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]]> By: Dan Harkless http://interfacethis.com/2008/clarifying-mac-app-installation/comment-page-1/#comment-5671 Dan Harkless Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:03:49 +0000 http://interfacethis.com/?p=75#comment-5671 Excellent points. I've always found it ironic that the decision to simplify application installation on OS X ends up confusing a lot of unsophisticated users since some Mac apps still require running a Windows-style installer, and users don't know which behavior to expect from a given app (other than via the drag-and-drop cue, when present and understood). Another aspect of this is that I like to make subcategories (via folders) for my third-party software under Applications, which is a problem for apps that self-update, since almost all of those just plop the new version directly into Applications and leave the obsolete version under the subfolder. Windows actually handles this aspect better since the registry records where the user chose to install any given app. Excellent points. I’ve always found it ironic that the decision to simplify application installation on OS X ends up confusing a lot of unsophisticated users since some Mac apps still require running a Windows-style installer, and users don’t know which behavior to expect from a given app (other than via the drag-and-drop cue, when present and understood).

Another aspect of this is that I like to make subcategories (via folders) for my third-party software under Applications, which is a problem for apps that self-update, since almost all of those just plop the new version directly into Applications and leave the obsolete version under the subfolder. Windows actually handles this aspect better since the registry records where the user chose to install any given app.

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