Well first of all you will never encounter this if you only install appps from the App Store. However not all the useful programs are available from the App Store and I believe that Audacity is in that category. Traditionally Mac programs Were distributed on CD and the disk image was intended to replicate this on the Mac. What happens when you open the dis image file is that a virtual drive is created on your desktop much as if you had inserted a CD or DVD into your Mac..
With most applications originating from Mac programmers you will tend to find that the disk image simply contains application files which you copy to the application folder to run. In this sense the Mac was much neater than Windows as you did not have a setup process to go through. You simply copied an app to the application folder and then deleted it from the application folder if you no longer wanted the program. So there was no need for an add remove programs function like in Windows. However life is not as neat as that and many programs, including I believe Audacity, are ported across from Windows and may insist on a setup process. You will find for another example, that Adobe will even on the Mac, insist on a windows style setup program. This and other issues has created a situation where debris can be left on the Mac much like a Windows machine which is why people use utilities like clean my Mac nowadays. Anyway the basic rule of thumb when you open the disk image drive on your desktop is to 1. if there are simply appp files just copy everything to your application folder. 2. If there is however a program called install or setup you will have to run that from the disk image. David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 30 March 2014 02:35 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: How Do I Tell IF A Programme Has Installed okay thanks David why does it behave like that Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Mar 2014, at 23:33, "David Griffith" <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > What do you mean that it has ended up on Finder? > > Do you mean that it has ended up on the Desktop? > > If it has ended up on the Desktop this is probably because the initial > download installed probably a disk image file dmg format which has > temporarily mounted a virtual drive on your desktop. > > If this is the case you can run the install from within the disk image by > pressing command O. > > If there is an install program run the program from within the disk image. > > If in contrast there are applications, files ending in app you simply need > to copy all of these manually to the applications folder and run them from > there. > > After you have done this you can close the disk image with command Q and > then press command E on the dmg file on the desktop to eject this virtual > drive. > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net > [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke > Sent: 29 March 2014 21:27 > To: OS X & iOS Accessibility > Subject: How Do I Tell IF A Programme Has Installed > > I downloaded a programme to my Dropbox and from there installed it but I do > not know if it is installed. 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