How to install software when no finder?

I can't get Finder to open. It has been open just a few times since I upgraded to Lion and now I can't get it at all.
How do I install software when I can't move a file to the application folder via Finder?

1) Why the search engine isn't working to find similar discussions, I don't know. I tried for 10 minutes to find this problem and nothing showed up until I posted my discussion. This is probably making all the problems look much bigger because we can't find prior discussions.
2) After posting my discussion, other similar discussions were shown in the right sidebar. One suggested a Force Quit of Finder. When I did this, I discovered 7 or 8 windows of various Finder flavors were open, but none of them showed up on any of my screens (using Mission Control AND F9 to look at my other screens).
It seems that if too many windows of Finder are open, we can't open more? Makes sense to me, so I manually closed them all (the message that popped up from Force Quit did not close anything).
Now I can open Finder from the icon in the toolbar.
I waited to install Lion, but this the third bug that is eating my time. I guess I should have waited longer for some fixes to be posted.

Similar Messages

  • How to install software to ipod touch

    Bought a used ipod touch 1st Gen. from ebay. I erased it and dont know how to install software and os 5.0.

    A 1G iPod can go to iOS 2.2 via iTunes and iOS 3.1.3 via
    Purchasing iOS 3.1 Software Update for iPod touch (1st generation)                   
    https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/touchLegacyLandingPage
    To more easily find compatible apps:
    iOSSearch - search the iTunes store for compatible apps.
    Apple Club - filter apps by iOS version.

  • How to install software from imac to macbook pro

    how to install software from imac to macbook pro

    Are you using one of the newer iMac's with no DVD drive? If so, you can either get an external CD/DVD drive (any make - doesn't have to be Apple) or, if you have another Mac on the same network that has a CD/DVD drive you may be able to do it by turning on 'DVD or CD Sharing' on that Mac (System Preferences>Sharing). Hopefully you'll see the disk on the Mac without the DVD drive and be able to install from there.

  • How to install software from disk onto imac

    how to install software from disk onto imac

    Are you using one of the newer iMac's with no DVD drive? If so, you can either get an external CD/DVD drive (any make - doesn't have to be Apple) or, if you have another Mac on the same network that has a CD/DVD drive you may be able to do it by turning on 'DVD or CD Sharing' on that Mac (System Preferences>Sharing). Hopefully you'll see the disk on the Mac without the DVD drive and be able to install from there.

  • How to install software (on CD) for Sony DCR-SR68 video camera on my 2009 MacBook Pro

    How do I install software for a Sony DCR-SR68 video camera on my 2009 MacBook Pro? The manual that came with the camera says the software cannot be installed on "a Mackintosh", that I should contact Apple.

    BrianKeyes wrote:
    The manual that came with the camera says the software cannot be installed on "a Mackintosh"
    I think that's pretty clear, don't you? (And, if it does say "Mackintosh", I'll eat my bowler hat.)
    You can't use the supplied software with Mac OS X. Either install Windows on your Mac, if you wish to use this software, or find out (eg, by googling) what other Mac users do with this camera.

  • How to install software from a purchased cd

    How do I install software on mac mini from a purchased cd without buying an external drive. The other Imac on my network does not have cd sharing- running Tiger. Any other possibilities?

    Your options are:
    - ask the company that makes the software if they offer a download option;
    - find another Mac with an optical drive that either will support Remote Disk or that you can use to generate a disk image from the install disk (note that some disks carry copy protection and cannot generate a workable disk image);
    - buy or borrow an external optical drive.
    Regards.

  • How to install software on macbook pro

    Hi,
    So I have the Macbook Pro with the Retina display. It does not have a CD-rom slot.
    I have a Logic software that I want to install for my laptop. I installed this software on my previous Macbook that had a CD-rom slot.
    Does anyone know how to install such a big file/program without having it to do a MacBook Share from another laptop?

    If you know someone with one, ask if you can borrow it. Otherwise, using another computer's internal drive is the free way; there is no credit in the Mac App Store for having bought the DVD version of a product.
    (103067)

  • How to install software on Mac mini using the dvd drive from an iMac G5

    I have a Mac mini but want to install software from cd. Mac mini doesn't have dvd drive. I have iMac G5 with dvd drive. How can I use the iMac to install software on Mac mini.

    Click here for information.
    (81367)

  • How to install software

    Hi
    I received Playbook as a gift from London am in Iran now.my device was registered in London correctly. But no software is there. I tried so many but I couldn't install any software on it's there any problem because of my country or is there any guidance to install software that can help me?
    thankyou for helping and sorry for pure english.
    pegah

    To learn how to access Videos and Photos - How to transfer them from Computer to PlayBook : http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/27018/Pictures_tips_1366621_11.jsp
    Regards Eree - Follow me on Twitter - Facebook - Google+
    For More visit My Blog

  • How to install software before user's logon?

    Hello!
    I have a problem. I want to install software before logon user to computer.
    I have applied a "Wait for network policy" to all our computers in 2003 domain, but on Windows 7 a script that installs software continues to work before and after logon. On Windows XP software installed before user logons to computer.
    The policy that installs software applied to Computer configuration in group management console.
    How to prevent software to continue its installation after user's logon?
    Thank you!

