Hang on! WHen you say you are installing an app, how exactly are you doing this? Are you opening the DMG file and just running the app or are you copying the app from within the DMG to your applications folder. Understand that when you download an app, you will be receiving it as a zip, DMG, or some other archived file format. Generally the app is contained in the archive and you only have to copy it into the APplications folder. However, some apps come as a PKG or MPKG file which you must run. THis is a package installer that installs the app and such into the appropriate location. If you are running the apps from within the archive and the disc images are mounted to your desktop, when you reboot they disappear.
On Feb 2, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I think it does have one, but cannot be sure. If not, where would I > find this .app file, and why would it not already be there? Also, why > do other applications (audacity, filezilla) never show up, even though > they were installed from dmg files? > > On 2/2/12, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, Alex, >> >> I don't remember if Chrome has an installer. If an application doesn't have >> an installer with prompts, you will need to find the .app file and copy it >> over to your apps directory. >> >> HTH, >> Teresa >> >> "We are made of star-stuff"--Carl Sagan, Cosmos >> >> On Feb 2, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I am thoroughly confused. I have now installed Chrome twice, and both >>> times it has disappeared from my applications folder and spotlight. I >>> have also installed Filezilla, and have been able to find it via >>> spotlight, but it is not in my applications folder. I installed >>> Yofukurou, though, and that is in my applications folder (though I >>> installed that via the app store, not a dmg). I'll be honest: the >>> constant busy messages, overall lag, and disappearing apps have made >>> me use Windows pretty much all the time, but if I could get this >>> worked out it would be good. At least I could use something other than >>> safari, and maybe try using the mac more... >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > -- > 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.
