Disk image blues

Dumb DMG

This is a minor annoyance, but why is it that software developers feel the need to turn off the OS X Finder Toolbar when they package their disk images.

I mean, the new version of Firefox pictorially describes where you should drag the application. The thing is, if they had left the toolbar where I set it, the applications folder would be about an inch drag away.

Instead, I must a) open a new finder window, b) option-command-T the toolbar back into existence, or c) hot-pop folders until my hand hurts.

I know the folder image you’ve hidden on the .dmg looks prettier when it’s in a naked finder window, but I keep many handy things in that toolbar, not the least of which is THE APPLICATIONS FOLDER, which is where YOU’VE TOLD ME to drag the icon. Bad user interface, bad.

3 Responses to “Disk image blues”


  1. 1 Stephen

    I had the exact same experience today, and was thinking the same thing.

  2. 2 Paul Stamatiou

    If you click the small rectangular/oval thing in the top right, it comes back.

  3. 3 Andy

    True. Yet it is still an unnecessary step.

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