Have just downloaded Adobe Flash and went to do permissions where I found the file "install_flash_player_osx..." and also the icon with "Flash Player" directly underneath.
These are listed under the list of drives to select on left side of pane.
Is this normal?
Do I need to do permissions? On HD?
thanks!
Drag it out of the window.
And then what?
thanks
It is normal that you see on the left side pane of a Finder window, "Flash Player" when "install_flash_player_osx.dmg", the file you downloaded, is opened.
If you didn't double click "install_flash_player_osx.dmg", that means you have checked
Safari -> Preferences -> General -> Open safe files after downloading
It is more secure to disable Open safe files after downloading
If you also see install_flash_player_osx.dmg on the left side pane you probably put it there, but it is just a link to the original file that is almost certainly into Download folder
I thought I had followed the instructions when doing the download. I don't have the Safari prefs set to open safe files after downloading.
And then what?
Quit Disk Utility.
It wont drag out (well actually it is 2 items, so THEY wont drag out).
If you are talking about a Finder window
cmd+mouse_click
drag it outside the left side of the windows, it will vanish in a puff
I am talking about the Disk Utility window being open and on the left are listed the disks/partitions which one should use to click on and perform disk permissions.
In that list are the two items I have inquired about.
Link says to drag out of that window, but they will not drag out.
?????
Highlight install_flash_player_osx.dmg click on Eject button.
Drag install_flash_player_osx.dmg outside Disk Utility
When you download something for the Mac, it is almost always on a disk image. A disk image acts just like a hard disk, once it is mounted. So, yes, it should be in disk utility because it is a "disk."
If that disk image is still mounted, you can't drag it out of disk utility.
Here is the flash player installer "disk" mounted in disk utility and the mounted disk image in a Finder window, shown in the background.
Here is Disk Utility after I ejected the mounted disk image:
Notice that the image isn't mounted because the disk volume is not shown below the disk image. Once it is unmounted, you can drag the install image out of disk utility and it will go "Poof!"
Well I saw the first instruction to highlight and eject the "install ..." before seeing the highlight and eject the mounted disk image.
I did the first and both disappeared from the window, no dragging.
Both gone now...
??
They will automatically remove if you don't do anything in DU. I double-clicked the image in DU which caused DU to keep it in it's inventory of disk images.
Normally, it won't stay there.
If you had ejected the DMG from the Finder, closed and reopend Disk Utility, you would not have found the DMG exposed in Disk Utility.
So the Adobe Flash Player Install Manager is shown under apps in Launchpad.
Is this correct?
Thank you so much for walking me through this.
Yes. That apparently lets you uninstall Flash Player.
Downloaded Adobe Flash Player - Should it show up on Disk Utility pane?
