Just got my iMac 27 replacement

[whoisrhp]

Hey guys I just got my iMac replacement it took about 3 weeks to finally get another one my new one is a week 52. My old iMac had 19 dead pixels and the replacement has 0 dead pixels on the iSight, and the replacement seems cooler comparing the temps with istats.

My only concern right now since im kind of new with snow leopard and macs, when you install an application after you download it isn't the icon of the application suppose to show up right away? or do you have to restart the computer every time after you install an application? because right now every application i install the pic doesn't show up it has a circle with a cross through it
here's a SS i took.

http://i47.tinypic.com/2la3nmf.png

I just installed adium and dragged / copied the file over to the applications folder.

Does anyone know if this is normal?

 

[alma09]

My only concern right now since im kind of new with snow leopard and macs, when you install an application after you download it isn't the icon of the application suppose to show up right away? or do you have to restart the computer every time after you install an application? because right now every application i install the pic doesn't show up it has a circle with a cross through it
here's a SS i took.

http://i47.tinypic.com/2la3nmf.png

I just installed adium and dragged / copied the file over to the applications folder.

Does anyone know if this is normal?

Hi,

This is normal. This thing will disappear after you first start this app and confirm you want to use it.

 

[whoisrhp]

Hi,

This is normal. This thing will disappear after you first start this app and confirm you want to use it.

I have confirmed and even ran the program the icon only fully shows up normally with a restart. i just tried with different programs, is there a setting i misclicked?

 

[tofagerl]

Nah, it's a pretty well known issue. You can restart finder instead of rebooting, if it really bothers you, but it's a purely cosmetic issue.

 

[netnothing]

I have confirmed and even ran the program the icon only fully shows up normally with a restart. i just tried with different programs, is there a setting i misclicked?

I'm shocked that Apple hasn't fixed this yet, but don't worry, it's not you.

You can open Terminal and type: killall Dock

And the dock will restart and the icon will show up (note that this stops all your dashboard widgets, so the next time you go into dashboard, they will start up again).

-Kevin

 

[whoisrhp]

I'm shocked that Apple hasn't fixed this yet, but don't worry, it's not you.

You can open Terminal and type: killall Dock

And the dock will restart and the icon will show up (note that this stops all your dashboard widgets, so the next time you go into dashboard, they will start up again).

-Kevin

thanks guys so is this a software / os issue? do you think it will be fixed with a clean install? or will this be fixed with a patch update?

 

[netnothing]

thanks guys so is this a software / os issue? do you think it will be fixed with a clean install? or will this be fixed with a patch update?

Clean install won't help because I did a clean install AND and upgrade on my two machines.

Sooner or later it'll be patched in a point release.

-Kevin

 

[whoisrhp]

Clean install won't help because I did a clean install AND and upgrade on my two machines.

Sooner or later it'll be patched in a point release.

-Kevin

thank you kevin.

 

[HLdan]

It is a an issue that Apple won't fix for some stupid reason, however you don't have to do full restart to see the icon, just log out and log back in.