.