Moving files From dessktop?

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markpa

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downloded a couple programs and whenever i try to move them into my apps folder , its looks like i create a shortcut to the file on the destop, how do i do this properly .??So that it just stays in my application folder.

Thanks in advance again.
 
are you sure you are dragging the proper file? i mean, if you're downloading applicatins they are likely to come either as a .dmg file or a .sit-file. depending on what you got you do the following;

if your download appears as a disc on your desktop, open the disc-image in finder and then drag the application(mostly the one file named whatever you downloaded) to your application-folder.

if your download appears as a .sit-file you have to unpack/unzip(to use windows words) the file before you can use it. use StuffIt Expander (applications->utilities->stuffit expander, or just dobbleclick) to do so. then you'll have the raw files of whatever you downloaded and you may drag the application to your application-folder or other desired location..

note that some disk-images may come as a .sit-file to begin with. this means you might have to do both steps, unpacking the .sit-file and then open the disk-image in finder to view its contents, and then drag the application-file to its folder..

afterwards you're free to delete whatever the application came as originally. just drag it into the trash and the .sit-file will be deleted and the disc-image unmounted/ejected..

hope it helps!

alex.
 
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