New to Mac's: .Dmg Question

[Maiszy]

So I have downloaded something off the internet such as the new version of itunes, and it installs and I am running it perfectly. However, there is a .dmg file on my desktop and I am not sure if I am actually supposed to keep said file somewhere on my computer or am I supposed to 'trash' it because its job is now done. I have tons of these files that I have moved to the applications folder and are just sitting there taking up space.

Thanks in Advance For Your Responces

 

[eyup]

You can dump them.

Only keep those that you may want to back up. Say a specific app you have bought maybe.

 

[The General]

The *.dmg is like an *.exe installer file. You download, say, firefox.exe, and run it and it installs Firefox. After that you no longer need firefox.exe.

 

[robbieduncan]

I suggest you read the Disk Image Guide.

 

[GITANAJAVA]

If you are a newbie to all things Mac-ish and the .dmg how-to's, you'll probably prefer this article:

http://www.nzmac.com/component/option,com_kb/Itemid,179/page,articles/articleid,52/

Easy to understand and has pix, too