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Article #55Re: Helping a friend with their imac: installing software??
From: dale
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 02:09
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 02:09
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On 8/12/04 1:08 AM, in article 1goc9nn.8co8ux17izxq2N%anniebish@optusnet.com.au, "ann bishop" <anniebish@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to help a friend out with their imac. They're a computer >> newbie, and I'm a mac newbie (I use linux and windows), but I figure >> it's about time I started learning a bit more than just how to configure >> mac networking and such. >> >> The imac is running OS 8.6 and a lot of webpages are not displaying >> properly on the old web browsers that are installed. I'm wanting to >> install Netscape 7.0 and (hopefully) a more recent version of internet >> explorer for mac (along with outlook express). >> >> My questions are: how does one go about installing software on a mac? >> How do I remove the old software on a mac? Should I even bother removing >> the old software? If I remove the old software first, will the user's >> email/address books and bookmarks/favourites be lost when I go to >> install the new software? >> >> TIA, >> >> Ari > > Most things come with an installer,you just double click on it and it > will install and usually remove the other version at the same time. > -- Installing on Mac is much easier then you're Widows experience,my > printer has 1 page for Mac install and 2 for Windows. ;-) > > > annieb > > A. Top Posters > Q. What's the most annoying thing on the usenet? YES, installing on a Mac is great No dll files etc To remove the program, drag to the trash
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