[macvoiceover] Re: Installing programs

  • From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:36:08 -0400

Oh!

I'm sorry.  I don't know how I missed that.

Ricardo Walker
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On Jul 14, 2011, at 2:11 PM, James Dean wrote:

> I also included that in my instructions, but thanks for the reiteration. heh.
> 
> James A. Dean
> On Jul 14, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I just wanted to add, some times when you open the DMG file the app will 
>> just be in there.  In this case, all you need to do is copy the app to your 
>> applications folder.
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
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>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 14, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>> 
>>> James,
>>> 
>>> Great instructions.  I am going to save this message to recycle.
>>> Keith Reedy
>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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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>>>>>>>> Taylor.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 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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