Desktop Question

Mrclean · Mrclean #1 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 03:16 PM

I have recently downloaded an updated version of itunes. on my desktop there is a picture of what looks like a cd drive or something. It won't let me move this into another folder by draging. I would really like to get it off the desktop. Also it says that I can eject it somehow?

D3v1L80Y · D3v1L80Y #2 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 03:20 PM

It sounds like you have a mounted disk image. All you have to do to eject it is to drag it to the trash. You can also highlight it and use the key combo "Command + E" to eject it. :black:

Mrclean · Mrclean #3 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 03:21 PM

Thanks problem solved. Macs are so simple, why have I been wasting my time all these years with windows

iFX · iFX #4 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 04:35 PM

Come Come now.. if they were THATTTT simple you wouldn't have asked for help

jessica · jessica #5 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by iFX

Come Come now.. if they were THATTTT simple you wouldn't have asked for help

Simple or not, when you use windows all your life (as I have) and then you switch to a Mac there is only a handful of things that are so simple they aren't obvious to the windows user. For example, an image of a CD that means you have a CD in your drive. Simple? You bet! But if it were Windows it'd most likely mean there was some spyware or something that was just installed on your box.
Anyway, there's a small learning curve there and I know you were once there too!

iWhat · iWhat #6 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 06:15 PM

When I got my first mac in Dec 2003, I didn't know to restart it, and I was running many apps from the desktop. And the first day of getting my mac, I didn't know how to shut down my mac either. Ah! Those were the days.

BEEEsH · BEEEsH #7 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by iWhat

When I got my first mac in Dec 2003, I didn't know to restart it, and I was running many apps from the desktop. And the first day of getting my mac, I didn't know how to shut down my mac either. Ah! Those were the days.

I kinda got lucky because I used macs for a short period of time against my will. I started learning all the little shortcuts and how a few things work differently. Then I realized how much easier it was. Now that I have my mac, I'm pretty good with it. (got it last week)

iNAP · iNAP #8 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 07:37 PM

I have only had Apple .No clue about PCs. I can not believe how easy things are, once you see them done, or taught how to's. Apple has me hooked

spong · spong #9 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 08:38 PM

I use both. I find functionally they're pretty much the same.

I tried to put my Mac on our Windows network in the office, but gave up in the end, so I just use it at home.

It's purely taste. You don't get any more or less out of one or the other.

iFX · iFX #10 (**permalink**)

06-05-2005, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jessica

Simple or not, when you use windows all your life (as I have) and then you switch to a Mac there is only a handful of things that are so simple they aren't obvious to the windows user. For example, an image of a CD that means you have a CD in your drive. Simple? You bet! But if it were Windows it'd most likely mean there was some spyware or something that was just installed on your box.
Anyway, there's a small learning curve there and I know you were once there too!

LOL i was not "once" there, I am still there!

I was just being sarcastic haha... apples are easy I agree

witeshark · witeshark #11 (**permalink**)

06-06-2005, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by iFX

Come Come now.. if they were THATTTT simple you wouldn't have asked for help

This is what forums like this are for, no?

D3v1L80Y #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 02, 2004 Location: PA Posts: 12,455 Mac Specs: MacBook	06-05-2005, 03:20 PM It sounds like you have a mounted disk image. All you have to do to eject it is to drag it to the trash. You can also highlight it and use the key combo "Command + E" to eject it. :black: __________________________________________________ Posting and YOU\|Forum Community Guidelines\|The Apple Product Cycle\|Forum Courtesy mac: a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric MAC: a data communication protocol sub-layer, also known as the Media Access Control Mac: a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.
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iNAP #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 20, 2005 Posts: 1,802	06-05-2005, 07:37 PM I have only had Apple .No clue about PCs. I can not believe how easy things are, once you see them done, or taught how to's. Apple has me hooked www.idadgraphics.com I started using PS from finding this forum and all the help I have gotten here thru the years is immeasurable thank you MacForums and all it's members
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Mrclean #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-05-2005, 03:16 PM I have recently downloaded an updated version of itunes. on my desktop there is a picture of what looks like a cd drive or something. It won't let me move this into another folder by draging. I would really like to get it off the desktop. Also it says that I can eject it somehow?
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iFX #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-05-2005, 04:35 PM Come Come now.. if they were THATTTT simple you wouldn't have asked for help
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iWhat #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2004 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 5,758 Mac Specs: Macbook, iMac G5, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod (MANY)!	06-05-2005, 06:15 PM When I got my first mac in Dec 2003, I didn't know to restart it, and I was running many apps from the desktop. And the first day of getting my mac, I didn't know how to shut down my mac either. Ah! Those were the days.
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spong #9 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-05-2005, 08:38 PM I use both. I find functionally they're pretty much the same. I tried to put my Mac on our Windows network in the office, but gave up in the end, so I just use it at home. It's purely taste. You don't get any more or less out of one or the other.
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