Downloaded items disappearing

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Downloaded items disappearing

I am on my MBP running Monterey and just downloaded Etrecheck Pro - I went to Downloads and it is there then I clicked and dragged it to my Utilities folder - and it's not there! So I did it again and this time when I had ECP in the Downloads folder tried again to move to the Utilities folder == but couldn't because the app was apparently still there = but as you can see from the photos, it's not - I checked in Applications and it is not there. But apparently although it doesn't show up in the alpha list of Utilities it is there = not sure what is going on but this is not the first time I've downloaded something and yet it disappears.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.6

Posted on May 19, 2023 11:58 AM

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PRP_53

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May 19, 2023 1:37 PM in response to Victoria Herring

The Utilities Folder is very different from the Applications folder

I am not sure you can even Drag the Etrecheck Application into the Utilities Folder

Anytime I have downloaded Etrecheck Application , it is understood it is just like any other Third Party Application and belongs is the Applications Folder

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May 20, 2023 1:49 AM in response to Victoria Herring

Welcome and thank you too.

As for your related question on where did the other one go ( Etrecheck Application )

Though you thought the Original was dragged to the Utilities folder, the tip off was in the image below.

The Original was indeed in the Applications Folder.

The Pop Up message requesting to Keep or Replace an already existing Etrecheck Application is confirmation of this.

If you choose Replace, it would have Over Written the Old with the Newer Version

You image below supporting my the above assertion

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May 20, 2023 5:10 AM in response to PRP_53

True on my MBP but I just came into my Mini [also Monterey] and ECP is in my Utilities folder - oh well, as long as it's on the machine I guess that is what counts. And it does work in the Mini just as it will in the MBP. Again thanks for the discussion.

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May 20, 2023 6:47 AM in response to Victoria Herring

Well I spoke too soon == I am on my Mini/Monterey, I downloaded MacUpdater to put it in the Applications folder and did so per instructions but didn't see it there and went to do it again and now it asks me if I want to replace the 'missing' app =

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May 20, 2023 8:38 AM in response to BDAqua

Thank you. I already have a great app for that == HoudahSpot - and just running it asking for MacUpdater [and created within 365 days] [and redid it with only asking for MacUpdater] found the one in the App folder and the dmg file in Downloads and nothing else [other than emails]. And yet when I go to Applications it doesn't show up = it shows as in Apps in HoudahSpot but not in the list of apps

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May 19, 2023 2:12 PM in response to PRP_53

Thank you == I did not even know that == when I dragged the 2nd one into Apps it worked fine == but now where the heck is that ECP in the Utilities folder erroneously? I suppose it doesn't matter -- thanks for unlocking the answer

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May 20, 2023 3:59 AM in response to PRP_53

That screen shot was of the popup when I tried to again pull the downloaded ECP into the Utilities folder - when I followed your advice [thank you] and pulled it into the App folder no such popup occurred. So maybe a ghost of it is still in Utilities == I guess it won't matter == and now I know how best to deal with apps.

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Answer 8

May 20, 2023 11:19 AM in response to Victoria Herring

I bet that the version of Etrecheck that you have in Utilities folder was put there a few versions ago - in Big Sur or Catalina, perhaps.

In Monterey and Ventura, you can't make any changes to Utilities.

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May 20, 2023 11:34 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Never used BS/Cat - am in Monterey now and the issue on this MBP and Mini [both Monterey] and neither machine had any earlier OS on it before == at least I now have ECP findable on my Mini - AND may have figured out the Macupdater issue at the same time == What happened is that even tho I opened the dmg file for it just fine and clicked and dragged "Macupdater app" to the Applications folder and then searched and found it in the App folder using Spotlight and double-clicked to open it and it set it self up as usual and is working...and in the menu bar but still hidden or missing from the App folder - but I guess as long as I have it in the menu bar that's good enough? thanks for the discussion and help.

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