Newbie OSX Volume Q

2005-01-27 Thread Aase Marit Waage
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

Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q

2005-01-27 Thread Tim Collier
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

Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q

2005-01-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
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

Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q

2005-01-27 Thread Aase Marit Waage
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

Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q

2005-01-27 Thread Aase Marit Waage
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

Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q

2005-01-27 Thread Al Poulin
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

Re: Newbie OSX Volume Q

2005-01-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
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,