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Best way to Copy data on a single dvd to both a Mac and a PC?
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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 792098" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>You do need Admin rights to modify the /Applications folder and certain other system folders. Individual users' Applications folders (~/Applications) can be modified by those users no matter what.</p><p></p><p>Still, that doesn't mean that the user won't rearrange, rename, or move the file after installation.</p><p></p><p>So long as they're not actual executable files, they might be better placed in the Application Support folder, or something similar.</p><p><a href="http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articles/WhereToPutFiles.html" target="_blank">File System Overview: Where to Put Application Files</a></p><p></p><p>I know that the Apple installer and PackageMaker allow you to cue up multiple DVDs in sequence. I don't know how the DVDs could be set up so that they'd also be available to the Windows installer (.msi ?) at the same time, but I imagine it could be done.</p><p></p><p>I'd still advise against using a proprietary installer, but if you're going that route, hopefully the vendor will support you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 792098, member: 4134"] You do need Admin rights to modify the /Applications folder and certain other system folders. Individual users' Applications folders (~/Applications) can be modified by those users no matter what. Still, that doesn't mean that the user won't rearrange, rename, or move the file after installation. So long as they're not actual executable files, they might be better placed in the Application Support folder, or something similar. [url=http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articles/WhereToPutFiles.html]File System Overview: Where to Put Application Files[/url] I know that the Apple installer and PackageMaker allow you to cue up multiple DVDs in sequence. I don't know how the DVDs could be set up so that they'd also be available to the Windows installer (.msi ?) at the same time, but I imagine it could be done. I'd still advise against using a proprietary installer, but if you're going that route, hopefully the vendor will support you. [/QUOTE]
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