How do i remove the disk icon after downloading a program?

[stevefo]

Please bare with me as I'm new to Macs and OSX. I have a late 2012 iMac 27" and I love it! When I download a program it shows up in downloads. I open it up and it installs the program. I then have a disk icon on my desktop of the program. I just want to keep the downloaded program in my downloads and install it in launcher. I don't want the damn disk icon on my desktop. How do I do this?

 

[Dalton63841]

Move the application to your Applications folder. Then right click on the disk icon on your desktop and click Eject. Those icons you are seeing are disk images, and Mac treats them similar to an actual disk.

 

[stevefo]

Move the application to your Applications folder. Then right click on the disk icon on your desktop and click Eject. Those icons you are seeing are disk images, and Mac treats them similar to an actual disk.

Sweet! Thank You! I'm learning slowly.

 

[Dalton63841]

Sweet! Thank You! I'm learning slowly.

Don't worry about it. 4 years ago I was right where you are, trying to figure out why Mac works so weird. Today you couldn't pay me to own a Windows laptop. Granted thats not the case for everyone. Different strokes and all that.

 

[stevefo]

Don't worry about it. 4 years ago I was right where you are, trying to figure out why Mac works so weird. Today you couldn't pay me to own a Windows laptop. Granted thats not the case for everyone. Different strokes and all that.

I had many PC's all my life. I bought a mac mini to test the waters. After a few days I returned the mini and jumped feet first into an iMac and OSX. Sold all my PC stuff and monitors on ebay and here i am. I don't regret it at all.

 

[GGJstudios]

Sweet! Thank You! I'm learning slowly.

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