Hello, Please do not feel offended by these basic questions but make sure, when copying n application from the downloads folder, that it has the extension .app after its name. Then - and I think only then - will the application be pasted into your application folder. If - once you have located your application in the downloads folder - you hear .dmg after its name, you need to open it first with command+down arrow. This will probably result in the following: go to your desktop where you will find a folder (usually having the word image in it) which has the name of your application. Interact with it, and you should find there the name of your application with the .app extension. Copy it with command+c and then paste into application folder. Be aware that some .dmg packets when they appear as image browser on your desktop may have application alias already included in them. This is just a shortcut to your application folder which, when you press command+downarrow, will open your application folder straight away. Som programmes when downloaded have extension .pkg. They also will be placed as image browser on your desktop when you open them with command+down arrow. These ,pkg things usually include an installer application which you have to run by pressing command+downarrow to open them, and follow onscreen instructions.
Please forgive me if this is something you know, or if it has already been posted here. Just trying to be helpful. With best wishes Simon On 31 Aug 2011, at 20:46, Johnny Angel! wrote: > Chris, > > Thanks so much for this! > > Everything went smoothly except for copying the program into my applications > folder. Vo reports the copy process with a command C, but after then going > to the applications folder, command V does nothing, Vo is silent, and nothing > is copied. Any ideas on this last step? > > Thanks, > > Johnny > On Aug 31, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> Assuming you haven't changed any preferences, the downloaded files should be >> in your Downloads folder. Downloads folder can be found a number of ways but >> one quick way is in your dock which is VO-D. Then do a VO-Shift-M for the >> contextual menu and choose open Donwloads by hitting the up arrow once. Once >> in there the actual installation process depends on what you downloaded. >> Most Mac apps come as DMG or DiskImage files which when opened appear as >> another drive on your desktop. Usually within there is some kind of >> installer package, setup program or just the app itself. In the last case >> you can just copy the app, go to your applications folder and paste it there. >> >> CB >> >> On 8/29/11 5:29 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I tried asking this once before, but I don't think my question got through >>> to the list. At any rate, here goes: >>> >>> I need help understanding how to download programs from websites in Safari. >>> >>> Would someone please be so kind as to offer me a detailed teaching on how >>> to do this? I would click on a download link, but to me nothing is >>> happening. When I navigate to the download button, I can see at least one >>> of the programs I have tried downloading, but I don't know what I am to do >>> to get the program onto my mbp from there. >>> >>> Thanks a lot everyone, >>> >>> Johnny >>> Johnny Angel! >>> beefca...@neo.rr.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > Johnny Angel! > beefca...@neo.rr.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
