Re: Getting more space on Sonata.

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From: Scott Byer
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:06

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Erik C. Sowa writes

> One person's opinion: I hate packages for freeware/shareware. I
> end up looking inside the .pkg directory and unpacking the .tar.Z
> directly with Opener.app. I like to see what's inside before I
> install. The idea of a new user simply double-clicking to install
> a .pkg obtained from the net is a little scary to me. I do some
> risky things along those lines, but at least I'm aware of the
> potential consequences.

Uhm, howzabout simply double-clicking on the package and hitting
"List"?  What's so terribly difficult about that?  Besides, packages
let you have files go into different spots, and allow for their
easy removal.

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