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Theyre all over the place: on my desktop, in my downloads folder, in Finder, in my trash bin.

Lets say I download an application.

The.dmg file shows up in my downloads folder.

What do you guys ordinarily do from there Im not supposed to delete the.dmg file once its downloaded, right Where do you guys store it Also, when an icon appears on your desktop and you dont want it there, what do you do Delete it Or relocate it And if so, where Id appreciate if anyone could help me understand this.

What would you do with a CD You would insert the disc, copy the app to your Applications folder (or run an installer), and eject the disc because youre done with it.

Treat the.dmg the same way.

Double-click it to mount the virtual disk.

After you have installed the application, in Finder, in Sidebar, under Devices find the mounted.dmg (name of the application), click on the arrow next to the name and wait until it disappears.

Does this delete the app off of my computer When I did this, it deleted the Skype icon from my dock I want to keep the application, but find somewhere to store the.dmg files that are cluttering my desktop and my download folder, and other places.

I hope that makes sense I want to keep the application, but find a place to keep the.dmg files.

You dont have to keep the.dmg.

However, if you want, you may copy the.dmg(s) to a pendrive etc.

It looks to me that you may have launched the Skype app from the mounted dmg instead of the installed app in your Applications folder.

Double-click.dmg to mount the virtual disk.

You install the app by dragging it to your Applications folder (copy) or double click the installer package (install).

Just to be sure, you can open your Applications folder and see if the newly installed app is there before deleting the dmg.

Is there something Im doing wrong Thats because the -volume- from the disk image is still mounted on the desktop.

The volume appears when you double-click the disk image to open it, and this is what you interact with to install the app inside the dmg file, etc.

Final thought: I keep some.dmg files that I want to save on a scratch volume (that doesnt get backed up).

They are just there if I need to access them again, without downloading again.

After looking in to it, other people have run into issues with specific apps (such as Skype, VLC and others) disappearing into question marks on their docks when unmounted and.dmg is deleted.

I just redragged the apps from my Applications folder, though.

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