James, Thank you for 'the word,' and for responding so quickly! I've been readying these posts for a day now and am very impressed with how helpful y'all are,
Unfortunately, your Terminal command didn't find it . . . so I will download a second time AND drag the app to my Applications folder IMMEDIATELY! Barbara > Barbara: > > This is why we recommend installing to the Applications folder. > > However, this will not help your situation, so I will give the following > VOLUNTEER advice: > > 1. Go to the Applications folder. > 2. Open the Utilities folder. > 3. Find the Terminal application and open/start it. > 4. Type in the following command: > find . -name '*.dmg' > This will search all of the folders for the current user > for files ending in .dmg to include the Trash. > If you do not find this file, you can revisit the > OpenOffice.org site and download it a second ( > or if needed a third, fourth, fifth, etc. time.) > > Please, after downloading the .dmg file, place the > OpenOffice.org 2.1 item in your Applications folder. > > If you wish, to remove it, instructions can be > found at the Mac Porting FAQ site which can be accessed > from http://porting.openoffice.org/mac > > James McKenzie > MacOSX QA Testing Coordinator > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Jan 12, 2007 9:14 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [users] Seem to have lost OO > > > > I have Mac OS 10.4.8 and installed X11 first. Yesterday I had the .dmg on > >my desktop and successfully opened the application, played a bit, and > closed > >it. I did not move it to my applications folder. > > > >Today I can find no trace of the .dmg drive icon or the application. Lots > of > >Library files. I've checked the Trash, but I'm not sure what it was named. > > > >Feeling like an idiot, I hope someone can help me. I sure don't want to > take > >the time to download it all a second time. > > > >Also, I opened and tried to print a tutorial .pdf, but it came out with > words > >all over the place and not making sense. > > > >Barbara > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
