PKG files, but you will definitely not do it, thus clogging you hard drive over time. Jan 08, Reporting: What to do with. Thank you for helping us maintain CNET's great community. If you don't need them, you can delete installer files. If you plan on reinstalling OS X from scratch or should you need to uninstall and reinstall a specific application , having installers in a folder on an external hard drive can come in handy and save you time, as you don't have to download them again.
Can I delete 'installer packages'? Time to make a hard copy list as well to keep with the CD's! A few days ago I deceided I did not need the product. The next huge software update for macOS has participated in public beta after a few betas.
The public beta is basically for everyone who is interested to explore the cool features of the operating system. Installing Catalina at this point is well enough peril which can turn your Mac into a mess. But often there is a problem downloading from App Store. The problems are different, like the downloading failed error, or failed to download or similar to these problems.
The struggle is to obtain the macOS Catalina image which is complicated to find. This image works perfectly for installing, creating a bootable installer and works with everything that needs the image including installing macOS Catalina on Hackintosh. Downloading macOS might sound easy but actually there are problems around it including downloading from App Store.
However if you're using it as a live CD on Virtualbox then I would advise you to keep it. Yes, you can as the os has already been installed and there is no need for iso. This is similar to installing os from disk. Well, after installation I tend to keep the. Then if the application is ever corrupted I can just delete it, and do a reinstallation from the.
DMG file is a compressed file format being used widely on Mac computer. There is also the possibility of converting the file into a format more suitable for Windows, which is the ISO file format for disk images. Considering the above, let's look at different ways to create a bootable drive from a DMG file on a Windows computer.
The easy way to do this is to use Command Prompt. Don't be intimidated by the non-GUI environment even if you don't have any experience. Step 2 : In the command interface, go to the directory in which the DMG file is saved.
You can do this by using the 'cd' command followed by the file path, then pressing Enter. The instructions for a complete reinstall are pretty simple: reinstall Windows and then reinstall all your applications. It varies, of course, depending on how you organize your life. That could be a different machine, an external hard drive, your backup drive, cloud storage, or some other storage location dedicated to the task.
When I download software to my machine I currently 1 :. I can also save space in OneDrive by making the folder, or just the file, cloud-only. In my case, since I have several computers, this practice allows me to avoid downloading the same thing multiple times. Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week.
Download right-click, Save-As Duration: — 8. It might be different yet again by the time you read this. I have some OLD downloads that are 10 to 15 years old, some of those are bough softwares, from now out of business vendors, that I still use regularly. Doing it twice, or more, a year is only for peoples that are doing researches, testing and other things that may corrupt the OS or worst or that demand a clean slate state.
He just said that he, given his very special use of his computer, regularly did clean reinstalls. Not twice a year, no, but periodically is indeed a good idea. You have great articles, and I read them often. Could you please make them less wordy. I have to read and read to get the answer. Could you just say mostly yes or no and then briefly delineate. Unfortunately answers are rarely just yes or no, and require explanation so that individuals can take the actions most appropriate to their situation.
I get that some one may like a short and sweet answer; but the reality is, I am sure there are many of us who appreciate the explanations.
It helps fill in the blanks for what is or may be happening. Now, What about windows set up files. Are there parts of windows that can be archived the same way? Are there other setup files on a machine that might be archived as well. Keeping a machine organized seems really overwhelming sometimes. I remember my first computer loading dos up and then loading the program you would use, one at a time… No windows to switch programs with, at least not until Atari came out with a better unit and hard drives….
I guess what the original poster is asking for is a tl;tr geek speak for Too Long To Read — a short summary. Leo, Thanks for answering this question, particularly because I was who asked it.
In fact, Leo, on the fifth birthday of my workhorse Studio, I owe you the biggest thanks of all that my favorite electronic child is still thriving. I am a walking, talking recent example of why those install files are so precious.
Among my reinstalls were Quicken 99 and Acrobat Pro 8. Both products are deprecated and no longer supported. The vendors, after all, have a vested interest in getting us to abandon our oldies but goodies. I will soon have to scrub or nuke my Windoze 7 instalation because of it. Also, is this the one that fills all available memory space with instances of COM Surrogate? Is it not the case that sometimes the installation files are also the uninstall files?
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