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Switcher Hangout (Windows to Mac)
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<blockquote data-quote="baggss" data-source="post: 602203" data-attributes="member: 6762"><p>This is one of those huge differences between OSX and Windows. When you open the .dmg file it is literally a virtual disc image. To install the program you can drag it off of the .dmg disc and put it anywhere on your computer (the Applications folder is recommended but not required). Now you have the Application program on your computer ready to run. What you don't see is that inside that .App file are all of the pieces that make up the program and allow it to run. These are all of those various things that Windows scatters hither and yon in the system for a program to work. On OSX, they are in one nice neat package. </p><p></p><p>The App will create a prefs file in the prefs folder and maybe some read me files, but that is about it for most Apps. Some OSX Apps DO come with an installer and some do come with an uninstaller. If you want to delete an App simply drag it to the trash and empty it, that's it, no uninstaller required unless one is included.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baggss, post: 602203, member: 6762"] This is one of those huge differences between OSX and Windows. When you open the .dmg file it is literally a virtual disc image. To install the program you can drag it off of the .dmg disc and put it anywhere on your computer (the Applications folder is recommended but not required). Now you have the Application program on your computer ready to run. What you don't see is that inside that .App file are all of the pieces that make up the program and allow it to run. These are all of those various things that Windows scatters hither and yon in the system for a program to work. On OSX, they are in one nice neat package. The App will create a prefs file in the prefs folder and maybe some read me files, but that is about it for most Apps. Some OSX Apps DO come with an installer and some do come with an uninstaller. If you want to delete an App simply drag it to the trash and empty it, that's it, no uninstaller required unless one is included. [/QUOTE]
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