added better explanation to readme

ethereum · Feb 15, 2016 · 57d4744 · 57d4744
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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 ## Issues / Bug reports
 
+**Read the existing issues first, and also search in the closed issues. You may find yours already.**
+
 To help make Mist (Ethereum Wallet) better please file issue with the following basic descriptions:
 
 - What do you run? binary from [releases](https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases) or the development version from the [commandline](https://github.com/ethereum/mist#run-mist)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ The Mist browser is the tool of choice to browse and use Ðapps.
 
 For the mist API see the [MISTAPI.md](MISTAPI.md).
 
+## Installation
+
+If you want install the app from a pre-built version on the [release page](https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases),
+you can simply run the executeable after download. 
+
+For updating simply dwonload the new version and copy it over the old one (keep a backup of the old one if you want to be sure).
+The data folder for Mist is stored in other places:
+
+- Windows `%APPDATA%/Roaming/Mist`
+- MacOSX `~/Library/Application Support/Mist`
+- Linux `~/.config/Mist`
+
 
 ## Development