Ok stupid question here again... I downloaded firefox... i put it in to the aplications thing and then an icon goes up on the desktop it looks like a mozilla firefox icon with a "diskdrive, removable" in the backround. I drag that to the trash and it says "eject" whats up with that?
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Because it's a disk image. It's a mountable image with the application on it.
When you drag it to the trash it unmounts it, which is called Eject by the finder, same as if it was a mounted volume like a floppy, CD, DVD, or zip disk.
When you drag it to the trash it unmounts it, which is called Eject by the finder, same as if it was a mounted volume like a floppy, CD, DVD, or zip disk.
divein195hi11ar said:
What you downloaded was the disk image for installing Firefox. What you need to do is open the disk image, and when the disk appears on your desktop copy the Firefox application from that disk image to your applications folder. You can then "eject" the disk image and delete the downloaded file, and launch the Firefox application from your Applications folder.
You've moved the disk image (.dmg file) to your Applications folder, and not just the application. What you should do is mount the disk image (by double clicking on it) and then move Firefox from inside there to your apps folder. You can then eject the disk image and throw it in the trash.divein195hi11ar said:
EDIT: Beaten...barely. Darn you yellow and atszyman!
FYI, check out the MacRumors guide on installing applications for a few screenshots to assist you...you'll want the section on disk images.