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What do I do with the .dmg icon on the desktop?

Whenever I download a program and install it, the .dmg icon remains on the desktop. Sometimes they disappear but the latest has persisted for more than a week. Do I trash it or move it somewhere?

MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.3), 2.4GHz

Posted on May 25, 2012 8:24 AM

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Posted on May 25, 2012 8:26 AM

you can trash it.

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May 25, 2012 9:04 AM in response to noondaywitch

Hi n,


I used to do that will all downloads/updates/upgrades, but after many years, it got so large and just something else to "house clean," that I stopped doing it, erased the folder, gained over 20GBs on my HD, and don't have to spend any time messing with it; on the rare occasion I need to re-download something, it's no big deal to me. Obviously ymmv. 😉

What do I do with the .dmg icon on the desktop?

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