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    Question when opening programs..

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Mfrey89, Sep 24, 2008.

  1. Mfrey89

    Mfrey89 Notebook Guru

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    When I open a program like firefox, before it opens a little white disk drive comes up on my homescreen and if I "eject" it, it will close firefox. How do you make these go away. Its not a huge problem, its just kinda annoying. Thanks.
     
    Mfrey89, Sep 24, 2008
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    xprohx Notebook Evangelist

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    You have not installed the program correctly. Open the white disk, drag the icon of the program to your applications folder. Eject the disk and from now on, open the program from your applications folder (or create a dock shortcut).

    Also, read some of the Mac switcher's guide on the top of the page for more info.
     
    xprohx, Sep 24, 2008
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    it worked. Thankyou
     
    Mfrey89, Sep 24, 2008
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  4. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Its a minor hassle, but it actually has its benefits: think, if you want to try out a program before really installing it, you can do so this way, and if you like it, you can install the program; if you don't, delete the file and it never installed anything. So its a "try it risk free!" sort of thing :).
     
    Sam, Sep 26, 2008
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