New programs install as drives?
I don't really understand what's going on and I am having trouble finding information about it. First of all I will say I am about a month old mac user. There have been a few programs now that I have installed (ie google earth) and have shown up as drives, under "devices". So I have to "eject" them every time I close the program. I can't drag them into my application folder, they only appear as devices, and on my dock, it does let me drag it there but then shows up as a device too every time I click it. And I always get a .dmg file along with whatever I am downloading...do I need to keep that or just for the install?
Anyway is there anywhere I can find out, or can anyone explain to me the processes involved with downloading and installing new programs because I am pretty confused about it at this point. thanks!
When you download something using Mac, it usually comes with a (.dmg ), most of the time it would open by it self and install the application inside it, sometime you would need to open it by hand. a lot of times when you open the (.dmg) file, it comes up with a ~drive~, what you do is open it, and you will find the application inside, just drag the application to the ~>Finder>Applications~, after it's done, just Eject the drive, and if there is a ~.dmg~ file comes with the download, delete it too. And that's all you need to do, the software you downloaded would be in the Application Finder, drag it to the dock if you want to open it fast every time.
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