jonathanstegall
Oct 21, 2010, 07:58 AM
Hello,
I've just gotten a new Mac Pro at work, and was just running through some initial installs (Firefox, Chrome, Tweetie, and so on) to get myself set up when I noticed that it's trying to install things *to* the mounted DMGs for those apps.
As an example, I downloaded Firefox, opened the DMG, which mounted itself in the Finder as normal. When I dragged the file into the Applications folder (either within the DMG window or within the Finder itself), Firefox installs and I can open it. But when I try to unmount the DMG to get rid of it, it says I can't because Firefox is using it. If I quit Firefox and then try to unmount the DMG, this works fine but then Firefox disappears from the Applications folder.
Has anyone seen this? Is there a setting I haven't run into before? I am an administrator on this box, if that is relevant, or at least it says I am.
Thanks for any thoughts
Jonathan
I've just gotten a new Mac Pro at work, and was just running through some initial installs (Firefox, Chrome, Tweetie, and so on) to get myself set up when I noticed that it's trying to install things *to* the mounted DMGs for those apps.
As an example, I downloaded Firefox, opened the DMG, which mounted itself in the Finder as normal. When I dragged the file into the Applications folder (either within the DMG window or within the Finder itself), Firefox installs and I can open it. But when I try to unmount the DMG to get rid of it, it says I can't because Firefox is using it. If I quit Firefox and then try to unmount the DMG, this works fine but then Firefox disappears from the Applications folder.
Has anyone seen this? Is there a setting I haven't run into before? I am an administrator on this box, if that is relevant, or at least it says I am.
Thanks for any thoughts
Jonathan
