Newb Question (about installing from disk images)

higgz

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Hey fellas,
When I install Cyberduck (FTP program) it installs what looks like another drive to my desktop. It seems that everytime I shutdown and turn back on my computer it disappears from the desktop-as well as it cant come up in the finder or anywhere on my HD except the install. Is there something I'm missing or just plain stupid

 

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aaronw1986

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higgz said:

Hey fellas,
When I install Cyberduck (FTP program) it installs what looks like another drive to my desktop. It seems that everytime I shutdown and turn back on my computer it disappears from the desktop-as well as it cant come up in the finder or anywhere on my HD except the install. Is there something I'm missing or just plain stupid

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Did you drag Cyberduck into the Applications folder?

 

motulist

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http://guides.macrumors.com/Installing_Applications_in_Mac_OS_X

and also be sure to read all the guides in the yellow box on this page
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/78/

 

higgz

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aaronw1986 said:

Did you drag Cyberduck into the Applications folder?

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It installs to my desktop... and has like a jumpdrive type of icon, and I noticed it like never really installs to my HD? (it keeps erasing?)

 

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aaronw1986

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Read the guides posted above. To install an app in OS X, you need to drag it to the Applications folder. Otherwise it stays in the disk image and is not installed.

 

higgz

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motulist said:

http://guides.macrumors.com/Installing_Applications_in_Mac_OS_X

and also be sure to read all the guides in the yellow box on this page
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/78/

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Awesome, thanks man so the application is basically not copied to the HD it just like makes a temp folder basically?

 

motulist

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higgz said:

Awesome, thanks man so the application is basically not copied to the HD it just like makes a temp folder basically?

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Basically.

 

higgz

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aaronw1986 said:

Read the guides posted above. To install an app in OS X, you need to drag it to the Applications folder. Otherwise it stays in the disk image and is not installed.

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Okay, not quite sure of the advantage with that is... but I guess it's cool as long as it doesn't store temp files and such that build up somewhere. thanks

 

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GirthP

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It's a different system, but believe me, it's very clean and simple. You'll come to understand if you want .

 

higgz

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GirthP said:

It's a different system, but believe me, it's very clean and simple. You'll come to understand if you want .

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Haha, still trying to get a grasp on everything. Loving every second of it.

 

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aaronw1986

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higgz said:

Okay, not quite sure of the advantage with that is... but I guess it's cool as long as it doesn't store temp files and such that build up somewhere. thanks

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Think of it like in Windows you download a .exe file in order to install a program. You have to still install the program from the .exe and then delete it.