Dmg's on desktop

I have all these dmg things on my desktop for various programs I've downloaded. Gimp, Skype, AirParrot, etc. If I've installed the programs to my applications do I need these? Can I just delete them and still have the programs? Also if I do need them, can I hide them?
Thanks, beginner quiestion but such is life!
Susan

Susan,
Generally speaking, there is usually no need to keep them. Here are some further explanations:
1. Can I delete .dmg files?: Apple Support Communities
2. Can I delete .dmg files off my iMac?: Apple Support Communities
3. .dmg files? can I delete?: Apple Support Communities
4. Do I need to keep .dmg files?: Apple Support Communities
5. Managing and installing applications distributed with DMG files | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

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Dramatis Personae:
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"Am I to understand that you have a case-sensitive volume with data that you want to copy to a case-insensitive volume? And the Finder won't let you do it? If that's what the problem is, the reason should be obvious: on the source volume, you may have two files in the same folder whose names differ only in case. When copying that folder to the target volume, it's not clear what the Finder should do."
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First I'd heard of "case sensitivity" -- I'm not too bright, as you seem to have realized.
Oddly enough (to me), I could move huge chunks of data, including a folder of 40GB, from Terabyte to TB2 with no problem.
Then the scenario unfolded per my too-convoluted message: several hours of trying things on my own, including making a .dmg of Terabyte (henceforth to be known as Terabyte.dmg) -- which left me with the exact same problem as described in the previous 4 paragraphs; and my 3 hours on the phone with AppleCare, who at least explained this case-sensitive business, but, after some shot-in-the-dark brainstorming -- tough to do with only one brain, and THAT on the OTHER end of the line -- the very pleasant AppleCare rep and I ended up equally perplexed and clueless as to how to get around the fact that a .dmg of a case-sensitive volume, while not case-sensitive in its "image" form (Terabyte.dmg), and thus able be transferred to TB1 or TB2 with no problems whatsoever, when opened -- either by double-clicking or opening in Disk Utility -- produced a desktop-mounted volume (henceforth known as the volume "Terabyte," the original name of the case-sensitive volume from which TB1.dmg had been made) that had the same case-sensitivity as the original from which it was made.
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I'm afraid I have no idea what "cp or rsync" are. I'd be happy to be educated. That's why I came here.
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Message was edited by: Bartbrn
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