running apps from flashdisks

[zoranb]

I copied Firefox on the flash disk, went to another mac and tried to run it from the flashdisk but it was asking me for a creating a profile etc. In other words it had lost Firefoxs bookmarks and settings. is there a way so that this doesnt happen?
In otherwords im trying to have one copy of Firefox remote and beeing able to use it in every mac i sit on to.
How?

 

[Cat]

Try http://portableapps.com/

 

[barhar]

'In other words it had lost Firefoxs bookmarks and settings.' - in specific words: no 'it' did not lose anything; you yourself however - did not copy the additional files needed by 'Firefox'.

You dragged 'Firefox' from the '/Applications/' folder to a USB RAM disc (thumb drive, etc.); yet, the support files and folders of 'Firefox' reside at '~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/'.

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The Portable App link is useless; unless you are a windoze user who mistakenly posted to mac support group; or, you are a Mac'er with a model Mac capable of booting Windoze XP, or running a variety of Windoze OS'es - and wish to use the USB storage device, from that perspective.

 

[fryke]

but this helps, barhar: -> http://macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=portable+firefox&os=macosx --- while your explanation on _why_ things didn't work out may show the reason, it isn't exactly helpful as to what to do, either.

 

[zoranb]

fryke: thanx

 

[barhar]

Nice find (the provided link), fryke.

The reply portion of "the support files and folders of 'Firefox' reside at '~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/'." - was in response to 'In other words it had lost Firefoxs bookmarks and settings.'.

As far as 'How?'; yes, I did not provide such. Since then, your reply was provided.

Also, some may prefer to enclose the original code in a 'with timeout ... end' statement. I also replaced 'firefox' with 'firefox-bin'.

 

[Cat]

I'm sorry I posted the wrong link, I meant this one (they both have "portableapps" in the URL:

http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/