The depths of my stupidity

The depths of my stupidity? Let me count the ways.

Today I was loading the latest version of Last.fm on my Mac when my typical computing reverie was smashed with a simple little arrow that I had not noticed before.

Yes, the huge gray arrow in the picture above. In my defense, not all Mac applications for OSX feature an Applications folder within their install folder – just a lot of ‘em.

What I’ve always done at this point BT (before today) is drag the in to my hard drive Applications folder. Presto, the app is installed.

“To install Last.fm on your Mac, drag the Last.fm icon in to your Applications folder.”

I’ve been doing it this way for the 2 1/2 years that I’ve been using my Mac. Today, that Last.dm graphic made me stop. And I wondered…Does this mean I can drag the Last.fm application to my Applications folder all from within this one window without needing to open my hard drive and Applications folder?

Yeah, that’s right. It works. I’ve been a bonehead for 2 1/2 years in one more area. This one is rather painful since I install apps almost every day and I am a ‘computer expert.’ Hah!

As for those written instructions that were designed for reading…

“To install Last.fm on your Mac, drag the Last.fm icon in to your Applications folder.”

First off, I stopped reading them after the first time I would have read them 2 1/2 years ago. Lock in – lock out. Second, they do say “in to your Applications folder” and not “in the the Applications folder in this window.” Third, not all apps have them. Example below. Then again, I’m probably in a small percentage of dufuses who interpreted the instructions incorrectly.

[tags]Mac OSX, Apple, Mac[/tags]