Firefox question

Hello:

I am a newbie to the Mac OSX and downloaded Firefox and installed it. What
was left on the desktop was the dmg file and an icon for FF. When I clicked
on the FF icon the browser started up as expected but I prefer not to have
the FF icon on the desktop so I deleted it. Why does FF not install itself
to the Application folder where all the other programs are listed?
And I assume when I deleted the FF desktop icon I deleted the program/app.?

Where is it?

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Scott
skr1224.TakeThisOut@comcast.net

"Scott R." <skr1224.RemoveThis@comcast.net> writes:

> Hello:
>
> I am a newbie to the Mac OSX and downloaded Firefox and installed it. What
> was left on the desktop was the dmg file and an icon for FF. When I clicked
> on the FF icon the browser started up as expected but I prefer not to have
> the FF icon on the desktop so I deleted it. Why does FF not install itself
> to the Application folder where all the other programs are listed?

Because it is not an installer (most OS X apps come not as an installer
but as a standalone app you can put whereever you like). The icon is the
app and you have to drag it to the Applications folder (or whereever you
like).

> And I assume when I deleted the FF desktop icon I deleted the program/app.?

Yes.

> Where is it?

In the trash? Open the trashcan and drag it out. Or open the DMG file
again and drag it from there.


Jochem

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