[macvoiceover] Re: Installing programs

  • From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:56:10 -0400

Hi James, thanks so much for the instructions. They're not complecated at all. 
I just don't download that many programs so I guess I forgot how to do it the 
right way. :)
Thanks again!!

Nicole
On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:39 AM, James Dean wrote:

> If you have a .dmg file, do not copy the DMG anywhere. Leave it in your 
> downloads folder. Just find the DMG file and press command+O. Now, you will 
> get a new finder window. Inside this finder window will be the filename.pkg 
> file. Press command+O on the .pkg file and follow the on-screen instructions. 
> Once the installer says the installation was completed, close the installer. 
> Then close the finder window that was brought up when you pressed command+O 
> on the DMG file. Go back to your desktop. You will see a volume that has the 
> name of the DMG file. Press command+E to eject this volume, as you no longer 
> need it since all it usually contains is the .pkg file. Now, go to your 
> applications folder. There you will find the application you installed by 
> following the instructions in the .PKG installer. Run the app as normal. If 
> this is an app you use often, press command+shift+T to add it to the Dock for 
> easier access.
> 
> If you have a .dmg file that just has a .app file in it, all you do is copy 
> the .app file from the DMG once you open said DMG to your applications 
> folder, then go back to your desktop and eject the DMG volume that was 
> created. Then go back to your applications folder and press command+O to run 
> the application and add it to the Dock if you wish as described above.
> 
> It's not as complicated as it sounds in writing once you do this a few times.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> James A. Dean
> 
> 
> On Jul 13, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Nicole Hutchins wrote:
> 
>> It says it was installed on Macintosh HD.
>> Nicole
>> On Jul 13, 2011, at 3:53 PM, James Clark wrote:
>> 
>>> looks in your apps folder or where ever the installer tells you the app 
>>> should be installed.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Best Regards
>>> 
>>> 
>>> James
>>> 
>>> On Jul 13, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Nicole Hutchins wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Keith,
>>>> That was how I thought it was supposed to work.
>>>> However, when I go back into my applications folder, it has the file 
>>>> name.dmg, when I open that it brings up "Filename.pkg". If I open that, it 
>>>> brings up the installer box again. That isn't supposed to happen, is it?
>>>> 
>>>> Nicole
>>>> On Jul 13, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Nicole,
>>>>> 
>>>>> If your application has an installer you can run the installer from the 
>>>>> downloads directory or put the program on the desktop if you like and run 
>>>>> the installer from the desk top and the installer should put the working 
>>>>> app in your applications directory.
>>>>> 
>>>>> HTH.
>>>>> Keith Reedy
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 13, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Nicole Hutchins wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi group,
>>>>>> I feel really silly asking this, but I can't figure out how to install 
>>>>>> programs correctly.
>>>>>> I copied the file from the "Downloads" folder into the "Applications" 
>>>>>> folder. Then I ran the installer file. It put an icon on my desktop but 
>>>>>> it contains an installer package. What am I missing here?
>>>>>> Thanks in advance for the help.
>>>>>> Blessings,
>>>>>> Nicole>
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