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<blockquote data-quote="Meyvn" data-source="post: 175255" data-attributes="member: 7539"><p>1. Go to Versiontracker.com, and download a program called Monolingual. This will clear up a good deal of hard disk space (I got rid of around 2 GB of unnecessary files when I last used it). This is no cure for your decision to get a tiny hard drive, but it should help. If you feel you need a bigger one later, you can always make a "disk clone" on a 60, 80, or 100GB drive to save some reinstallation hassle. </p><p></p><p>2. I think what you're trying to do is drag the entire disk image, and not the application, into the apps folder. Let me try and walk you through this. Whatever you downloaded before should now be removed. Re-Download FF to your desktop, and leave everything there. If the file you downloaded "auto-executed," like it does by default in many browsers, you'll have to click "accept," and when you're done, on your desktop, there will appear to be two "files." One will be a .dmg file, and the other will probably simply say Firefox, and will be the Firefox logo on what looks like a floppy drive. Neither of these should be dragged to your applications folder. The one that has no file extension is the one you want to open. This is what's called a "disk image." Think of it as an imitation of a small hard disk partition. Once you've opened it, you'll see the actual Firefox application file (and naturally the icon) inside. now, I want you to go up to file, and click New Finder Window. then, I want you to drag the Firefox icon into your applications folder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Meyvn, post: 175255, member: 7539"] 1. Go to Versiontracker.com, and download a program called Monolingual. This will clear up a good deal of hard disk space (I got rid of around 2 GB of unnecessary files when I last used it). This is no cure for your decision to get a tiny hard drive, but it should help. If you feel you need a bigger one later, you can always make a "disk clone" on a 60, 80, or 100GB drive to save some reinstallation hassle. 2. I think what you're trying to do is drag the entire disk image, and not the application, into the apps folder. Let me try and walk you through this. Whatever you downloaded before should now be removed. Re-Download FF to your desktop, and leave everything there. If the file you downloaded "auto-executed," like it does by default in many browsers, you'll have to click "accept," and when you're done, on your desktop, there will appear to be two "files." One will be a .dmg file, and the other will probably simply say Firefox, and will be the Firefox logo on what looks like a floppy drive. Neither of these should be dragged to your applications folder. The one that has no file extension is the one you want to open. This is what's called a "disk image." Think of it as an imitation of a small hard disk partition. Once you've opened it, you'll see the actual Firefox application file (and naturally the icon) inside. now, I want you to go up to file, and click New Finder Window. then, I want you to drag the Firefox icon into your applications folder. [/QUOTE]
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