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Stop special treatment of 'internet-enabled' disk images
Authored by: robg on Feb 18, '04 01:20:37PM

My problem with them is two-fold ... first, I tend to batch download and then install/test later (often times much later). So I'll visit macupdate.com and start 10 or 12 downloads, but I don't really want to install anything right now. But anything that's internet enabled ignores my desires and installs itself.

the second reason I hate them is as you noted -- if you want to keep a library of "installers" on a spare hard drive, you have to make a trip to the trash to find the original.

I think the internet-enabled images are a good idea for one-time installs, and it certainly prevents confusion on the part of those who may be new to the Mac and disk images (I know many people who often times run things off the disk image without actually installing it ...). But for me, they were just a pain in the butt :).

-rob.



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Stop special treatment of 'internet-enabled' disk images
Authored by: Accura on Feb 18, '04 07:17:27PM

were a pain in the butt. thanx for the hint simX

jameso

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