Simon, Thank you very much. You are a wonderful help to the list!
I will certainly follow your instructions here. Thanks! johnny On Aug 31, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > Hello, > > Please do not feel offended by these basic questions but make sure, when > copying n application from the downloads folder, that it has the extension > .app after its name. Then - and I think only then - will the application be > pasted into your application folder. If - once you have located your > application in the downloads folder - you hear .dmg after its name, you need > to open it first with command+down arrow. This will probably result in the > following: go to your desktop where you will find a folder (usually having > the word image in it) which has the name of your application. Interact with > it, and you should find there the name of your application with the .app > extension. Copy it with command+c and then paste into application folder. Be > aware that some .dmg packets when they appear as image browser on your > desktop may have application alias already included in them. This is just a > shortcut to your application folder which, when you press command+downarrow, > will open your application folder straight away. Som programmes when > downloaded have extension .pkg. They also will be placed as image browser on > your desktop when you open them with command+down arrow. These ,pkg things > usually include an installer application which you have to run by pressing > command+downarrow to open them, and follow onscreen instructions. > > Please forgive me if this is something you know, or if it has already been > posted here. Just trying to be helpful. > > With best wishes > > Simon > On 31 Aug 2011, at 20:46, Johnny Angel! wrote: > >> Chris, >> >> Thanks so much for this! >> >> Everything went smoothly except for copying the program into my applications >> folder. Vo reports the copy process with a command C, but after then going >> to the applications folder, command V does nothing, Vo is silent, and >> nothing is copied. Any ideas on this last step? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Johnny >> On Aug 31, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >>> Assuming you haven't changed any preferences, the downloaded files should >>> be in your Downloads folder. Downloads folder can be found a number of ways >>> but one quick way is in your dock which is VO-D. Then do a VO-Shift-M for >>> the contextual menu and choose open Donwloads by hitting the up arrow once. >>> Once in there the actual installation process depends on what you >>> downloaded. Most Mac apps come as DMG or DiskImage files which when opened >>> appear as another drive on your desktop. Usually within there is some kind >>> of installer package, setup program or just the app itself. In the last >>> case you can just copy the app, go to your applications folder and paste it >>> there. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 8/29/11 5:29 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I tried asking this once before, but I don't think my question got through >>>> to the list. At any rate, here goes: >>>> >>>> I need help understanding how to download programs from websites in Safari. >>>> >>>> Would someone please be so kind as to offer me a detailed teaching on how >>>> to do this? I would click on a download link, but to me nothing is >>>> happening. When I navigate to the download button, I can see at least one >>>> of the programs I have tried downloading, but I don't know what I am to do >>>> to get the program onto my mbp from there. >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot everyone, >>>> >>>> Johnny >>>> Johnny Angel! >>>> beefca...@neo.rr.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> Johnny Angel! >> beefca...@neo.rr.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. 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