Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

Burning an Image File to a CD or DVD
Certain disk images are actually images of CDs or DVDs, and as such, they (or any other appropriately
sized image file) can, rather than be restored to a disk volume, be burned to a CD or
DVD. To accomplish this, select Images ➤ Burn from the Disk Utility menu (or use the Cmd+B
keyboard shortcut). This will first prompt you to select the appropriate image file from the standard
open dialog, and then it will prompt you to insert the appropriate writable disk into your
disk burner. It will then burn the image to disk.
Managing Applications
A computer without applications is like a car without tires—you can turn it on, but you can’t go
anywhere. As far as managing applications, there are three primary tasks that may require some
thought: installing, updating, and removing them. While none of these are complicated, there
tend to be different ways of doing each of these, and there are some extra things to look for when
doing them.
Installing
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Generally there are two ways that applications are installed on your computer: either by dragging
and dropping the applications into your system, or by using an installer application.
You can install most simple apps just by moving them into your system (for a disk or
mounted disk image), or by simply downloading and uncompressing them. There really couldn’t
be anything easier—just move that application where you’d like it (usually somewhere in the
Applications folder), and use it.
Other applications come with an installer, which when double-clicked will walk you
through the installation process, often providing you with some options as to where you’d like
the application (and its parts) installed, and what parts of the application you’d like to install. In
general, there is nothing tricky about this, and often it makes what could be a complex task really
easy. The one gotcha here is that often an installer will install more than just the application—
other items will often be installed along with it in places other than your Applications folder. This
isn’t inherently bad, but it is something to consider (especially when the time comes to uninstall
the application).
NOTE Occasionally, updaters and installers will prompt you for an administrator’s password to
install an application. This is usually when the application has to install some support items in
the /Library folder or somewhere else where privileges are necessary to install items. (If you
aren’t an administrator, that’s pretty much the entire system outside of your home folder,
including the Applications folder). If you trust the source of the application, then you should
have no worries; however, if you are not sure about the source of what you are installing, it
might be a good idea to cancel the installation until you know more.
One thing to think about when installing an application is exactly where you want it. As
mentioned, it’s likely that you will want to install most of your applications in the Applications
folder, but if you have lots of applications, it’s not uncommon to create a number of subfolders
in your Applications folder for certain types of applications. For example, you may want to put
all of your graphics applications in one folder and all of your Internet applications in another.
This organization is entirely up to you; Leopard should have no problem running an application
wherever you install it. Since Leopard doesn’t care too much where the application is, occasionally
you may want to install an application elsewhere. It’s not uncommon to keep a few personal
applications somewhere in your home folder, and this is perfectly fine.