Comments on: Switched http://www.bloggle.com/2007/05/switched/ Coffee & Commentary Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: deCadmus http://www.bloggle.com/2007/05/switched/#comment-16149 deCadmus Thu, 10 May 2007 04:34:20 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/05/switched/#comment-16149 If it were a snake it'd bit me. Doh! If it were a snake it’d bit me. Doh!

]]> By: scully http://www.bloggle.com/2007/05/switched/#comment-16141 scully Thu, 10 May 2007 01:57:07 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/05/switched/#comment-16141 If you are downloading the DMGs from the web, where they are downloaded is a function of the browser. In Firefox, click on Firefox > Preferences > Main, and you should see how to tell the browser where to save downloads. In Safari, it is similar. Click on Safari > Preferences > General, and there is a section where you can instruct the browser where to download. Hope that helps! Email me if you have anything else you want to discuss. If you are downloading the DMGs from the web, where they are downloaded is a function of the browser.

In Firefox, click on Firefox > Preferences > Main, and you should see how to tell the browser where to save downloads.

In Safari, it is similar. Click on Safari > Preferences > General, and there is a section where you can instruct the browser where to download.

Hope that helps!

Email me if you have anything else you want to discuss.

]]> By: deCadmus http://www.bloggle.com/2007/05/switched/#comment-16128 deCadmus Thu, 10 May 2007 00:56:21 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/05/switched/#comment-16128 Saw Jessamyn's video on <a href="http://7d.blogs.com/802online/2007/05/vermont_youtube_1.html" rel="nofollow">802</a>. I think I my have to rescue an old machine from the basement for the Ubuntu treatment, too. ;) So, about those DMGs. I got the mechanics of ejecting 'em down (and have been similarly storing a copy of these things on my iDisk.) What I'm wondering is, can I make someplace other than my desktop the default for where they get downloaded to? Like maybe instead to a Downloads folder under Documents? Or is the desktop the essential "space of arbitration" for everything that's downloaded? Saw Jessamyn’s video on 802. I think I my have to rescue an old machine from the basement for the Ubuntu treatment, too. ;)

So, about those DMGs. I got the mechanics of ejecting ‘em down (and have been similarly storing a copy of these things on my iDisk.) What I’m wondering is, can I make someplace other than my desktop the default for where they get downloaded to? Like maybe instead to a Downloads folder under Documents? Or is the desktop the essential “space of arbitration” for everything that’s downloaded?

]]> By: scully http://www.bloggle.com/2007/05/switched/#comment-16123 scully Wed, 09 May 2007 23:01:14 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/05/switched/#comment-16123 <i>my desktop is currently littered with an array of DMG files that � I’m pretty certain � don’t need to be there.</i> Once you have dragged-and-dropped the applications from the DMGs to your Applications directory you can "eject" them from your desktop. You can do this at least 3 ways: 1) right-click (if you have a multi-button mouse) and choose "Eject _____" 2) click-hold-and-drag the DMG to the trashcan in your Dock 3) open Finder and click the up arrow eject button. I save all my DMGs in a folder on a networked drive so that I have access to them when I need them on other machines, but also so it is easy to find them and delete them. I switched and 2003 and I am soooooo happy I did. Let me know if I can help with any Mac questions you may have. Although, now (thanks to Jessamyn) I want a cheap x86 laptop to put Ubuntu on :) my desktop is currently littered with an array of DMG files that � I’m pretty certain � don’t need to be there.

Once you have dragged-and-dropped the applications from the DMGs to your Applications directory you can “eject” them from your desktop. You can do this at least 3 ways:

1) right-click (if you have a multi-button mouse) and choose “Eject _____”
2) click-hold-and-drag the DMG to the trashcan in your Dock
3) open Finder and click the up arrow eject button.

I save all my DMGs in a folder on a networked drive so that I have access to them when I need them on other machines, but also so it is easy to find them and delete them.

I switched and 2003 and I am soooooo happy I did. Let me know if I can help with any Mac questions you may have.

Although, now (thanks to Jessamyn) I want a cheap x86 laptop to put Ubuntu on :)

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