Two, two, two of all things

[Driller]

After transferring data to new iMac i find I have doubled all of my applications. i.e. Image Capture has two from which to pick. I have more storage than I will ever need so not a problem but it is puzzling

 

[Lifeisabeach]

After transferring data to new iMac i find I have doubled all of my applications. i.e. Image Capture has two from which to pick. I have more storage than I will ever need so not a problem but it is puzzling

It's not puzzling at all. You copied all your apps off the backup to your new iMac, which had those apps already as part of the default installation. Just delete the older of the duplicates.

 

[Driller]

Well, even curiouser.....
I have another thread going about my SD card slot not responding. So I attempted to delete the file (Image Capture) I thought to be older. Got an error message saying it was necessary for iMac. So I tried deleting its twin. Password was asked and it was deleted. Then out of the clear blue background up popped the SD card I had in place. One blocking the other?

 

[Lifeisabeach]

Well, even curiouser.....
I have another thread going about my SD card slot not responding. So I attempted to delete the file (Image Capture) I thought to be older. Got an error message saying it was necessary for iMac. So I tried deleting its twin. Password was asked and it was deleted. Then out of the clear blue background up popped the SD card I had in place. One blocking the other?

BINGO! The older one I assume was from an older install of OS X and thus wouldn't run. Go through your duplicates carefully. Right-click and "Get Info" on them and examine the version numbers to be sure you are eliminating the older one. Maybe even test-run the copy you want to keep to be sure it's the right one.

 

[Driller]

All well and dandy as some of the duplicates need to be gone as I keep getting error messages for iPhoto as having two running or one already open.

Problem is I have the new wireless mouse. I have not yet found the secret for the "right click". It just clicks

 

[cradom]

Well, until you figure it out, control-click=right-click.