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Re: Moving oneself to /Applications (or ~/Applications)
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Re: Moving oneself to /Applications (or ~/Applications)


  • Subject: Re: Moving oneself to /Applications (or ~/Applications)
  • From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:16:41 -0500

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Jeff Johnson
<email@hidden> wrote:
> That's an odd request, because doesn't it make more sense to install to
> /Applications if the app is running from /Volumes/MyDMG rather than from
> ~/Downloads? :-) Indeed, one of the reasons to switch from dmg to zip
> distribution is that the app disappears when the dmg is unmounted.

Not if you use an internet-enabled DMG.  And I don't want my
applications trying to install themselves in /Applications; I have
apps installed in ~/Applications or other places on my network home
folder at work.

--Kyle Sluder
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