Hi Donna, You can think of a disc image as a kind of external HD/.zip file. Inside the .dmg file is the application with a .app extention. This is the file that you need to coppy to your Applications folder. You can then return to the dmg which will have appeared on your desktop and eject it.
FYI - if you download an application and are not sure if it will work with Voice Over, you can open the .dmg with Command + O and open the application inside the dmg file to see if it is accessible without copying it to the Applications folder. This way, if it is not, you can simply eject the dmg from the desktop and delete it from your downloads folder if it is there without having installed the application to the Mac. Remember that applications are only installed to the Mac when they are copied to the Applications folder. Hope this helps Take care James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Goodin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 7:39 PM Subject: Re: working with the downloads folder? > > Hi Mark, > > At the time that I wrote, I wasn't able to do anything with the file. > I did finally get it copied to the applications folder, but it shows > up as a disk image, and when I try to open it, I'm getting an error > message about opening a file from a disk image. Do I need to extract > it somehow? If so, what do I need to do? > > Thanks for the help. > Best, > Donna > On Aug 21, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: > >> >> Donna: >> You can't delete the downloads folder, as it is a system standard. >> Anything that's put there==by Mail or Safari or anything else that >> downloads stuff from the net--follows the same behavioral laws as does >> any other file or folder on your system. What do you mean by "work >> with it?" >> >> >> Mark BurningHawk Baxter >> >> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >> MSN: [email protected] >> My home page: >> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
