Re: Ping: Hackintoshers.

On 20/08/2010 10:55, T i m wrote:
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:10:34 +0100, thewildrover@xxxxxx (Andy Hewitt)
wrote:



Yes, that's one thing I hate too, having bundles of apps lined up on the
desktop.

Then de-select the check box that offers to put an icon on the
desktop. Or delete it. ;-) I's have to say that whole process is
easier (for me) than /putting/ a shortcut to an app on the OSX desktop
(I've had to ask here several times and the answers haven't always
been straightforward).


1. Open Finder
2. Select Applications Folder
3. Right click on app - select -'make alias'
4. Drag alias to desktop

Again (from another NG post about OpenOffice) - which stage do you find difficult? I still find it surprsing that you're able to skip through various OSs and apps, but have such fundamental difficulties with what seems so trivial - to me :-)

The thing that gets me about launching apps on a Mac is the way they're installed - mostly the root of the apps directory. I'd like to be able to select an install location, a subdirectory of the root, for example. really like the folde/list in the dock though - very nifty.

Rob
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