Help!

pubscout · Post by **pubscout** » 2005-09-13 12:04:21

I downloaded a demo copy of NWE and now I can't find the application on my computer!

Any help would be appreciated.

midwinter · Post by **midwinter** » 2005-09-13 20:26:26

select the finder.

press pretzel+f

type in "nisus" in the dialog box that comes up.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » 2005-09-13 21:11:11

The file you download from the Nisus site is a disk image file. Typically, it will download to your desktop. Look for something called "NWX-v25.dmg". Double-click this file to mount the disk image (as though you had just inserted a disk). When the disk image mounts and you see the open window, drag the Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Thesaurus applications to your Applications folder (or wherever you'd like them). You should be set.

pubscout · Post by **pubscout** » 2005-09-14 04:06:57

Ryan wrote:The file you download from the Nisus site is a disk image file. Typically, it will download to your desktop. Look for something called "NWX-v25.dmg". Double-click this file to mount the disk image (as though you had just inserted a disk). When the disk image mounts and you see the open window, drag the Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Thesaurus applications to your Applications folder (or wherever you'd like them). You should be set.

Thanks, Ryan,

I had trashed the disk image, and when I resurrected it and launched it, I was good to go. But nowhere did I see any instructions with the download that said you had to copy it to your applications. I thought that odd, because when I first launched NWE, an alias automatically appeared in my dock, so I assumed it had gone directly to my apps file.

Tell me, when you copy NWE, doesn't the Thesaurus automatically go with it? I only copied NWE and my Thesaurus is active. But when I tried to drag the Thesaurus from the disk image to my apps, it wouldn't take.

pubscout · Post by **pubscout** » 2005-09-14 06:51:41

midwinter wrote:select the finder.

press pretzel+f

type in "nisus" in the dialog box that comes up.

Pretzel? If you mean "Cloverleaf" I'm with you. But I did that, and all that came up from the search were some cache files.

I dragged my disk image from the trash and relaunched, then copied NWE to my applications. I'm good to go.

However, I recall nothing in the download instructions advising me to do that.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » 2005-09-14 07:35:30

When the disk image opens (depending on your browser, it may automatically), a Finder window pops up and has the Nisus Writer application, the Nisus Thesaurus application, and release notes. Right inside this window it tells you to drag the applications to your hard drive.

This seems like a strange way to install software to some people (one of my best friends had a heck of a time installing Camino because of it), it's become a fairly standard procedure for downloadable Mac OS X apps.

midwinter · Post by **midwinter** » 2005-09-14 09:22:11

pubscout wrote:Pretzel? If you mean "Cloverleaf" I'm with you.

I actually prefer "Deedlie Key."

pubscout · Post by **pubscout** » 2005-09-14 09:46:37

midwinter wrote:
pubscout wrote:Pretzel? If you mean "Cloverleaf" I'm with you.
I actually prefer "Deedlie Key."

Where I come from, "deedling" has a whole different connotation....

midwinter · Post by **midwinter** » 2005-09-14 09:51:36

pubscout wrote:Where I come from, "deedling" has a whole different connotation....

You're from Mississippi, too?

pubscout · Post by **pubscout** » 2005-09-14 10:50:54

midwinter wrote:
pubscout wrote:Where I come from, "deedling" has a whole different connotation....
You're from Mississippi, too?

Close...Arkansas

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » 2005-09-14 11:38:31

pubscout wrote:
midwinter wrote:
pubscout wrote:Where I come from, "deedling" has a whole different connotation....
You're from Mississippi, too?
Close...Arkansas

Frankly, it sounds kinda weird no matter where you're from.