# Mac MSN question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-msn-question/289246>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-msn-question/289246 "2005-02-09T19:14:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-msn-question/289246/1 "2005-02-09T19:14:17Z")

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So MSN crashed yesterday evening; when I tried to log back in it said I needed to update or I couldn’t run it anymore. I clicked on the ‘download’ button and it downloaded, so far so good.  
But now it has downloaded itself as a volume on my desktop and refuses to be moved, as volumes will. Why did it do this and can I fix it? It’s not a major problem but it is ugly and doesn’t make any sense.

FWIW, I have a PowerBook G4 running system 10.3.7.

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**Author:** ![Binky\_Rudich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Binky\_Rudich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binky_Rudich)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-msn-question/289246/2 "2005-02-09T19:45:36Z")

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MSN for OS X is kinda buggy, its gotten better with the more recent versions mind you…I’m not sure exactly how to solve your problem but the [appleinsider.com](http://appleinsider.com) Genius Bar forum could probably help if no one comes along in here.

Also you should consider checking out Adium, a free multi-protocol OS X Messenger/E-mail Notification client that works well.

good luck.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-msn-question/289246/3 "2005-02-09T20:17:47Z")

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So there really _are_ people outside Microsoft campus who use this software! Who knew?

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**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-msn-question/289246/4 "2005-02-09T20:38:43Z")

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> [@AHunter3](#):
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> So there really _are_ people outside Microsoft campus who use this software! Who knew?

Er, yeah, I certainly don’t want to defend the software, but for some reason it is very popular over here.

I will definitely check out Adium, though.

Seriously, why would something do this?