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<blockquote data-quote="muso" data-source="post: 43654" data-attributes="member: 40">Some programs do need files in different places. Especially ones which change system settings (eg 3rd party preference panes). The developers of the big applications probably just decided to make an installer because (1) it looks nice, (2) it's more professional and (3) there might be a few files (system extensions, libraries etc...) that add extra functionality to your computer and won't work if you just put them anywhere.About 'finding classic' - it's not really an application, as such. You don't double click a file to open it - it's in your system preferences and runs in the background after you've started it. If you try to open an application that isn't compatible with OSX, classic will start up automatically (or ask you if you want to start it up). You can also set your computer to start up classic when you log in, and/or have Classic's status shown in the menu bar. Go to System Preferences &gt; Classic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="muso, post: 43654, member: 40"] Some programs do need files in different places. Especially ones which change system settings (eg 3rd party preference panes). The developers of the big applications probably just decided to make an installer because (1) it looks nice, (2) it's more professional and (3) there might be a few files (system extensions, libraries etc...) that add extra functionality to your computer and won't work if you just put them anywhere. About 'finding classic' - it's not really an application, as such. You don't double click a file to open it - it's in your system preferences and runs in the background after you've started it. If you try to open an application that isn't compatible with OSX, classic will start up automatically (or ask you if you want to start it up). You can also set your computer to start up classic when you log in, and/or have Classic's status shown in the menu bar. Go to System Preferences > Classic. [/QUOTE]

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