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Bulk convert DMGs to 'Internet enabled' format
Authored by: davidmorr on Mar 22, '03 01:21:13AM
This makes software installation a lot more user-friendly (i.e., you can drag the folder with the enclosed app and documentation to Applications, instead of having to manually create such a folder - unlike under OS9, dragging the mounted image simply makes an alias, not copy, of the image and its contents.)

This making an alias, of course, is one the the more bizarre aspects of the OS X user interface. If you drag a folder, it copies the folder. The same should happen for dragging a disk icon.

Nevertheless, there is an easy solution. Hold down the Option key while you drag the disk icon and it will copy it instead of making an alias.

David

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Bulk convert DMGs to 'Internet enabled' format
Authored by: mech_filter on Mar 22, '03 08:25:05AM

True, but you still have to mount the darned thing, then go find it on the
desktop and unmount it, and trash it. Doesn't "solve my issue". :-)



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