Hi Brett, It's good to see that a variety of species are now using WAMUG! :-) You can also use the word App for applications that run on the Mac. If you buy an app in iTunes, then it is for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. There is, however, the Mac App Store which sells apps for the Mac. This has an icon in the Dock if you are running a recent enough version of OS X. Also, any program for the Mac that you download from the internet or install from a CD ROM would also be an app for the Mac.
What version of OS X are you running so I can determine if you have the Mac App Store application? Also, what do you mean by running an app from the desktop, do you mean that the application has an icon on the desktop that you can click to run the application? Cheers, Carlo On 19/10/2011, at 2:53 PM, Brett Curtis wrote: > Hi from the neanderthal window cleaner (spellcheck had to tell me how to > spell that...T-H-A-T ) > > My Bro (Peter) says he uses apps on his desktop? > He's not a neanderthal cos he's got a 16yo granddaughter to show him how to > do it! But he can't tell me how to do it! > > What's the go here? Are apps really just applications? > Why, when I download an app from iTunes do they just go into my iPhone or > iPad? > Can I put them in my applications folder and use them on a desktop? If so, > how? > > tia > > Regards > > Brett Curtis > > Master Window Cleaners > Perth, Western Australia > 0419049084 > > br...@masterwindowcleaners.com > www.masterwindowcleaners.com > facebook.com/MWCWA > hipages.com.au/masterwindowcleaners.com > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
