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Go to the prefs from the finder then on the general area are things you can check and uncheck in terms of what to show/hide. I did a set of tutorials on the mac and I believe I covered this,k if not those who have them email me at my contact page and let me know as I did these last year and they are long overdue for an update. lol! of rmore info for this etaht are new here, http://tffppodcast.com/premium or the main page: http://tffppodcast.com/listen NHope one of those helps someone. good luck with the finder. and have fun. On Mar 29, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Eleanor Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > okay thanks David why does it behave like that > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 29 Mar 2014, at 23:33, "David Griffith" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What do you mean that it has ended up on Finder? >> >> Do you mean that it has ended up on the Desktop? >> >> If it has ended up on the Desktop this is probably because the initial >> download installed probably a disk image file dmg format which has >> temporarily mounted a virtual drive on your desktop. >> >> If this is the case you can run the install from within the disk image by >> pressing command O. >> >> If there is an install program run the program from within the disk image. >> >> If in contrast there are applications, files ending in app you simply need >> to copy all of these manually to the applications folder and run them from >> there. >> >> After you have done this you can close the disk image with command Q and >> then press command E on the dmg file on the desktop to eject this virtual >> drive. >> >> David Griffith >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke >> Sent: 29 March 2014 21:27 >> To: OS X & iOS Accessibility >> Subject: How Do I Tell IF A Programme Has Installed >> >> I downloaded a programme to my Dropbox and from there installed it but I do >> not know if it is installed. 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