hi simon, ok, i will save this message for future reference. i also noticed that a book i had bought and downloaded from audible went to to downloads instead of itunes. i guess i thought that was an automatic one.
On Mar 22, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > In my experience, when applications are downloaded onto a mac computer, they > usually are placed by default in the download folder in your home folder. The > extension on the file that's just been downloaded is usually dmg. sometimes, > you will see in your finder a folder related to the downloaded application > that appears automatically in your finder. Open it and you will find there a > file with the extension, .app. This is normally the application file which > you need to copy to clipboard. There also often is in the same folder the > "application alias", which is really in truth the shortcut to your > application folder and is there for your convenience. You can open it in the > normal way and paste your application from the clipboard. You would achieve > the same result by opening your application folder by pressing the shortcut > key combination in the finder control+shift+a. Paste your application in > either way, and you are done. > > There is also another type of files downlaoded, which have the extension > .pkg. They too will be found in your downloads folder. OPen them with > command+down arrow which will cause the inherent installation application to > launch. This is more like your Windows experience. In this case, you will > need to follow the instructions as they appear. Only rarely do you download > an application which automatically launches its installer. > > Hope this helps. > > Best wishes > > Simon > On 22 Mar 2011, at 20:58, Denise Avant wrote: > >> hi all, >> i have had some difficulty in downloading and installing programs. for >> example, i just downloaded the acapella english voices. the folder went to >> the downloads folder on my mac. i highlighted the folder and opened it, so >> the install would start. i'm not sure if it did or not. earlier today, i had >> a similar experience where a program was suppose to install, but instead >> simply downloaded and i had to again go into the downloads folder. i'm >> trying to understand how the mac behaves with programs that need to be >> installed if they are not apple programs. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
