https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128380
--- Comment #3 from Chuck Spalding <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Larry Gusaas from comment #2) > (In reply to Chuck Spalding from comment #1) > > I see now that my last comment is not appropriate, since there is a > > statement to "Use File → Eject 'OpenOffice' (the dmg file)." > > > > However, that is not ejecting "the dmg file"--it is ejecting the virtual > > disk contained in (and mounted by) the dmg file. > > No. That is ejecting(unmounting) the .dmg file The dmg file is simply a file in the download folder (or wherever). It never gets "ejected". The thing that is ejected is the virtual disk (i.e., the icon on the desktop [see below]). > > Also, there is no mention of the need to click on the "OpenOffice" *desktop* > > *icon* before initiating the eject, which is very different than the actual > > dmg file. > > Most Macs download files to the download folder although one can change it > to the desktop, or any other location. Agreed, although technically it's the browser that decides where to put downloaded files, not "the Mac" (i.e., not macOS). > > I would change "Use File → Eject 'OpenOffice' (the dmg file)." to the > > following: > > > > "Click on the desktop 'OpenOffice' icon, and then use File → Eject > > 'OpenOffice' to eject that virtual disk." (with double quotes used in the > > actual text). > > The default on Macs put the .dmg in the download folder. There is no icon on > the desktop. There are a couple of ways to eject it in Finder. There *is* an icon on the desktop after one *opens* the .dmg file. The icon is named "OpenOffice", and represents the virtual disk that contains the OpenOffice program, the license files, and the ReadMe files. Again, one does *not* "eject" the .dmg file! It is just a file. One ejects the *virtual disk*. > > Or you could simply state "Drag the desktop 'OpenOffice' icon to the Trash > > to eject that virtual disk." (although people might be hesitant to put > > anything in the Trash). > > Dragging the .dmg to Trash DOES NOT eject it. Agreed, because one never "ejects" the .dmg file. Dragging the .dmg file to the Trash simply deletes that file (which can be done anytime after the file has been opened--even while the virtual disk is still mounted). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the issue.
