Newbie OSX Volume Q
Hi all, I have noticed one thing while installing some trial versions of software etc. on my iBook with OS X. When I have installed, a Volume appears on the desktop. That is something I have never seen before, and I wonder what it is really about. I tried trashing one, and as far as I could see, it did not cause me any problems. As far as I understand, e.g. the HD is a volume. But what is the reason for software making volume icons appear on the desktop? What functions do these have, is there any reason to keep them etc. I did read a bit in Mac Help, but it didn`t really make me understand much more. So I am hoping for some input on the subject... Thanks a lot! Aase :) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q
These are disk images...not harmful at all. When you are done with it just eject it and it's gone! Also you can delete the original file that you downloaded, or you can keep it in storage somewhere in case you need to re-install some time later. Then just double click it and it'll make that same disk image again. So, no, there is no reason to keep them, they're just so you can install the software from a compressed file. Tim On 1/27/05 6:25 AM, Aase Marit Waage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have noticed one thing while installing some trial versions of software etc. on my iBook with OS X. When I have installed, a Volume appears on the desktop. That is something I have never seen before, and I wonder what it is really about. I tried trashing one, and as far as I could see, it did not cause me any problems. As far as I understand, e.g. the HD is a volume. But what is the reason for software making volume icons appear on the desktop? What functions do these have, is there any reason to keep them etc. I did read a bit in Mac Help, but it didn`t really make me understand much more. So I am hoping for some input on the subject... Thanks a lot! Aase :) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q
on 27/01/05 06:25, Aase Marit Waage at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have noticed one thing while installing some trial versions of software etc. on my iBook with OS X. When I have installed, a Volume appears on the desktop. That is something I have never seen before, and I wonder what it is really about. I tried trashing one, and as far as I could see, it did not cause me any problems. As far as I understand, e.g. the HD is a volume. But what is the reason for software making volume icons appear on the desktop? What functions do these have, is there any reason to keep them etc. I did read a bit in Mac Help, but it didn`t really make me understand much more. So I am hoping for some input on the subject... Thanks a lot! Aase :) Are you talking about disk image, by any chance? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FITNR // adj.: [Thinking Machines, Inc.] Fixed In The Next Release. A written-only notation attached to bug reports. Often wishful thinking. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q
Thanks a lot, Tim! I had ejected or trashed several of these, then when I started wondering what they were, I wondered if I had done something I shouldn`t have... For now i have stored all the downloaded installers, as I plan on re-installing the system. I just have not had the time yet. It is a bit scary though, just because I never did it before, but now scary can it be. What has been wonderful all these years, has been that when I have had some kind of problem, even if I might not think initially that I can, I have always been able to work it out and fix it. I have never had a need to do a re-install though. This time that is probably the only wise thing to do, then start over again, with no french stuff lurking around and only my own account... :) Aase :) These are disk images...not harmful at all. When you are done with it just eject it and it's gone! Also you can delete the original file that you downloaded, or you can keep it in storage somewhere in case you need to re-install some time later. Then just double click it and it'll make that same disk image again. So, no, there is no reason to keep them, they're just so you can install the software from a compressed file. Tim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q
Hi Laurent, I was talking about the harddisk-looking icon that pops up on the desktop after installing some software. When I hit Command+I on it, it says that it is a Volume. Did that make more sense? Anyway, I was glad to read that I didn`t need to keep these, and that I had not done anything wrong by tossing them out! :) Aase :) Are you talking about disk image, by any chance? -Laurent. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q
Aase Marit Waage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a lot, Tim! I had ejected or trashed several of these, then when I started wondering what they were, I wondered if I had done something I shouldn`t have... And if you do not trash them, those disk images will disappear whenever you shut down. Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q
On 27/01/05 14:46, Al Poulin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aase Marit Waage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a lot, Tim! I had ejected or trashed several of these, then when I started wondering what they were, I wondered if I had done something I shouldn`t have... And if you do not trash them, those disk images will disappear whenever you shut down. Or logout... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
