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Transferring apps to another computer

rye9

rye9

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One computer which I use almost daily has internet access, but no application through which to access it. Is there any way I can put something like Safari on it? I'm currently on a Mac, and the computer in mention is a PC, but I didn't know if I could burn a CD or something to install a browser on it...
 
If it's a PC running Windows, it should have Internet Explorer on it, as part of the Windows installation. If it's not there and you have the installation/restore discs that came with it, you should be able to install it from those. After that, you can download Safari or Firefox and install.
 
It used to, but someone deleted IE, and I don't know where the discs are...
 
You can download Safari for Windows as long as you use a Windows computer to download it - otherwise if you're on a Mac it will only let you download the Mac version. Then put the installer or whatever it is on a flash drive or other some sort of transferrable media
 
Or download Firefox for Windows on the Mac. It should be just one executable file that you can transfer by network, USB stick or CDR
 
MacGeek7 said:
You can download Safari for Windows as long as you use a Windows computer to download it - otherwise if you're on a Mac it will only let you download the Mac version. Then put the installer or whatever it is on a flash drive or other some sort of transferrable media
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You can download Safari for Windows, using a Mac, by using this link.
 
rye9 said:
One computer which I use almost daily has internet access, but no application through which to access it. Is there any way I can put something like Safari on it? I'm currently on a Mac, and the computer in mention is a PC, but I didn't know if I could burn a CD or something to install a browser on it...
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Why not set the two computers up as a network?

Then copy what you want from your Mac to PC across the network. A bit faster than trying to burn CD's etc.

Once you've got your broswer installed you can just share your internet connection and printers etc. between your computers.
 
the internet explorer folder is still there when i checked; what should i look for in it? the app isn't there... it needs to be installed.
 
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