    You can utilize SCCM to instal software silently or use silent switch to install the software in background within the scripts. Its difficult to interpret how you have configured the group policy & how this script works w/o seeing it. If you want help
    with the script, you can post this thread into scripting forum.
    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/scriptcenter/en-US/home?forum=ITCG
    Awinish Vishwakarma - MVP
    My Blog: awinish.wordpress.com
    Disclaimer This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties/guarantees and confers no rights.

  • How to install software in solaris

    Hi,
    Sorry for posing this question in this forum. But I m helpless as in solaris forum I didn't get reply.
    I m new to solaris. Can you give me some details how to install a tgz file.
    thanks in advance

    Go to www.java.com
    Click on download "solaris software"
    Turn off your IE security settings and firewall, solaris needs to 'phone home' while it is installing. If you don't turn them off then you'll have to open ports 1, 2, 4, 99, 23, 25, 8080 and 80.
    Once you're ready to go type in "suxmiownpen0r" and off you go.
    Ooo, and remember to add "I'm a Troll" to the description/profession on your profile.
    Ted.
    As helpful as ever...

  • How to prevent email when using find my iphone

    Hi there,
    Am I the only that finds the email confirmations annoying when using find my iPhone?
    Is there any way to prevent these emails, or a preference somewhere to turn them off?

    Apple:
         Considering the threads here and on other Internet sites, this is clearly a safety issue.  As a parent who uses this feature on my children's phone - this feature should be optional.  Notifying the bad guy when you are searching for your phone/child is not an option.  Thank you.

  • How to install software higher than 1.1.5 (4B1) to my ipod touch

    Is it possible to install software operating system to my iPod touch first generation higher than 1.1.5 (4B1)?

    You can go as far as iOS 3.1.3 and you get that here:
    Purchasing iOS 3.1 Software Update for iPod touch (1st generation)

  • How to install software on Nokia N73?

    Hello folks,
    I need helps on installing software on N73
    I downloaded some software from Nokia.com. All the file extensions are .SIS. For example, a dictionary and Time Zone Upgrader.. so on. I have no problems to connect the phone to my PC.
    My question: WHERE DO I STORE THE FILESON THE PHONE? I tried to put them all in the root directory on the SD card. It didn't work.
    Appreciate for any helps!!!!!

    Hi f117b2
    If you use PCSuite there is an install software facility.
    http://europe.nokia.com/A4144903
    Happy to have helped forum in a small way with a Support Ratio = 37.0

  • How to install Leopard when disc drive is broken

    Because the inbuilt CD/DVD drive has broken I use an external disk drive via USB (a LaCie d2). The Leopard install disc reads perfectly well from the LaCie drive (as you would expect) but when (at the very beginning of the install process) it prompts a Restart, the system simply restarts using the old OSX software instead of booting up from the Leopard install disc in the external LaCie drive. I guess this is because it only looks on the hard drive and the in built (now broken) CD/DVD drive. Does anyone know the best way of getting the install to work?
    Thanks John

    You can obtain an external hard drive with a Firewire port & clone the Leopard installer disc or restore an image of it to that drive. (Simply copying files won't work because that will not create a bootable disk.) You cannot copy
    For more info on creating disk images & restoring them to other disks, see the Leopard help topic on your Mac, "*Restoring a disk or disk image to another disk*" & the topics it links to, like "*Restoring a disk image to a disk*." For more info on cloning, check out products like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper!.
    You cannot use your existing internal hard drive as a substitute for an external one unless you can partition it so that the clone or restored image is on a separate partition from the normal one you wish to install Leopard on (the installer cannot install the OS to the partition it is running from). While it is possible to do "live" partitioning to a drive that already contains files, it is advisable to back up the existing partition to other media first because there is always a chance that something will go wrong in the partitioning process, leaving you without those files. Since you need an external drive to best do this anyway, I don't recommend this approach.
    However, since you really should have an external drive for backups whether or not you are installing the new OS, you can combine this with the installer disc clone/restored image as follows:
    1. Get a nice big Firewire external drive, say 500 GB or greater. These are pretty cheap these days. You should be able to find many suitable ones in the $80 to $150 range. As an example, a search of Amazon shows over 200 entries in the less than $200 range. Many are 'combo' units with USB, Firewire, & possibly other ports like e-SATA. For future needs & maximum flexibility you may wish to consider one of those; just make sure the one you choose has a Firewire port & can boot a Mac.
    2. Before putting the drive into service, use Disk Utility to partition it into two or more volumes. One of them just needs to be a bit bigger than the total capacity of the installer disc, say 10 GB. Make this the last volume of the drive & you can delete it later if you wish but you probably will want to keep it around for future installs.
    3. Use the above method to create the bootable version of the installer disc on this partition, restart from it using the option key method to invoke the Startup Manager, & install the new OS on the internal drive from it.
    As a side benefit, since disk drives are much faster than DVD's, the startup & installation process will be faster than from the DVD.

Maybe you are looking for