Apps "Disappearing" From System?

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Apps "Disappearing" From System?

Hey there.
On My MacBook Pro Running 10.5.6 i seem to be missing apps.
I started noticing about 3 weeks ago when my school copy of Illustrator just disappeared.
Today i had to restart. Be fore i did i was using Flash Player, and after it restart its not on my System.
What's going on? Im totally clueless, and its getting really annoying.
Thanks for your help 🙂

MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.6), MacBook Pro 15", iPhone 3G, AirPort Express V1, AirPort Express V2

Posted on May 18, 2009 4:07 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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May 18, 2009 4:12 PM in response to Lukeintosh

Have you tried using Spotlight to search for them? Applications do not just spontaneously disappear. Are these applications you have downloaded? Are you sure you installed them and are not simply running them from the downloaded disk image? In the case of the latter the applications are only usable when the disk image is mounted.

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Lukeintosh Author

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May 18, 2009 4:16 PM in response to Kappy

I Search using Spotlight,
They are installed on my System in the Applications folder. Even when i go into my Applications folder they are not there.

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Kappy

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May 18, 2009 4:23 PM in response to Lukeintosh

Are you saying Spotlight found them in your Applications folder, but you cannot? Or are you saying Spotlight could not find them on your hard drive? If the latter then they are not actually installed on the computer. Try reinstalling them.

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Lukeintosh Author

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May 18, 2009 4:33 PM in response to Kappy

No, Spotlight cannot find them nor can I.
I have reinstalled them about 4 times. and the same thing happens.

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Kappy

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May 18, 2009 4:38 PM in response to Lukeintosh

Exactly what are you doing when you've installed this software? How is the software supplied - do you have a DVD, did you download, etc.? You aren't providing any explicit information which makes it difficult to help you.

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Lukeintosh Author

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May 18, 2009 5:07 PM in response to Kappy

ok,
I will install a App (i.e. Illustrator). (To My Apps Folder on My Local HD)
I can use it once I'v installed it.
When i restart they app will disappear from my system. (Its No longer in the apps folder or in the trash).

Yes, I have a DVD of the Adobe Apps (CS3)

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Answer 7

Kappy

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May 18, 2009 5:15 PM in response to Lukeintosh

You apparently are trying to run the application from the DVD rather than installing it into your Applications folder. That is why it disappears after you quit using it.

You need to install the applications into your Applications folder following the installation instructions that came with the product. From what you have described that is not what you are doing. And you are not providing the exact steps you are going through to install Illustrator.

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