By impadmin, May 10, 2020 Posted in: Brew Install mac, cask

This article explains the steps to install Mendeley Desktop on MAC OSX using homebrew cask

  • App Name – Mendeley Desktop
  • App Version – 1.19.6
  • App url – https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/mendeley-desktop
  • App dmg file – packagedmglink
  • App appcast link – https://macupdater.net/cgi-bin/check_urls/check_url_redirect.cgi?url=https://www.mendeley.com/autoupdates/installer/Mac-x64/stable-incoming

Steps To Install Mendeley Desktop

  • Open Spotlight search using “command + space” button and type “Terminal“. Then press “return/enter” key. This will open terminal.

    spotlight search terminal

  • Run the following command in terminal to install brew cask

    ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask 2> /dev/null

    Install brew cask on mac

  • Now install Mendeley Desktop with the following command

    brew install --cask mendeley

  • Mendeley Desktop is installed now and ready to use!