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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 360940" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Are you sure Adobe Reader and Firefox are actually installed properly?&nbsp; When you download new software, many times it will come packaged as a DMG file.&nbsp; That DMG file acts as a &quot;virtual drive&quot;, meaning that it mounts and looks very much like a hard drive when you double-click it.&nbsp; In many cases, all you have to do is double-click on it to run the program.&nbsp; Of course, when you reboot your computer, the drive is no longer mounted and the program is no longer available.&nbsp; New Mac users often make the mistake of simply double-clicking the DMG file again and running the program from the virtual drive.&nbsp; The trick is to actually drag the program icon to your Applications folder which &quot;installs&quot; the program on your Mac.&nbsp; From then on, you simply open your Applications folder and run the program from there.&nbsp; It will then save your preferences when you reboot your machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 360940, member: 24098"] Are you sure Adobe Reader and Firefox are actually installed properly? When you download new software, many times it will come packaged as a DMG file. That DMG file acts as a "virtual drive", meaning that it mounts and looks very much like a hard drive when you double-click it. In many cases, all you have to do is double-click on it to run the program. Of course, when you reboot your computer, the drive is no longer mounted and the program is no longer available. New Mac users often make the mistake of simply double-clicking the DMG file again and running the program from the virtual drive. The trick is to actually drag the program icon to your Applications folder which "installs" the program on your Mac. From then on, you simply open your Applications folder and run the program from there. It will then save your preferences when you reboot your machine. [/QUOTE]

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